Newcastle United 1-1 Watford: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 31 August 2019

Result

Newcastle United 1-1 Watford

Premier League · Saturday 31 August 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Newcastle United 1-1 Watford: match report

Newcastle United drew with Watford 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 August 2019. It was 1-1 at half-time.

W. Hughes opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Newcastle United's goal came from F. Schär (41'). Watford scored through W. Hughes (2').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards; Watford received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 19th on 3 points from 3 and Watford 20th on 0 points from 3. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Watford 19th with 34.

Newcastle United lined up in a 5-4-1 and Watford in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sean Longstaff of Newcastle United (7.8), level with Will Hughes (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Newcastle United wins, 2 draws and 4 for Watford.

Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read W-L-L and Watford's L-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · W. HughesWatford · 0-1
  • 29'Yellow card · Abdoulaye DoucouréWatford
  • 31'Yellow card · Isaac HaydenNewcastle United
  • 41'Goal · F. SchärNewcastle United · 1-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Craig DawsonWatford
  • 44'Yellow card · P. DummettNewcastle United
  • 55'Yellow card · Craig CathcartWatford

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Newcastle United 2, draws 2, Watford 4.

Team news

Newcastle United line-up (5-4-1)

Martin Dúbravka, Paul Dummett, Fabian Schär, Jamaal Lascelles, Jetro Willems, Emil Krafth, Isaac Hayden, Miguel Almirón, Christian Atsu, Sean Longstaff, Joelinton

Watford line-up (3-4-2-1)

Ben Foster, Craig Dawson, Craig Cathcart, Christian Kabasele, Daryl Janmaat, Tom Cleverley, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Kiko Femenía, Andre Gray, Will Hughes, Brian Gartland