Watford 3-0 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 28 December 2019

Result

Watford 3-0 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 28 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Watford 3-0 Aston Villa: match report

Watford beat Aston Villa 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 December 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Troy Deeney opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Watford's goals came from Troy Deeney (42'), Troy Deeney (67', penalty) and Ismaïla Sarr (71'). Aston Villa did not score.

Discipline: Watford received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Watford were 19th on 13 points from 19 and Aston Villa 18th on 18 points from 19. Watford went on to finish that season 19th with 34 points, and Aston Villa 17th with 35.

Watford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Troy Deeney of Watford (8.9), ahead of Gerard Deulofeu (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Watford wins, 1 draw and 1 for Aston Villa.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 42'Goal · Troy DeeneyWatford · 1-0
  • 51'Yellow card · A. MariappaWatford
  • 57'Second yellow · A. MariappaWatford
  • 67'Penalty goal · Troy DeeneyWatford · 2-0
  • 71'Goal · Ismaïla SarrWatford · 3-0
  • 74'Yellow card · Étienne CapoueWatford
  • 84'Yellow card · Ismaïla SarrWatford
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Troy DeeneyWatford
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Jack GrealishAston Villa

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Watford 2, draws 1, Aston Villa 1.

Team news

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

Ben Foster, Adrian Mariappa, Christian Kabasele, Craig Cathcart, Kiko Femenía, Étienne Capoue, Will Hughes, Ismaïla Sarr, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Gerard Deulofeu, Troy Deeney

Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)

Tom Heaton, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Ezri Konsa, Kortney Hause, Matt Targett, Douglas Luiz, C. Hourihane, Jota Peleteiro, Henri Lansbury, Jack Grealish, Wesley Moraes