Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 Watford: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 August 2021

Result

Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 Watford

Premier League · Saturday 21 August 2021, 16:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 Watford: match report

Brighton & Hove Albion defeated Watford 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 August 2021. The half-time score was 2-0.

Shane Duffy opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goals came from Shane Duffy (10') and Neal Maupay (41'). Watford did not score.

Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 4 yellow cards; Watford received no yellow cards.

Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 9th with 51 points, and Watford 19th with 23.

Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Watford in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Shane Duffy of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.1), ahead of Yves Bissouma (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Brighton & Hove Albion wins, 3 draws and 1 for Watford.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Shane DuffyBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-0
  • 41'Goal · Neal MaupayBrighton & Hove Albion · 2-0
  • 62'Yellow card · Adam WebsterBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 65'Yellow card · Shane DuffyBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 86'Yellow card · Enock MwepuBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Solly MarchBrighton & Hove Albion

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Brighton & Hove Albion 2, draws 3, Watford 1.

Team news

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Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-4-1-1)

Robert Sánchez, Adam Webster, Shane Duffy, Lewis Dunk, S. March, Pascal Groß, Adam Lallana, Yves Bissouma, Alexis Mac Allister, Leandro Trossard, Neal Maupay

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

Daniel Bachmann, Craig Cathcart, William Troost-Ekong, Christian Kabasele, Adam Masina, Peter Etebo, Ismaïla Sarr, Tom Cleverley, Imrân Louza, Ken Sema, Emmanuel Dennis