Aston Villa 1-2 Watford: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 28 November 2015
Result
Aston Villa 1-2 Watford
Premier League · Saturday 28 November 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Aston Villa 1-2 Watford: match report
Aston Villa lost to Watford 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 November 2015. The half-time score was 1-1.
Odion Ighalo opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Micah Richards (41') and Jordan Ayew (89'). Watford scored through Odion Ighalo (17'), an own goal by Alan Hutton (69') and Troy Deeney (85').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards; Watford received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 20th on 6 points from 13 and Watford 14th on 16 points from 13. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 20th with 19 points, and Watford 12th with 48.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-3-3 and Watford in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Micah Richards of Aston Villa (8.3), ahead of Troy Deeney (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aston Villa win, 1 draw and 0 for Watford.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Odion Ighalo
- 41'Goal · Micah Richards
- 69'Own goal · Alan Hutton
- 74'Yellow card · Étienne Capoue
- 85'Goal · Troy Deeney
- 86'Yellow card · Troy Deeney
- 88'Yellow card · Ciaran Clark
- 89'Goal · Jordan Ayew
- 90+8'Yellow card · Nathan Aké
- 90+9'Yellow card · Carlos Sánchez
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-3-3)
Brad Guzan, Alan Hutton, Micah Richards, Ciaran Clark, Kieran Richardson, Jordan Veretout, Carlos Sánchez, Idrissa Gueye, Carles Gil, Jordan Ayew, Scott Sinclair
Watford line-up (4-4-2)
Heurelho Gomes, Allan Nyom, Craig Cathcart, Miguel Britos, Nathan Aké, J. Paredes, Étienne Capoue, Ben Watson, Almen Abdi, Troy Deeney, Odion Ighalo