Liverpool 1-0 Watford: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 8 May 2016
Result
Liverpool 1-0 Watford
Premier League · Sunday 8 May 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Liverpool 1-0 Watford: match report
Liverpool won against Watford 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 8 May 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Joe Allen opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Joe Allen (35') and Roberto Firmino (76'). Watford did not score.
Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Watford received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 8th on 53 points from 35 and Watford 12th on 45 points from 35. Liverpool went on to finish that season 8th with 58 points, and Watford 12th with 48.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Martin Škrtel of Liverpool (8.4), ahead of Christian Benteke (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Liverpool wins, 0 draws and 1 for Watford.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read L-D-W-W-W and Watford's W-L-W-D-L.
Key events
- 35'Goal · Joe Allen
- 59'Yellow card · Miguel Britos
- 63'Yellow card · Jon Flanagan
- 73'Yellow card · Steven Berghuis
- 76'Goal · Roberto Firmino
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Simon Mignolet, Jon Flanagan, Martin Škrtel, Lucas Leiva, Alberto Moreno, Kevin Stewart, Joe Allen, Sheyi Ojo, Jordon Ibe, Philippe Coutinho, Christian Benteke
Watford line-up (4-4-2)
Heurelho Gomes, Craig Cathcart, Sebastian Prödl, Miguel Britos, Ikechi Anya, Almen Abdi, Mario Suárez, Ben Watson, José Jurado, Odion Ighalo, Troy Deeney