Arsenal 3-2 Watford: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 26 July 2020
Result
Arsenal 3-2 Watford
Premier League · Sunday 26 July 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
Arsenal 3-2 Watford: match report
Arsenal won against Watford 3-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 July 2020. It was 3-1 at half-time.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (5', penalty), Kieran Tierney (24') and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (33'). Watford scored through Troy Deeney (43', penalty) and Danny Welbeck (66').
Discipline: Arsenal received 3 yellow cards; Watford received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 10th on 53 points from 37 and Watford 18th on 34 points from 37. Arsenal went on to finish that season 8th with 56 points, and Watford 19th with 34.
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 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Arsenal (8.6), ahead of Kieran Tierney (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 2 for Watford.
Key events
- 5'Penalty goal · Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
- 24'Goal · Kieran Tierney
- 33'Goal · Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
- 35'Yellow card · Roberto Pereyra
- 43'Penalty goal · Troy Deeney
- 45'Yellow card · Granit Xhaka
- 45+5'Yellow card · W. Hughes
- 51'Yellow card · Craig Dawson
- 66'Goal · Danny Welbeck
- 72'Yellow card · R. Holding
- 74'Yellow card · Emiliano Martínez
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Emiliano Martínez, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Rob Holding, David Luiz, Kieran Tierney, Dani Ceballos, Granit Xhaka, Nicolas Pépé, Joe Willock, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette
Watford line-up (4-2-2-2)
Ben Foster, Kiko Femenía, Christian Kabasele, Craig Dawson, Adam Masina, Will Hughes, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Ismaïla Sarr, Brian Gartland, Danny Welbeck, Troy Deeney