Watford 2-1 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 30 April 2016
Result
Watford 2-1 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 30 April 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Watford 2-1 Aston Villa: match report
Watford won against Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 30 April 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Ciaran Clark opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Watford's goals came from Almen Abdi (45+2'), Troy Deeney (90') and Troy Deeney (90+3'). Aston Villa scored through Ciaran Clark (28') and Jordan Ayew (48').
Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Watford were 12th on 42 points from 34 and Aston Villa 20th on 18 points from 35. Watford went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Aston Villa 20th with 19.
Watford lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Troy Deeney of Watford (8.8), ahead of Jordan Ayew (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 1 draw and 1 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 28'Goal · Ciaran Clark
- 41'Yellow card · L. Bacuna
- 45+1'Yellow card · Idrissa Gueye
- 45+2'Goal · Almen Abdi
- 48'Goal · Jordan Ayew
- 73'Red card · Aly Cissokho
- 77'Yellow card · Mark Bunn
- 78'Yellow card · Steven Berghuis
- 82'Yellow card · Almen Abdi
- 90'Goal · Troy Deeney
- 90+3'Goal · Troy Deeney
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (4-4-2)
Heurelho Gomes, J. Paredes, Craig Cathcart, Miguel Britos, Ikechi Anya, Almen Abdi, Mario Suárez, Ben Watson, José Jurado, Troy Deeney, Odion Ighalo
Aston Villa line-up (3-5-2)
Mark Bunn, Ciaran Clark, Joleon Lescott, Kevin Toner, Alan Hutton, Ashley Westwood, Leandro Bacuna, Idrissa Gueye, Aly Cissokho, Jordan Ayew, Rudy Gestede