Watford 2-1 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 11 July 2020
Result
Watford 2-1 Newcastle United
Premier League · Saturday 11 July 2020, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Watford 2-1 Newcastle United: match report
Watford beat Newcastle United 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 July 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Dwight Gayle opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Watford's goals came from Troy Deeney (52', penalty) and Troy Deeney (82', penalty). Newcastle United scored through Dwight Gayle (23').
Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 17th on 31 points from 34 and Newcastle United 13th on 43 points from 34. Watford went on to finish that season 19th with 34 points, and Newcastle United 13th with 44.
Watford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Craig Dawson of Watford (8.1), level with Troy Deeney (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Watford wins, 3 draws and 2 for Newcastle United.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Dwight Gayle
- 45+2'Yellow card · Jamaal Lascelles
- 52'Penalty goal · Troy Deeney
- 63'Yellow card · Javier Manquillo
- 77'Yellow card · Federico Fernández
- 82'Penalty goal · Troy Deeney
- 84'Yellow card · F. Schär
- 90'Yellow card · W. Hughes
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ben Foster, Kiko Femenía, Christian Kabasele, Craig Dawson, Adam Masina, Étienne Capoue, Will Hughes, Ismaïla Sarr, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Danny Welbeck, Troy Deeney
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-1-1)
Martin Dúbravka, Javier Manquillo, Jamaal Lascelles, Federico Fernández, Danny Rose, Allan Saint-Maximin, Fabian Schär, Jonjo Shelvey, Matt Ritchie, Miguel Almirón, Dwight Gayle