Sunderland 0-1 Watford: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 12 December 2015
Result
Sunderland 0-1 Watford
Premier League · Saturday 12 December 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Sunderland 0-1 Watford: match report
Sunderland were beaten by Watford 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 December 2015. It was 0-1 at half-time.
The only goal came from Odion Ighalo of Watford in the 4th minute.
Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Watford received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 17th on 12 points from 15 and Watford 9th on 22 points from 15. Sunderland went on to finish that season 17th with 37 points, and Watford 12th with 48.
Sunderland lined up in a 3-5-2 and Watford in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read L-W-W-L-L and Watford's W-W-D-L-W.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Odion Ighalo
- 60'Yellow card · J. Rodwell
Team news
Sunderland expected line-up (3-5-2)
Costel Pantilimon, Sebastián Coates, Younès Kaboul, Billy Jones, Yann M'Vila, DeAndre Yedlin, Lee Cattermole, Patrick van Aanholt, Steven Fletcher, Jermain Defoe
Watford expected line-up (4-4-2)
Heurelho Gomes, Miguel Britos, Craig Cathcart, Allan Nyom, Nathan Aké, Ben Watson, Étienne Capoue, Ikechi Anya, Troy Deeney, Odion Ighalo