Aston Villa 2-1 Watford: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 21 January 2020
Result
Aston Villa 2-1 Watford
Premier League · Tuesday 21 January 2020, 19:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Aston Villa 2-1 Watford: match report
Aston Villa won against Watford 2-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 21 January 2020. The half-time score was 0-1.
Troy Deeney opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Douglas Luiz (68') and T. Mings (90+5'). Watford scored through Troy Deeney (38').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards; Watford received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 18th on 22 points from 23 and Watford 17th on 23 points from 23. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 17th with 35 points, and Watford 19th with 34.
Aston Villa lined up in a 3-4-3 and Watford in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tyrone Mings of Aston Villa (7.8), ahead of Jack Grealish (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aston Villa win, 1 draw and 3 for Watford.
Key events
- 38'Goal · Troy Deeney
- 45+1'Yellow card · T. Mings
- 68'Goal · Douglas Luiz
- 68'Yellow card · Douglas Luiz
- 77'Yellow card · Craig Cathcart
- 81'Yellow card · Abdoulaye Doucouré
- 90+5'Goal · T. Mings
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (3-4-3)
Pepe Reina, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Kortney Hause, Frédéric Guilbert, Danny Drinkwater, Marvelous Nakamba, Matt Targett, Mahmoud Trezeguet, Anwar El Ghazi, Jack Grealish
Watford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ben Foster, Adrian Mariappa, Craig Dawson, Craig Cathcart, Adam Masina, Nathaniel Chalobah, Étienne Capoue, Brian Gartland, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Gerard Deulofeu, Troy Deeney