Watford 1-2 Chelsea: result and report

Watford 1-2 Chelsea

Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2018, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Watford were beaten by Chelsea 1-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 26 December 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Eden Hazard opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Watford's goal came from Roberto Pereyra (45+3'). Chelsea scored through Eden Hazard (45+1') and Eden Hazard (58', penalty).

Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 9th on 27 points from 18 and Chelsea 5th on 37 points from 18. Watford went on to finish that season 11th with 50 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 72.

Watford lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Eden Hazard of Chelsea (8.8), ahead of Willian (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 2 draws and 5 for Chelsea.

Going into the match Watford's last five read W-W-D-L-L and Chelsea's L-W-W-L-W.