Watford 3-0 Barnsley: result and report

Championship · Saturday 15 March 2014

Result

Watford 3-0 Barnsley

Championship · Saturday 15 March 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Watford 3-0 Barnsley: match report

Watford defeated Barnsley 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 15 March 2014. The half-time score was 2-0.

Cristian Battocchio opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Watford's goals came from Cristian Battocchio (5'), Troy Deeney (16') and A. Merkel (74'). Barnsley did not score.

Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Barnsley received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 11th on 45 points from 34 and Barnsley 23rd on 29 points from 34. Watford went on to finish that season 13th with 60 points, and Barnsley 23rd with 39.

Watford lined up in a 3-5-2 and Barnsley in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Watford wins, 3 draws and 2 for Barnsley.

Going into the match Watford's last five read L-W-L-D-W and Barnsley's L-W-L-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Cristian BattocchioWatford · 1-0
  • 16'Goal · Troy DeeneyWatford · 2-0
  • 28'Yellow card · Stephen DawsonBarnsley
  • 36'Yellow card · Daniel PudilWatford
  • 55'Yellow card · Jacob MellisBarnsley
  • 74'Goal · A. MerkelWatford · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 5, draws 3, Barnsley 2.

Team news

Watford expected line-up (3-5-2)

Almunia, Lloyd Doyley, Daniel Pudil, Joel Ekstrand, Gabriele Angella, Ikechi Anya, Jonathan Hogg, Troy Deeney, Fernando Forestieri

Barnsley expected line-up (3-5-2)

S. Wiseman, Jean-Yves M'voto, Scott Golbourne, Tom Kennedy, Stephen Dawson, Jim O'Brien, David Perkins, Chris O'Grady