Watford 2-2 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 October 2016

Result

Watford 2-2 AFC Bournemouth

Premier League · Saturday 1 October 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Watford · AFC Bournemouth · Premier League predictions

Watford 2-2 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Watford drew with AFC Bournemouth 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 October 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Callum Wilson opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Watford's goals came from Troy Deeney (50') and Isaac Success (65'). AFC Bournemouth scored through Callum Wilson (31') and Joshua King (62').

Discipline: Watford received 3 yellow cards; AFC Bournemouth received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 11th on 7 points from 6 and AFC Bournemouth 15th on 7 points from 6. Watford went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and AFC Bournemouth 9th with 46.

Watford lined up in a 4-3-3 and AFC Bournemouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Troy Deeney of Watford (8.2), ahead of Nordin Amrabat (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Watford wins, 2 draws and 0 for AFC Bournemouth.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Sebastian PrödlWatford
  • 20'Yellow card · J. WilshereAFC Bournemouth
  • 28'Yellow card · Roberto PereyraWatford
  • 31'Goal · Callum WilsonAFC Bournemouth · 0-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Adam SmithAFC Bournemouth
  • 45'Yellow card · Simon FrancisAFC Bournemouth
  • 50'Goal · Troy DeeneyWatford · 1-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Hajime MoriyasuWatford
  • 62'Goal · Joshua KingAFC Bournemouth · 1-2
  • 65'Goal · Isaac SuccessWatford · 2-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Junior StanislasAFC Bournemouth

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Watford 0, draws 2, AFC Bournemouth 0.

Team news

Watford line-up (4-3-3)

Heurelho Gomes, Camilo Zúñiga, Sebastian Prödl, Younès Kaboul, José Holebas, Brian Gartland, Valon Behrami, Étienne Capoue, Nordin Amrabat, Troy Deeney, Odion Ighalo

AFC Bournemouth line-up (4-2-3-1)

Artur Boruc, Adam Smith, Simon Francis, Steve Cook, Charlie Daniels, Andrew Surman, Harry Arter, Junior Stanislas, J. Wilshere, Jordon Ibe, Callum Wilson