Watford 2-1 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 23 January 2016
Result
Watford 2-1 Newcastle United
Premier League · Saturday 23 January 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Watford 2-1 Newcastle United: match report
Watford defeated Newcastle United 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 January 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Odion Ighalo opened the scoring in the 46th minute. Watford's goals came from Odion Ighalo (46') and Craig Cathcart (58'). Newcastle United scored through Jamaal Lascelles (71').
Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Watford were 13th on 29 points from 22 and Newcastle United 18th on 20 points from 22. Watford went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Newcastle United 18th with 37.
Watford lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Newcastle United in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Troy Deeney of Watford (8.7), ahead of Odion Ighalo (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 1 draw and 1 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Watford's last five read L-L-L-L-D and Newcastle United's W-D-L-L-L.
Key events
- 46'Goal · Odion Ighalo
- 51'Yellow card · Chancel Mbemba
- 56'Yellow card · Hajime Moriyasu
- 58'Goal · Craig Cathcart
- 68'Yellow card · Miguel Britos
- 71'Goal · Jamaal Lascelles
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (4-3-1-2)
Heurelho Gomes, J. Paredes, Craig Cathcart, Miguel Britos, Nathan Aké, Étienne Capoue, Ben Watson, Valon Behrami, José Jurado, Troy Deeney, Odion Ighalo
Newcastle United line-up (3-4-2-1)
Robert Elliot, Jamaal Lascelles, Fabricio Coloccini, Chancel Mbemba, Daryl Janmaat, Jonjo Shelvey, Henri Saivet, Rolando Aarons, Moussa Sissoko, Georginio Wijnaldum, Aleksandar Mitrović