Watford 2-1 Sunderland: result and report

Watford 2-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Sunday 15 May 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Watford won against Sunderland 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 15 May 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.

J. Rodwell opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Watford's goals came from Sebastian Prödl (48') and Troy Deeney (61', penalty). Sunderland scored through J. Rodwell (39') and J. Lens (51').

Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 12th on 45 points from 37 and Sunderland 17th on 37 points from 37. Watford went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Sunderland 17th with 37.

Watford lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jeremain Lens of Sunderland (8.1), ahead of Sebastian Prödl (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 0 draws and 0 for Sunderland.

Going into the match Watford's last five read L-L-W-L-W and Sunderland's W-W-D-D-W.