Everton 2-1 Watford: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 8 August 2015

Result

Everton 2-1 Watford

Premier League · Saturday 8 August 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Everton 2-1 Watford: match report

Everton defeated Watford 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 August 2015. The half-time score was 0-1.

Miguel Layún opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Everton's goals came from Ross Barkley (76') and Arouna Koné (86'). Watford scored through Miguel Layún (13') and Odion Ighalo (83').

Discipline: Everton received 1 yellow card; Watford received 2 yellow cards.

Everton went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Watford 12th with 48.

Everton lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Arouna Koné of Everton (7.8), level with Craig Cathcart (7.8).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Miguel LayúnWatford · 0-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Troy DeeneyWatford
  • 54'Yellow card · S. ColemanEverton
  • 66'Yellow card · José HolebasWatford
  • 76'Goal · Ross BarkleyEverton · 1-1
  • 83'Goal · Odion IghaloWatford · 1-2
  • 86'Goal · Arouna KonéEverton · 2-2

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Tim Howard, Séamus Coleman, John Stones, Phil Jagielka, Brendan Galloway, James McCarthy, Gareth Barry, Kevin Mirallas, Ross Barkley, Tom Cleverley, Romelu Lukaku

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

Heurelho Gomes, Allan Nyom, Sebastian Prödl, Craig Cathcart, José Holebas, Ikechi Anya, Étienne Capoue, Valon Behrami, Miguel Layún, José Jurado, Troy Deeney