Arsenal 2-0 Watford: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 2 April 2016

Result

Arsenal 2-0 Watford

Premier League · Saturday 2 April 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Arsenal 2-0 Watford: match report

Arsenal won against Watford 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 April 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.

A. Sánchez opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Arsenal's goals came from A. Sánchez (4'), Alex Iwobi (38'), Héctor Bellerín (48') and T. Walcott (90'). Watford did not score.

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Watford received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 3rd on 54 points from 30 and Watford 13th on 38 points from 30. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Watford 12th with 48.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Alexis Sánchez of Arsenal (8.5), ahead of Francis Coquelin (8.3).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · A. SánchezArsenal · 1-0
  • 38'Goal · Alex IwobiArsenal · 2-0
  • 48'Goal · Héctor BellerínArsenal · 3-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Allan NyomWatford
  • 84'Yellow card · Mohamed ElnenyArsenal
  • 90'Goal · T. WalcottArsenal · 4-0

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Arsenal 3, draws 0, Watford 0.

Team news

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

David Ospina, Héctor Bellerín, Gabriel Paulista, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Mohamed Elneny, Francis Coquelin, Alexis Sánchez, Mesut Özil, Alex Iwobi, Danny Welbeck

Watford line-up (4-4-2)

Heurelho Gomes, Allan Nyom, Sebastian Prödl, Craig Cathcart, Nathan Aké, Almen Abdi, Ben Watson, Mario Suárez, Étienne Capoue, Odion Ighalo, Troy Deeney