Watford 1-2 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 26 December 2006
Result
Watford 1-2 Arsenal
Premier League · Tuesday 26 December 2006, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Watford 1-2 Arsenal: match report
Watford were beaten by Arsenal 1-2 in the Premier League on Tuesday 26 December 2006. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Gilberto Silva opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Watford's goal came from Mark Smith (23'). Arsenal scored through Gilberto Silva (19') and Robin van Persie (82').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Watford were 20th on 11 points from 18 and Arsenal 6th on 33 points from 19. Watford went on to finish that season 20th with 28 points, and Arsenal 4th with 68.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Watford wins, 0 draws and 1 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Watford's last five read L-L-D-D-L and Arsenal's W-D-W-D-W.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Gilberto Silva
- 23'Goal · Mark Smith
- 82'Goal · Robin van Persie
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up
Ben Foster, Jordan Stewart, Jay DeMerit, Ashley Young, Daniel Shittu, Adrian Mariappa, Gavin Mahon, Anthony McNamee, Alhassan Bangura, Hameur Bouazza, Tommy Smith
Arsenal line-up
Jens Lehmann, Kolo Touré, Johan Djourou, Gaël Clichy, Justin Hoyte, Cesc Fàbregas, Tomáš Rosický, Alexander Hleb, Gilberto Silva, Robin van Persie, Emmanuel Adebayor