Watford 2-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Watford 2-1 Middlesbrough

Championship · Tuesday 30 August 2022, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Watford defeated Middlesbrough 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 30 August 2022. The half-time score was 1-1.

Rodrigo Muniz opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Watford's goals came from Ismaïla Sarr (24') and Vakoun Issouf Bayo (90+3'). Middlesbrough scored through Rodrigo Muniz (4').

Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 8th on 9 points from 6 and Middlesbrough 20th on 6 points from 6. Watford went on to finish that season 11th with 63 points, and Middlesbrough 4th with 76.

Watford lined up in a 3-5-2 and Middlesbrough in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to João Pedro of Watford (9.1), ahead of Edo Kayembe (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Watford wins, 5 draws and 1 for Middlesbrough.

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