Manchester United 1-0 Watford: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 2 March 2016
Result
Manchester United 1-0 Watford
Premier League · Wednesday 2 March 2016, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Manchester United 1-0 Watford: match report
Manchester United won against Watford 1-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 2 March 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Juan Mata of Manchester United in the 83rd minute.
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Watford received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 6th on 43 points from 27 and Watford 11th on 37 points from 27. Manchester United went on to finish that season 4th with 66 points, and Watford 12th with 48.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ander Herrera of Manchester United (8.3), ahead of Juan Mata (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 0 for Watford.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-L-D-W-L and Watford's D-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Timothy Fosu-Mensah
- 82'Yellow card · Miguel Britos
- 83'Goal · Juan Mata
- 90+2'Yellow card · Nordin Amrabat
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
David de Gea, Guillermo Varela, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Daley Blind, Marcos Rojo, Ander Herrera, Morgan Schneiderlin, Anthony Martial, Juan Mata, Memphis Depay, Marcus Rashford
Watford line-up (4-4-2)
Heurelho Gomes, Allan Nyom, Sebastian Prödl, Miguel Britos, José Holebas, Almen Abdi, Valon Behrami, Ben Watson, Étienne Capoue, Troy Deeney, Odion Ighalo