Watford 3-2 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 14 August 2021
Result
Watford 3-2 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 14 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Watford 3-2 Aston Villa: match report
Watford beat Aston Villa 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 August 2021. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Emmanuel Dennis opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Watford's goals came from Emmanuel Dennis (10'), Ismaïla Sarr (42') and Cucho Hernández (67'). Aston Villa scored through John McGinn (70') and Danny Ings (90+7', penalty).
Discipline: Watford received 3 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.
Watford went on to finish that season 19th with 23 points, and Aston Villa 14th with 45.
Watford lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Emmanuel Dennis of Watford (8.3), ahead of Ismaïla Sarr (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Watford wins, 1 draw and 2 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Emmanuel Dennis
- 23'Yellow card · Juraj Kucka
- 42'Goal · Ismaïla Sarr
- 54'Yellow card · Tyrone Mings
- 55'Yellow card · Ken Sema
- 67'Goal · Cucho Hernández
- 70'Goal · John McGinn
- 86'Yellow card · Peter Etebo
- 90+7'Penalty goal · Danny Ings
Head-to-head
Team news
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Watford line-up (4-1-4-1)
Daniel Bachmann, Craig Cathcart, William Troost-Ekong, Christian Kabasele, Adam Masina, Peter Etebo, Ismaïla Sarr, Tom Cleverley, Juraj Kucka, Ken Sema, Emmanuel Dennis
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Matt Targett, John McGinn, Marvelous Nakamba, Anwar El Ghazi, Emiliano Buendía, Ashley Young, Danny Ings