Arsenal 3-0 Watford: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 11 March 2018

Result

Arsenal 3-0 Watford

Premier League · Sunday 11 March 2018, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal 3-0 Watford: match report

Arsenal won against Watford 3-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 11 March 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Shkodran Mustafi opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Shkodran Mustafi (8'), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (59') and Henrikh Mkhitaryan (77'). Watford did not score.

Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Watford received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 6th on 45 points from 29 and Watford 10th on 36 points from 29. Arsenal went on to finish that season 6th with 63 points, and Watford 14th with 41.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Henrikh Mkhitaryan of Arsenal (8.6), ahead of Petr Čech (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 0 draws and 2 for Watford.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read L-L-L-W-L and Watford's W-W-L-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Shkodran MustafiArsenal · 1-0
  • 55'Yellow card · Shkodran MustafiArsenal
  • 59'Goal · Pierre-Emerick AubameyangArsenal · 2-0
  • 62'Missed penalty · Troy DeeneyWatford
  • 66'Yellow card · José HolebasWatford
  • 77'Goal · Henrikh MkhitaryanArsenal · 3-0
  • 90'Yellow card · Granit XhakaArsenal

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Arsenal 5, draws 0, Watford 2.

Team news

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Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Petr Čech, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Shkodran Mustafi, Rob Holding, Sead Kolasinac, Mohamed Elneny, Granit Xhaka, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Mesut Özil, Alex Iwobi, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Watford line-up (4-2-3-1)

Orestis Karnezis, Daryl Janmaat, Sebastian Prödl, Adrian Mariappa, José Holebas, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Étienne Capoue, Kiko Femenía, Richarlison, Brian Gartland, Troy Deeney