Chelsea 3-0 Watford: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 4 July 2020

Result

Chelsea 3-0 Watford

Premier League · Saturday 4 July 2020, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Chelsea 3-0 Watford: match report

Chelsea won against Watford 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 July 2020. The half-time score was 2-0.

Olivier Giroud opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Olivier Giroud (28'), Willian (43', penalty) and Ross Barkley (90+2'). Watford did not score.

Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Watford received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 5th on 54 points from 32 and Watford 17th on 28 points from 32. Chelsea went on to finish that season 4th with 66 points, and Watford 19th with 34.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Watford in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ross Barkley of Chelsea (8.4), ahead of Willian (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 1 for Watford.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Étienne CapoueWatford
  • 28'Goal · Olivier GiroudChelsea · 1-0
  • 43'Penalty goal · WillianChelsea · 2-0
  • 49'Yellow card · A. MariappaWatford
  • 90+2'Goal · Ross BarkleyChelsea · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 7, draws 2, Watford 1.

Team news

Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)

Kepa Arrizabalaga, Reece James, Andreas Christensen, Kurt Zouma, César Azpilicueta, Ross Barkley, N'Golo Kanté, Mason Mount, Willian, Olivier Giroud, Christian Pulisic

Watford line-up (4-5-1)

Ben Foster, Adrian Mariappa, Christian Kabasele, Craig Dawson, Kiko Femenía, Ismaïla Sarr, Nathaniel Chalobah, Étienne Capoue, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Will Hughes, Troy Deeney