Watford 3-4 Southampton: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 4 March 2017
Result
Watford 3-4 Southampton
Premier League · Saturday 4 March 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Watford 3-4 Southampton: match report
Watford were beaten by Southampton 3-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 March 2017. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Troy Deeney opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Watford's goals came from Troy Deeney (4'), Stefano Okaka (79') and Abdoulaye Doucouré (90+4'). Southampton scored through Dusan Tadić (28'), Nathan Redmond (45+2'), Manolo Gabbiadini (83') and Nathan Redmond (86').
Discipline: Watford received 3 yellow cards; Southampton received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 12th on 31 points from 26 and Southampton 13th on 30 points from 25. Watford went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and Southampton 8th with 46.
Watford lined up in a 4-4-2 and Southampton in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dusan Tadic of Southampton (8.8), level with Nathan Redmond (8.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Watford wins, 2 draws and 1 for Southampton.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Troy Deeney
- 14'Yellow card · Cédric Soares
- 28'Goal · Dusan Tadić
- 33'Yellow card · Manolo Gabbiadini
- 44'Yellow card · Stefano Okaka
- 45+2'Goal · Nathan Redmond
- 73'Yellow card · Sebastian Prödl
- 79'Goal · Stefano Okaka
- 82'Yellow card · Troy Deeney
- 83'Goal · Manolo Gabbiadini
- 86'Goal · Nathan Redmond
- 90+4'Goal · Abdoulaye Doucouré
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (4-4-2)
Heurelho Gomes, Younès Kaboul, Sebastian Prödl, Miguel Britos, José Holebas, M'Baye Niang, Valon Behrami, Tom Cleverley, Étienne Capoue, Stefano Okaka, Troy Deeney
Southampton line-up (4-2-3-1)
Fraser Forster, Cédric Soares, Jack Stephens, Maya Yoshida, Ryan Bertrand, Steven Davis, Oriol Romeu, James Ward-Prowse, Dusan Tadic, Nathan Redmond, Manolo Gabbiadini