Watford 2-2 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 31 March 2018

Result

Watford 2-2 AFC Bournemouth

Premier League · Saturday 31 March 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Watford 2-2 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Watford drew with AFC Bournemouth 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 March 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Kiko Femenía opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Watford's goals came from Kiko Femenía (13') and Roberto Pereyra (49'). AFC Bournemouth scored through Joshua King (43', penalty) and Jermain Defoe (90+2').

Discipline: Watford received 4 yellow cards; AFC Bournemouth received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 11th on 36 points from 31 and AFC Bournemouth 10th on 36 points from 31. Watford went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and AFC Bournemouth 12th with 44.

Watford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and AFC Bournemouth in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Will Hughes of Watford (8.1), ahead of Kiko Femenía (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 4 draws and 0 for AFC Bournemouth.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Kiko FemeníaWatford · 1-0
  • 42'Yellow card · José HolebasWatford
  • 43'Penalty goal · Joshua KingAFC Bournemouth · 1-1
  • 49'Goal · Roberto PereyraWatford · 2-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Sebastian PrödlWatford
  • 78'Yellow card · Abdoulaye DoucouréWatford
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Stefano OkakaWatford
  • 90+2'Goal · Jermain DefoeAFC Bournemouth · 2-2

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Watford 1, draws 4, AFC Bournemouth 0.

Team news

Watford line-up (4-2-3-1)

Orestis Karnezis, Daryl Janmaat, Sebastian Prödl, Adrian Mariappa, José Holebas, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Will Hughes, Kiko Femenía, Étienne Capoue, Brian Gartland, Troy Deeney

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

Asmir Begović, Steve Cook, Nathan Aké, Charlie Daniels, Ryan Fraser, Dan Gosling, Lewis Cook, Junior Stanislas, Jordon Ibe, Callum Wilson, Joshua King