Watford 1-3 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 27 August 2016
Result
Watford 1-3 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 27 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-3
Watford 1-3 Arsenal: match report
Watford lost to Arsenal 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 August 2016. The half-time score was 0-3.
Santi Cazorla opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Watford's goal came from Roberto Pereyra (57'). Arsenal scored through Santi Cazorla (9', penalty), A. Sánchez (40') and M. Özil (45+1').
Discipline: Watford received 6 yellow cards; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Watford were 14th on 1 point from 2 and Arsenal 13th on 1 point from 2. Watford went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and Arsenal 5th with 75.
Watford lined up in a 3-5-2 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alexis Sánchez of Arsenal (8.8), ahead of Petr Čech (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Watford wins, 0 draws and 4 for Arsenal.
Key events
- 9'Penalty goal · Santi Cazorla
- 17'Yellow card · Sebastian Prödl
- 40'Goal · A. Sánchez
- 45+1'Goal · M. Özil
- 45+2'Yellow card · Odion Ighalo
- 57'Goal · Roberto Pereyra
- 60'Yellow card · Troy Deeney
- 77'Yellow card · Nordin Amrabat
- 83'Yellow card · Hajime Moriyasu
- 89'Yellow card · José Holebas
- 90+2'Yellow card · J. Wilshere
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (3-5-2)
Heurelho Gomes, Younès Kaboul, Sebastian Prödl, Christian Kabasele, Nordin Amrabat, Adlène Guédioura, Valon Behrami, Étienne Capoue, José Holebas, Odion Ighalo, Troy Deeney
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, Héctor Bellerín, Rob Holding, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Santi Cazorla, Granit Xhaka, Theo Walcott, Mesut Özil, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alexis Sánchez