Manchester United 4-0 Watford: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 31 January 2007
Result
Manchester United 4-0 Watford
Premier League · Wednesday 31 January 2007, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester United 4-0 Watford: match report
Manchester United defeated Watford 4-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 31 January 2007. The half-time score was 1-0.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (20', penalty), an own goal by Lloyd Doyley (60'), Henrik Larsson (69') and Wayne Rooney (71'). Watford did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Watford received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 57 points from 24 and Watford 20th on 15 points from 23. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Watford 20th with 28.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester United win, 0 draws and 0 for Watford.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read L-W-D-W-W and Watford's W-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 20'Penalty goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 42'Yellow card · Jay DeMerit
- 44'Yellow card · Nemanja Vidic
- 45'Yellow card · Darius Henderson
- 60'Own goal · Lloyd Doyley
- 69'Goal · Henrik Larsson
- 71'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 86'Yellow card · Iván Heinze
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up
Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Patrice Evra, Kieran Richardson, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville
Watford line-up
Richard Lee, Jordan Stewart, Jay DeMerit, Lloyd Doyley, Adrian Mariappa, Damien Francis, Alhassan Bangura, Darius Henderson, Hameur Bouazza, Tommy Smith, Chris Powell