Watford 1-1 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 29 December 2018
Result
Watford 1-1 Newcastle United
Premier League · Saturday 29 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Watford 1-1 Newcastle United: match report
Watford drew with Newcastle United 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 December 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.
S. Rondón opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Watford's goal came from Abdoulaye Doucouré (82'). Newcastle United scored through S. Rondón (29').
Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 10th on 27 points from 19 and Newcastle United 15th on 17 points from 19. Watford went on to finish that season 11th with 50 points, and Newcastle United 13th with 45.
Watford lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Newcastle United in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matt Ritchie of Newcastle United (8.3), ahead of Salomón Rondón (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Watford wins, 1 draw and 2 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Watford's last five read L-W-W-D-L and Newcastle United's L-D-W-L-D.
Key events
- 29'Goal · S. Rondón
- 44'Yellow card · Adam Masina
- 66'Yellow card · DeAndre Yedlin
- 82'Goal · Abdoulaye Doucouré
- 90+1'Yellow card · F. Schär
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (4-2-2-2)
Ben Foster, Daryl Janmaat, Adrian Mariappa, Craig Cathcart, Adam Masina, Domingos Quina, Étienne Capoue, Will Hughes, Brian Gartland, Gerard Deulofeu, Isaac Success
Newcastle United line-up (5-4-1)
Martin Dúbravka, DeAndre Yedlin, Federico Fernández, Jamaal Lascelles, Paul Dummett, Matt Ritchie, Ayoze Pérez, Isaac Hayden, Mohamed Diamé, Christian Atsu, Salomón Rondón