AFC Bournemouth 2-2 Watford: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 January 2017

Result

AFC Bournemouth 2-2 Watford

Premier League · Saturday 21 January 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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AFC Bournemouth 2-2 Watford: match report

AFC Bournemouth drew with Watford 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 January 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.

Christian Kabasele opened the scoring in the 24th minute. AFC Bournemouth's goals came from Joshua King (48') and Benik Afobe (82'). Watford scored through Christian Kabasele (24') and Troy Deeney (64').

Discipline: AFC Bournemouth received 1 yellow card; Watford received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game AFC Bournemouth were 11th on 25 points from 21 and Watford 14th on 23 points from 21. AFC Bournemouth went on to finish that season 9th with 46 points, and Watford 17th with 40.

AFC Bournemouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to J. Wilshere of AFC Bournemouth (8.6), ahead of Troy Deeney (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 AFC Bournemouth wins, 3 draws and 0 for Watford.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Christian KabaseleWatford · 0-1
  • 48'Goal · Joshua KingAFC Bournemouth · 1-1
  • 64'Goal · Troy DeeneyWatford · 1-2
  • 70'Yellow card · José HolebasWatford
  • 79'Yellow card · Younès KaboulWatford
  • 82'Goal · Benik AfobeAFC Bournemouth · 2-2
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Steve CookAFC Bournemouth

Head-to-head

3 meetings: AFC Bournemouth 0, draws 3, Watford 0.

Team news

AFC Bournemouth line-up (4-2-3-1)

Artur Boruc, Adam Smith, Steve Cook, Tyrone Mings, Charlie Daniels, Andrew Surman, J. Wilshere, Junior Stanislas, Joshua King, Ryan Fraser, Callum Wilson

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

Heurelho Gomes, Younès Kaboul, Sebastian Prödl, Miguel Britos, Christian Kabasele, Étienne Capoue, Abdoulaye Doucouré, José Holebas, Tom Cleverley, Stefano Okaka, Troy Deeney