Watford 2-2 Southampton: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 13 January 2018
Result
Watford 2-2 Southampton
Premier League · Saturday 13 January 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Watford 2-2 Southampton: match report
Watford drew with Southampton 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 13 January 2018. The half-time score was 0-2.
James Ward-Prowse opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Watford's goals came from Andre Gray (58') and Abdoulaye Doucouré (90'). Southampton scored through James Ward-Prowse (20') and James Ward-Prowse (44').
Discipline: Watford received no yellow cards; Southampton received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 10th on 25 points from 22 and Southampton 17th on 20 points from 22. Watford went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Southampton 17th with 36.
Watford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Southampton in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to James Ward-Prowse of Southampton (9.1), ahead of Daryl Janmaat (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 2 draws and 2 for Southampton.
Going into the match Watford's last five read L-L-W-L-L and Southampton's L-D-L-D-L.
Key events
- 20'Goal · James Ward-Prowse
- 31'Yellow card · Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg
- 44'Goal · James Ward-Prowse
- 58'Goal · Andre Gray
- 79'Yellow card · Oriol Romeu
- 81'Yellow card · A. McCarthy
- 87'Yellow card · Dusan Tadić
- 90'Goal · Abdoulaye Doucouré
- 90'Yellow card · Cédric Soares
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Heurelho Gomes, Daryl Janmaat, Molla Wagué, Christian Kabasele, Marvin Zeegelaar, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Ben Watson, André Carrillo, Tom Cleverley, Richarlison, Andre Gray
Southampton line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alex Simon McCarthy, Cédric Soares, Jack Stephens, Wesley Hoedt, Ryan Bertrand, Oriol Romeu, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, James Ward-Prowse, Dusan Tadic, Steven Davis, Shane Long