Arsenal 2-0 Watford: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 September 2018

Result

Arsenal 2-0 Watford

Premier League · Saturday 29 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Arsenal 2-0 Watford: match report

Arsenal defeated Watford 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 September 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Arsenal's goals came from an own goal by Craig Cathcart (81') and M. Özil (83'). Watford did not score.

Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Watford received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 6th on 12 points from 6 and Watford 4th on 13 points from 6. Arsenal went on to finish that season 5th with 70 points, and Watford 11th with 50.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 4-2-2-2. The highest match rating in our data went to José Holebas of Watford (7.8), ahead of Rob Holding (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Arsenal wins, 0 draws and 2 for Watford.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · Troy DeeneyWatford
  • 45'Yellow card · Lucas TorreiraArsenal
  • 62'Yellow card · Nurgzay KhayrulinArsenal
  • 79'Yellow card · Abdoulaye DoucouréWatford
  • 81'Own goal · Craig CathcartArsenal · 1-0
  • 83'Goal · M. ÖzilArsenal · 2-0

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Arsenal 6, draws 0, Watford 2.

Team news

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

Petr Čech, Héctor Bellerín, Shkodran Mustafi, Rob Holding, Nacho Monreal, Lucas Torreira, Granit Xhaka, Mesut Özil, Aaron Ramsey, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette

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

Ben Foster, Marc Navarro, Craig Cathcart, Christian Kabasele, José Holebas, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Étienne Capoue, Will Hughes, Brian Gartland, Andre Gray, Troy Deeney