Manchester United 2-0 Watford: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 11 February 2017
Result
Manchester United 2-0 Watford
Premier League · Saturday 11 February 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester United 2-0 Watford: match report
Manchester United won against Watford 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 February 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Juan Mata opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Manchester United's goals came from Juan Mata (32') and Anthony Martial (60'). Watford did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Watford received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 6th on 45 points from 24 and Watford 10th on 30 points from 24. Manchester United went on to finish that season 6th with 69 points, and Watford 17th with 40.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ander Herrera of Manchester United (8.6), ahead of Paul Pogba (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Watford.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-D-D-D-W and Watford's W-W-D-D-L.
Key events
- 32'Goal · Juan Mata
- 60'Goal · Anthony Martial
- 90+2'Yellow card · Antonio Valencia
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Eric Bailly, Chris Smalling, Daley Blind, Ander Herrera, Paul Pogba, Juan Mata, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Anthony Martial, Zlatan Ibrahimović
Watford line-up (3-4-2-1)
Heurelho Gomes, Younès Kaboul, Sebastian Prödl, Miguel Britos, Craig Cathcart, Étienne Capoue, Tom Cleverley, José Holebas, Mauro Zárate, M'Baye Niang, Troy Deeney