Watford 2-3 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 6 March 2022
Result
Watford 2-3 Arsenal
Premier League · Sunday 6 March 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Watford 2-3 Arsenal: match report
Watford lost to Arsenal 2-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 6 March 2022. The half-time score was 1-2.
Martin Ødegaard opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Watford's goals came from Cucho Hernández (11') and Moussa Sissoko (87'). Arsenal scored through Martin Ødegaard (5'), Bukayo Saka (30') and Gabriel Martinelli (52').
Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 19th on 19 points from 26 and Arsenal 6th on 45 points from 24. Watford went on to finish that season 19th with 23 points, and Arsenal 5th with 69.
Watford lined up in a 4-3-3 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Cucho Hernández of Watford (8.7), ahead of Bukayo Saka (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Watford wins, 1 draw and 7 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Watford's last five read D-L-W-L-L and Arsenal's W-W-W-D-L.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Martin Ødegaard
- 11'Goal · Cucho Hernández
- 30'Goal · Bukayo Saka
- 52'Goal · Gabriel Martinelli
- 58'Yellow card · Cédric Soares
- 87'Goal · Moussa Sissoko
- 90+3'Yellow card · Eddie Nketiah
- 90+6'Yellow card · Cucho Hernández
Head-to-head
Team news
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Watford line-up (4-3-3)
Ben Foster, Kiko Femenía, Craig Cathcart, Samir Caetano, Hassane Kamara, Moussa Sissoko, Imrân Louza, Tom Cleverley, Cucho Hernández, Emmanuel Dennis, João Pedro
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Aaron Ramsdale, Cédric Soares, Ben White, Gabriel, Kieran Tierney, Thomas Partey, Granit Xhaka, Bukayo Saka, Martin Ødegaard, Gabriel Martinelli, Alexandre Lacazette