Watford 2-1 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 5 May 2018
Result
Watford 2-1 Newcastle United
Premier League · Saturday 5 May 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Watford 2-1 Newcastle United: match report
Watford beat Newcastle United 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 May 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.
Roberto Pereyra opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Watford's goals came from Roberto Pereyra (2') and Andre Gray (28'). Newcastle United scored through Ayoze Pérez (55').
Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Watford were 14th on 38 points from 36 and Newcastle United 10th on 41 points from 35. Watford went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Newcastle United 10th with 44.
Watford lined up in a 4-4-2 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Brian Gartland of Watford (8.2), ahead of Andre Gray (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Watford wins, 1 draw and 1 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Watford's last five read L-D-L-L-D and Newcastle United's L-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Roberto Pereyra
- 28'Goal · Andre Gray
- 39'Missed penalty · Troy Deeney
- 42'Yellow card · Ayoze Pérez
- 55'Goal · Ayoze Pérez
- 58'Yellow card · Christian Kabasele
- 72'Yellow card · José Holebas
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (4-4-2)
Orestis Karnezis, Daryl Janmaat, Craig Cathcart, Christian Kabasele, José Holebas, Will Hughes, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Étienne Capoue, Brian Gartland, Andre Gray, Troy Deeney
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-1-1)
Martin Dúbravka, Javier Manquillo, Jamaal Lascelles, Florian Lejeune, Paul Dummett, Jacob Murphy, Mohamed Diamé, Jonjo Shelvey, Kenedy, Ayoze Pérez, Dwight Gayle