Watford 3-0 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 28 December 2019
Result
Watford 3-0 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 28 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Watford 3-0 Aston Villa: match report
Watford beat Aston Villa 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 December 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Troy Deeney opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Watford's goals came from Troy Deeney (42'), Troy Deeney (67', penalty) and Ismaïla Sarr (71'). Aston Villa did not score.
Discipline: Watford received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Watford were 19th on 13 points from 19 and Aston Villa 18th on 18 points from 19. Watford went on to finish that season 19th with 34 points, and Aston Villa 17th with 35.
Watford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Troy Deeney of Watford (8.9), ahead of Gerard Deulofeu (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Watford wins, 1 draw and 1 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 42'Goal · Troy Deeney
- 51'Yellow card · A. Mariappa
- 57'Second yellow · A. Mariappa
- 67'Penalty goal · Troy Deeney
- 71'Goal · Ismaïla Sarr
- 74'Yellow card · Étienne Capoue
- 84'Yellow card · Ismaïla Sarr
- 90+2'Yellow card · Troy Deeney
- 90+6'Yellow card · Jack Grealish
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ben Foster, Adrian Mariappa, Christian Kabasele, Craig Cathcart, Kiko Femenía, Étienne Capoue, Will Hughes, Ismaïla Sarr, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Gerard Deulofeu, Troy Deeney
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tom Heaton, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Ezri Konsa, Kortney Hause, Matt Targett, Douglas Luiz, C. Hourihane, Jota Peleteiro, Henri Lansbury, Jack Grealish, Wesley Moraes