Watford 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 2 September 2018
Result
Watford 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League · Sunday 2 September 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Watford 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report
Watford won against Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 September 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Watford's goals came from Troy Deeney (69') and Craig Cathcart (76'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through an own goal by Abdoulaye Doucouré (53').
Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Watford were 5th on 9 points from 3 and Tottenham Hotspur 4th on 9 points from 3. Watford went on to finish that season 11th with 50 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 4th with 71.
Watford lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Craig Cathcart of Watford (8.0), level with Kieran Trippier (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Watford wins, 2 draws and 6 for Tottenham Hotspur.
Going into the match Watford's last five read W-W-W and Tottenham Hotspur's W-W-W.
Key events
- 52'Yellow card · Étienne Capoue
- 53'Own goal · Abdoulaye Doucouré
- 68'Yellow card · Mousa Dembélé
- 69'Goal · Troy Deeney
- 76'Goal · Craig Cathcart
- 90+3'Yellow card · Isaac Success
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (4-2-2-2)
Ben Foster, Daryl Janmaat, Craig Cathcart, Christian Kabasele, José Holebas, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Étienne Capoue, Will Hughes, Brian Gartland, Andre Gray, Troy Deeney
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (3-1-4-2)
Michel Vorm, Toby Alderweireld, Davinson Sánchez, Jan Vertonghen, Mousa Dembélé, Kieran Trippier, Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli, Ben Davies, Lucas Moura, Harry Kane