Watford 2-3 Huddersfield Town: result and report
Championship · Friday 7 April 2023
Result
Watford 2-3 Huddersfield Town
Championship · Friday 7 April 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Watford 2-3 Huddersfield Town: match report
Watford were beaten by Huddersfield Town 2-3 in the Championship on Friday 7 April 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Yaser Asprilla opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Watford's goals came from Yaser Asprilla (32') and Britt Assombalonga (90+2'). Huddersfield Town scored through Jack Rudoni (44'), Matthew Pearson (55') and K. Harratt (82').
Discipline: Watford received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Huddersfield Town received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 11th on 55 points from 39 and Huddersfield Town 22nd on 39 points from 39. Watford went on to finish that season 11th with 63 points, and Huddersfield Town 18th with 53.
Watford lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Huddersfield Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Rudoni of Huddersfield Town (8.2), ahead of João Pedro (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Watford wins, 0 draws and 5 for Huddersfield Town.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · R. Porteous
- 32'Goal · Yaser Asprilla
- 44'Goal · Jack Rudoni
- 54'Yellow card · João Pedro
- 55'Goal · Matthew Pearson
- 60'Yellow card · David Kasumu
- 82'Goal · K. Harratt
- 90+2'Goal · Britt Assombalonga
- 90+3'Yellow card · Hamza Choudhury
- 90+3'Yellow card · Jonathan Hogg
- 90+7'Second yellow · Daniel Bachmann
- 90+7'Yellow card · Daniel Bachmann
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (3-4-2-1)
Daniel Bachmann, Ryan Porteous, Craig Cathcart, Wesley Hoedt, João Ferreira, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Imrân Louza, Ken Sema, Yáser Asprilla, Ismaël Koné, João Pedro
Huddersfield Town line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tomas Vaclik, Tom Lees, Michal Helik, Matty Pearson, Rarmani Edmonds-Green, Jonathan Hogg, David Kasumu, Josh Ruffels, Jack Rudoni, Daniel Ward, Josh Koroma