Watford 2-0 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 22 December 2019
Result
Watford 2-0 Manchester United
Premier League · Sunday 22 December 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Watford 2-0 Manchester United: match report
Watford won against Manchester United 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 22 December 2019. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Ismaïla Sarr opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Watford's goals came from Ismaïla Sarr (50') and Troy Deeney (54', penalty). Manchester United did not score.
Discipline: Watford received 3 yellow cards; Manchester United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Watford were 20th on 9 points from 17 and Manchester United 8th on 25 points from 17. Watford went on to finish that season 19th with 34 points, and Manchester United 3rd with 66.
Watford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Foster of Watford (8.7), ahead of Anthony Martial (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 1 draw and 8 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Watford's last five read L-D-L-L-L and Manchester United's D-W-W-D-D.
Key events
- 36'Yellow card · Étienne Capoue
- 38'Yellow card · Luke Shaw
- 50'Goal · Ismaïla Sarr
- 51'Yellow card · Abdoulaye Doucouré
- 54'Penalty goal · Troy Deeney
- 90+2'Yellow card · Craig Cathcart
Head-to-head
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
Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
David de Gea, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Victor Lindelöf, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, Scott McTominay, Fred, Daniel James, Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial