Liverpool 5-0 Watford: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 17 March 2018

Result

Liverpool 5-0 Watford

Premier League · Saturday 17 March 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

Liverpool · Watford · Premier League predictions

Liverpool 5-0 Watford: match report

Liverpool defeated Watford 5-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 March 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.

Mohamed Salah opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Mohamed Salah (4'), Mohamed Salah (43'), Roberto Firmino (49'), Mohamed Salah (77') and Mohamed Salah (85'). Watford did not score.

Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Watford received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 4th on 60 points from 30 and Watford 10th on 36 points from 30. Liverpool went on to finish that season 4th with 75 points, and Watford 14th with 41.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Watford in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Mohamed Salah of Liverpool (10.0), ahead of Roberto Firmino (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Liverpool wins, 1 draw and 1 for Watford.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Mohamed SalahLiverpool · 1-0
  • 43'Goal · Mohamed SalahLiverpool · 2-0
  • 49'Goal · Roberto FirminoLiverpool · 3-0
  • 52'Yellow card · Joe GomezLiverpool
  • 77'Goal · Mohamed SalahLiverpool · 4-0
  • 85'Goal · Mohamed SalahLiverpool · 5-0

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Liverpool 5, draws 1, Watford 1.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Loris Karius, Joe Gomez, Joël Matip, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Emre Can, Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané

Watford line-up (3-4-3)

Orestis Karnezis, Adrian Mariappa, Sebastian Prödl, Miguel Britos, Kiko Femenía, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Étienne Capoue, José Holebas, Brian Gartland, Troy Deeney, Richarlison