Peterborough United 3-2 Watford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 13 April 2013

Result

Peterborough United 3-2 Watford

Championship · Saturday 13 April 2013, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Peterborough United · Watford · Championship predictions

Peterborough United 3-2 Watford: match report

Peterborough United defeated Watford 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 13 April 2013. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Danny Swanson opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Peterborough United's goals came from Danny Swanson (29'), Dwight Gayle (61') and Lee Tomlin (67'). Watford scored through Mark Yeates (85') and F. Forestieri (90+5').

Discipline: Peterborough United received 2 yellow cards; Watford received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Peterborough United were 22nd on 47 points from 41 and Watford 3rd on 69 points from 41. Peterborough United went on to finish that season 22nd with 54 points, and Watford 2nd with 79.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Peterborough United wins, 1 draw and 2 for Watford.

Going into the match Peterborough United's last five read D-D-W-W-D and Watford's D-W-D-L-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · Joel EkstrandWatford
  • 29'Goal · Danny SwansonPeterborough United · 1-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Troy DeeneyWatford
  • 39'Yellow card · Lee TomlinPeterborough United
  • 52'Yellow card · Danny SwansonPeterborough United
  • 61'Goal · Dwight GaylePeterborough United · 2-0
  • 64'Red card · Marco CassettiWatford
  • 67'Goal · Lee TomlinPeterborough United · 3-0
  • 85'Goal · Mark YeatesWatford · 3-1
  • 90+5'Goal · F. ForestieriWatford · 3-2

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Peterborough United 2, draws 1, Watford 2.

Team news

Peterborough United expected line-up

Robert Olejnik, Gabriel Zakuani, Mark Little, Michael Bostwick, Tommy Rowe, Nathaniel Knight-Percival, Joe Newell, George Boyd, Dwight Gayle, Lee Tomlin

Watford expected line-up (3-5-2)

Almunia, Marco Cassetti, Joel Ekstrand, Lloyd Doyley, Almen Abdi, Nathaniel Chalobah, Ikechi Anya, Cristian Battocchio, Troy Deeney, Matej Vydra