Watford 2-0 West Bromwich Albion: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 4 April 2017
Result
Watford 2-0 West Bromwich Albion
Premier League · Tuesday 4 April 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Watford 2-0 West Bromwich Albion: match report
Watford won against West Bromwich Albion 2-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 4 April 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
M'Baye Niang opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Watford's goals came from M'Baye Niang (13') and Troy Deeney (49'). West Bromwich Albion did not score.
Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; West Bromwich Albion received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 12th on 34 points from 29 and West Bromwich Albion 8th on 44 points from 30. Watford went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and West Bromwich Albion 10th with 45.
Watford lined up in a 4-5-1 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to M'Baye Niang of Watford (8.2), ahead of Craig Cathcart (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 1 draw and 1 for West Bromwich Albion.
Key events
- 13'Goal · M'Baye Niang
- 40'Yellow card · Miguel Britos
- 43'Yellow card · H. Robson-Kanu
- 45+6'Yellow card · James McClean
- 49'Goal · Troy Deeney
- 58'Yellow card · J. Livermore
- 65'Second yellow · Miguel Britos
- 69'Yellow card · M'Baye Niang
- 83'Yellow card · Allan Nyom
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (4-5-1)
Heurelho Gomes, Craig Cathcart, Sebastian Prödl, Miguel Britos, José Holebas, Nordin Amrabat, Étienne Capoue, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Tom Cleverley, M'Baye Niang, Troy Deeney
West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-3-3)
Ben Foster, Craig Dawson, Gareth McAuley, Jonny Evans, Allan Nyom, Darren Fletcher, Jake Livermore, Chris Brunt, Nacer Chadli, Hal Robson-Kanu, James McClean