Watford 0-3 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 17 October 2015
Result
Watford 0-3 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 17 October 2015, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Watford 0-3 Arsenal: match report
Watford were beaten by Arsenal 0-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 October 2015. It was 0-0 at half-time.
A. Sánchez opened the scoring in the 62nd minute. Watford did not score. Arsenal scored through A. Sánchez (62'), Olivier Giroud (68') and Aaron Ramsey (74').
Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Watford were 15th on 9 points from 8 and Arsenal 4th on 16 points from 8. Watford went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Arsenal 3rd with 70.
Watford lined up in a 4-4-2 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alexis Sánchez of Arsenal (8.9), ahead of Nacho Monreal (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Watford wins, 0 draws and 2 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Watford's last five read D-L-W-W-L and Arsenal's W-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 47'Yellow card · Allan Nyom
- 58'Yellow card · Per Mertesacker
- 62'Goal · A. Sánchez
- 63'Yellow card · Heurelho Gomes
- 68'Goal · Olivier Giroud
- 74'Goal · Aaron Ramsey
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (4-4-2)
Heurelho Gomes, Allan Nyom, Sebastian Prödl, Craig Cathcart, Nathan Aké, Ikechi Anya, Étienne Capoue, Ben Watson, Almen Abdi, Odion Ighalo, Troy Deeney
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, Héctor Bellerín, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Francis Coquelin, Santi Cazorla, Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Özil, Alexis Sánchez, Theo Walcott