Watford 2-4 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 28 November 2017

Result

Watford 2-4 Manchester United

Premier League · Tuesday 28 November 2017, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-3

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Watford 2-4 Manchester United: match report

Watford lost to Manchester United 2-4 in the Premier League on Tuesday 28 November 2017. The half-time score was 0-3.

A. Young opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Watford's goals came from Troy Deeney (77', penalty) and Abdoulaye Doucouré (84'). Manchester United scored through A. Young (19'), A. Young (25'), Anthony Martial (32') and Jesse Lingard (86').

Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Watford were 8th on 21 points from 13 and Manchester United 2nd on 29 points from 13. Watford went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 81.

Watford lined up in a 3-5-2 and Manchester United in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jesse Lingard of Manchester United (8.5), ahead of Ashley Young (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 1 draw and 4 for Manchester United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · A. YoungManchester United · 0-1
  • 24'Yellow card · Abdoulaye DoucouréWatford
  • 25'Goal · A. YoungManchester United · 0-2
  • 32'Goal · Anthony MartialManchester United · 0-3
  • 38'Yellow card · Marcos RojoManchester United
  • 41'Yellow card · A. MariappaWatford
  • 77'Penalty goal · Troy DeeneyWatford · 1-3
  • 84'Goal · Abdoulaye DoucouréWatford · 2-3
  • 86'Goal · Jesse LingardManchester United · 2-4

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Watford 1, draws 1, Manchester United 4.

Team news

Watford line-up (3-5-2)

Heurelho Gomes, Adrian Mariappa, Sebastian Prödl, Christian Kabasele, Kiko Femenía, Will Hughes, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Tom Cleverley, Marvin Zeegelaar, Andre Gray, Richarlison

Manchester United line-up (3-4-2-1)

David de Gea, Victor Lindelöf, Chris Smalling, Marcos Rojo, Antonio Valencia, Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matić, Ashley Young, Jesse Lingard, Anthony Martial, Romelu Lukaku