Manchester City 2-0 Watford: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 29 August 2015
Result
Manchester City 2-0 Watford
Premier League · Saturday 29 August 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Manchester City 2-0 Watford: match report
Manchester City defeated Watford 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 August 2015. The half-time score was 0-0.
Raheem Sterling opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Raheem Sterling (47') and Fernandinho (56'). Watford did not score.
Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Watford received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 9 points from 3 and Watford 15th on 2 points from 3. Manchester City went on to finish that season 5th with 64 points, and Watford 12th with 48.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 4-2-4. The highest match rating in our data went to Fernandinho of Manchester City (8.5), ahead of Yaya Touré (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 0 for Watford.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read W-W-W and Watford's D-D-L.
Key events
- 40'Yellow card · Vincent Kompany
- 43'Yellow card · Allan Nyom
- 47'Goal · Raheem Sterling
- 56'Goal · Fernandinho
- 63'Yellow card · Sebastian Prödl
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joe Hart, Bacary Sagna, Vincent Kompany, Eliaquim Mangala, Aleksandar Kolarov, Yaya Touré, Fernandinho, Jesús Navas, David Silva, Raheem Sterling, Sergio Agüero
Watford line-up (4-2-4)
Heurelho Gomes, Allan Nyom, Sebastian Prödl, Craig Cathcart, José Holebas, Étienne Capoue, Valon Behrami, Troy Deeney, José Jurado, Almen Abdi, Odion Ighalo