Watford 1-0 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 April 2017

Result

Watford 1-0 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 1 April 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Watford 1-0 Sunderland: match report

Watford won against Sunderland 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 April 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Miguel Britos of Watford in the 59th minute.

Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 14th on 31 points from 28 and Sunderland 20th on 20 points from 28. Watford went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and Sunderland 20th with 24.

Watford lined up in a 4-5-1 and Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Craig Cathcart of Watford (8.7), level with Jordan Pickford (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Watford wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 59'Goal · Miguel BritosWatford · 1-0
  • 72'Yellow card · Billy JonesSunderland
  • 77'Yellow card · Wahbi KhazriSunderland
  • 78'Yellow card · Lamine KonéSunderland
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Étienne CapoueWatford

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Watford 2, draws 0, Sunderland 1.

Team news

Watford line-up (4-5-1)

Heurelho Gomes, Craig Cathcart, Younès Kaboul, Miguel Britos, José Holebas, Nordin Amrabat, Tom Cleverley, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Étienne Capoue, M'Baye Niang, Stefano Okaka

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

Jordan Pickford, Billy Jones, Lamine Koné, John O'Shea, Bryan Oviedo, Jason Denayer, Darron Gibson, Fabio Borini, Jack Rodwell, Adnan Januzaj, Jermain Defoe