Chelsea 4-3 Watford: result and report
Premier League · Monday 15 May 2017
Result
Chelsea 4-3 Watford
Premier League · Monday 15 May 2017, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Chelsea 4-3 Watford: match report
Chelsea beat Watford 4-3 in the Premier League on Monday 15 May 2017. It was 2-1 at half-time.
John Terry opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Chelsea's goals came from John Terry (22'), César Azpilicueta (36'), Michy Batshuayi (49') and Cesc Fàbregas (88'). Watford scored through Étienne Capoue (24'), Daryl Janmaat (51') and Stefano Okaka (74').
Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Watford received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 87 points from 36 and Watford 16th on 40 points from 36. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Watford 17th with 40.
Chelsea lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Watford in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Willian of Chelsea (8.5), ahead of Cesc Fàbregas (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 0 for Watford.
Key events
- 4'Yellow card · José Holebas
- 11'Yellow card · Nordin Amrabat
- 22'Goal · John Terry
- 24'Goal · Étienne Capoue
- 30'Yellow card · Nathan Aké
- 36'Goal · César Azpilicueta
- 49'Goal · Michy Batshuayi
- 51'Goal · Daryl Janmaat
- 58'Yellow card · Nathaniel Chalobah
- 74'Goal · Stefano Okaka
- 83'Yellow card · Sebastian Prödl
- 88'Goal · Cesc Fàbregas
- 90+2'Second yellow · Sebastian Prödl
- 90+4'Yellow card · Troy Deeney
- 90+4'Yellow card · Stefano Okaka
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (3-4-2-1)
Asmir Begović, Kurt Zouma, John Terry, Nathan Aké, César Azpilicueta, N'Golo Kanté, Nathaniel Chalobah, Kenedy, Willian, Eden Hazard, Michy Batshuayi
Watford line-up (3-5-1-1)
Heurelho Gomes, Adrian Mariappa, Sebastian Prödl, José Holebas, Nordin Amrabat, Tom Cleverley, Valon Behrami, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Daryl Janmaat, Étienne Capoue, M'Baye Niang