Manchester United 2-1 Watford: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 30 March 2019
Result
Manchester United 2-1 Watford
Premier League · Saturday 30 March 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester United 2-1 Watford: match report
Manchester United beat Watford 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 30 March 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Marcus Rashford opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Marcus Rashford (28') and Anthony Martial (72'). Watford scored through Abdoulaye Doucouré (90').
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Watford received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 5th on 58 points from 30 and Watford 8th on 43 points from 30. Manchester United went on to finish that season 6th with 66 points, and Watford 11th with 50.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Watford in a 4-2-2-2. The highest match rating in our data went to David de Gea of Manchester United (8.1), ahead of Luke Shaw (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Watford.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · W. Hughes
- 28'Goal · Marcus Rashford
- 72'Goal · Anthony Martial
- 82'Yellow card · Adam Masina
- 90'Goal · Abdoulaye Doucouré
- 90+2'Yellow card · Andreas Pereira
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-3-1-2)
David de Gea, Ashley Young, Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Luke Shaw, Ander Herrera, Nemanja Matić, Paul Pogba, Juan Mata, Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial
Watford line-up (4-2-2-2)
Ben Foster, Daryl Janmaat, Christian Kabasele, Miguel Britos, Adam Masina, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Étienne Capoue, Will Hughes, Brian Gartland, Gerard Deulofeu, Troy Deeney