Watford 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 5 March 2013
Result
Watford 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Championship · Tuesday 5 March 2013, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Watford 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday: match report
Watford defeated Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 5 March 2013. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Michail Antonio opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Watford's goals came from F. Forestieri (53') and F. Forestieri (63'). Sheffield Wednesday scored through Michail Antonio (18').
Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Sheffield Wednesday received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 3rd on 61 points from 35 and Sheffield Wednesday 20th on 40 points from 34. Watford went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 18th with 58.
Watford lined up in a 3-5-2 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Watford wins, 2 draws and 2 for Sheffield Wednesday.
Going into the match Watford's last five read D-W-W-W-D and Sheffield Wednesday's L-W-D-D-W.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Michail Antonio
- 36'Yellow card · Kieran Lee
- 53'Goal · F. Forestieri
- 59'Yellow card · Danny Pugh
- 63'Goal · F. Forestieri
- 63'Yellow card · David Prutton
- 63'Yellow card · M. Vydra
- 88'Yellow card · L. Lita
- 89'Yellow card · F. Forestieri
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford expected line-up (3-5-2)
Almunia, Joel Ekstrand, Lloyd Doyley, Marco Cassetti, Tommie Hoban, Almen Abdi, Nathaniel Chalobah, Troy Deeney, Matej Vydra
Sheffield Wednesday expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Chris Kirkland, Lewis Buxton, Miguel Angel Llera, Anthony Gardner, Reda Johnson, Jeremy Helan, David Prutton, Rhys McCabe, Joe Mattock, Michail Antonio, Kieran Lee