Chelsea 1-1 Watford: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 26 December 2015

Result

Chelsea 1-1 Watford

Premier League · Saturday 26 December 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Chelsea 1-1 Watford: match report

Chelsea drew with Watford 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 December 2015. The half-time score was 1-1.

Diego Costa opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Chelsea's goals came from Diego Costa (32') and Diego Costa (65'). Watford scored through Troy Deeney (42', penalty) and an own goal by Gary Cahill (56').

Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Watford received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 11th on 22 points from 17 and Watford 6th on 28 points from 17. Chelsea went on to finish that season 9th with 54 points, and Watford 12th with 48.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Diego Costa of Chelsea (8.2), ahead of José Jurado (7.5).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · Diego CostaChelsea · 1-0
  • 42'Penalty goal · Troy DeeneyWatford · 1-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Miguel BritosWatford
  • 48'Yellow card · Craig CathcartWatford
  • 56'Own goal · Gary CahillWatford · 1-2
  • 65'Goal · Diego CostaChelsea · 2-2
  • 80'Missed penalty · OscarChelsea
  • 81'Yellow card · José HolebasWatford
  • 83'Yellow card · Hajime MoriyasuWatford
  • 88'Yellow card · Diego CostaChelsea

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Chelsea 2, draws 0, Watford 0.

Team news

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

Thibaut Courtois, Branislav Ivanović, Gary Cahill, John Terry, César Azpilicueta, Cesc Fàbregas, Nemanja Matić, Willian, Oscar, Pedro, Diego Costa

Watford line-up (4-4-2)

Heurelho Gomes, Allan Nyom, Craig Cathcart, Miguel Britos, José Holebas, Almen Abdi, Étienne Capoue, Ben Watson, José Jurado, Odion Ighalo, Troy Deeney