Watford 2-1 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 14 October 2017
Result
Watford 2-1 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 14 October 2017, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Watford 2-1 Arsenal: match report
Watford beat Arsenal 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 October 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Per Mertesacker opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Watford's goals came from Troy Deeney (71', penalty) and Tom Cleverley (90+2'). Arsenal scored through Per Mertesacker (39').
Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Arsenal received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 8th on 12 points from 7 and Arsenal 5th on 13 points from 7. Watford went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Arsenal 6th with 63.
Watford lined up in a 3-4-3 and Arsenal in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Per Mertesacker of Arsenal (8.4), ahead of Granit Xhaka (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 0 draws and 5 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Watford's last five read D-W-L-W-D and Arsenal's W-W-D-W-L.
Key events
- 39'Goal · Per Mertesacker
- 64'Yellow card · Christian Kabasele
- 71'Penalty goal · Troy Deeney
- 90+2'Goal · Tom Cleverley
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (3-4-3)
Heurelho Gomes, Adrian Mariappa, Christian Kabasele, Miguel Britos, Kiko Femenía, Tom Cleverley, Abdoulaye Doucouré, José Holebas, Brian Gartland, Andre Gray, Richarlison
Arsenal line-up (3-4-2-1)
Petr Čech, Laurent Koscielny, Per Mertesacker, Nacho Monreal, Héctor Bellerín, Mohamed Elneny, Granit Xhaka, Sead Kolasinac, Alex Iwobi, Danny Welbeck, Alexandre Lacazette