Liverpool 2-0 Watford: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 14 December 2019
Result
Liverpool 2-0 Watford
Premier League · Saturday 14 December 2019, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Liverpool 2-0 Watford: match report
Liverpool beat Watford 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 December 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Mohamed Salah opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Mohamed Salah (38') and Mohamed Salah (90'). Watford did not score.
Discipline: Liverpool received 2 yellow cards; Watford received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Liverpool were 1st on 46 points from 16 and Watford 20th on 9 points from 16. Liverpool went on to finish that season 1st with 99 points, and Watford 19th with 34.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mohamed Salah of Liverpool (8.6), ahead of Joe Gomez (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Liverpool wins, 1 draw and 1 for Watford.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Watford's D-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 24'Yellow card · W. Hughes
- 38'Goal · Mohamed Salah
- 43'Yellow card · Jordan Henderson
- 57'Yellow card · James Milner
- 90'Goal · Mohamed Salah
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, James Milner, Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Xherdan Shaqiri, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané, Mohamed Salah
Watford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ben Foster, Adrian Mariappa, Christian Kabasele, Craig Cathcart, Kiko Femenía, Étienne Capoue, Will Hughes, Ismaïla Sarr, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Gerard Deulofeu, Troy Deeney