West Ham United 0-2 Watford: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2018
Result
West Ham United 0-2 Watford
Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
West Ham United 0-2 Watford: match report
West Ham United were beaten by Watford 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 December 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Troy Deeney opened the scoring in the 30th minute. West Ham United did not score. Watford scored through Troy Deeney (30', penalty) and Deulofeu (87').
Discipline: West Ham United received 3 yellow cards; Watford received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game West Ham United were 9th on 24 points from 17 and Watford 10th on 24 points from 17. West Ham United went on to finish that season 10th with 52 points, and Watford 11th with 50.
West Ham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Watford in a 4-2-2-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Foster of Watford (8.7), ahead of Gerard Deulofeu (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 West Ham United wins, 2 draws and 4 for Watford.
Key events
- 27'Yellow card · F. Balbuena
- 30'Penalty goal · Troy Deeney
- 55'Yellow card · Christian Kabasele
- 60'Yellow card · José Holebas
- 69'Yellow card · Michail Antonio
- 87'Goal · Deulofeu
- 90+3'Yellow card · Issa Diop
Head-to-head
Team news
West Ham United line-up (4-4-2)
Lukasz Fabianski, Pablo Zabaleta, Fabián Balbuena, Issa Diop, Arthur Masuaku, Robert Snodgrass, Mark Noble, Declan Rice, Felipe Anderson, Michail Antonio, Javier Hernández Balcázar
Watford line-up (4-2-2-2)
Ben Foster, Kiko Femenía, Christian Kabasele, Craig Cathcart, José Holebas, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Étienne Capoue, Ken Sema, Brian Gartland, Gerard Deulofeu, Troy Deeney