Watford 0-1 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 28 October 2017
Result
Watford 0-1 Stoke City
Premier League · Saturday 28 October 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Watford 0-1 Stoke City: match report
Watford lost to Stoke City 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 October 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.
The only goal came from Darren Fletcher of Stoke City in the 16th minute.
Discipline: Watford received 4 yellow cards; Stoke City received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 6th on 15 points from 9 and Stoke City 17th on 8 points from 9. Watford went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Stoke City 19th with 33.
Watford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kurt Zouma of Stoke City (7.8), level with Ryan Shawcross (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 1 draw and 2 for Stoke City.
Going into the match Watford's last five read L-W-D-W-L and Stoke City's L-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Darren Fletcher
- 57'Yellow card · Kiko Femenía
- 62'Yellow card · Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
- 76'Yellow card · Richarlison
- 85'Yellow card · Xherdan Shaqiri
- 87'Yellow card · Andrea Pirlo
- 87'Yellow card · Abdoulaye Doucouré
- 90+5'Yellow card · Joe Allen
- 90+5'Yellow card · Troy Deeney
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Heurelho Gomes, Kiko Femenía, Christian Kabasele, Miguel Britos, José Holebas, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Tom Cleverley, André Carrillo, Étienne Capoue, Richarlison, Troy Deeney
Stoke City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Jack Butland, Kurt Zouma, Ryan Shawcross, Kevin Wimmer, Mame Diouf, Darren Fletcher, Joe Allen, Erik Pieters, Xherdan Shaqiri, Ramadan Sobhi, Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting