Watford 1-3 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 28 June 2020

Result

Watford 1-3 Southampton

Premier League · Sunday 28 June 2020, 15:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Watford 1-3 Southampton: match report

Watford were beaten by Southampton 1-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 28 June 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.

D. Ings opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Watford's goal came from an own goal by Jan Bednarek (79'). Southampton scored through D. Ings (16'), D. Ings (70') and James Ward-Prowse (82').

Discipline: Watford received 3 yellow cards; Southampton received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 16th on 28 points from 31 and Southampton 14th on 37 points from 31. Watford went on to finish that season 19th with 34 points, and Southampton 11th with 52.

Watford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Southampton in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Danny Ings of Southampton (8.8), ahead of James Ward-Prowse (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 5 draws and 3 for Southampton.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · D. IngsSouthampton · 0-1
  • 32'Yellow card · Craig DawsonWatford
  • 70'Goal · D. IngsSouthampton · 0-2
  • 79'Own goal · Jan BednarekWatford · 1-2
  • 82'Goal · James Ward-ProwseSouthampton · 1-3
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Abdoulaye DoucouréWatford
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Craig CathcartWatford

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Watford 1, draws 5, Southampton 3.

Team news

Watford line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ben Foster, Kiko Femenía, Craig Cathcart, Craig Dawson, Adam Masina, Will Hughes, Étienne Capoue, Ismaïla Sarr, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Brian Gartland, Troy Deeney

Southampton line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Kyle Walker-Peters, Jan Bednarek, Jannik Vestergaard, Ryan Bertrand, Will Smallbone, James Ward-Prowse, Oriol Romeu, Nathan Redmond, Shane Long, Danny Ings