Watford 4-1 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Monday 5 February 2018
Result
Watford 4-1 Chelsea
Premier League · Monday 5 February 2018, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Watford 4-1 Chelsea: match report
Watford beat Chelsea 4-1 in the Premier League on Monday 5 February 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.
Troy Deeney opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Watford's goals came from Troy Deeney (42', penalty), Daryl Janmaat (84'), Deulofeu (88') and Roberto Pereyra (90+1'). Chelsea scored through Eden Hazard (82').
Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 11th on 27 points from 25 and Chelsea 4th on 50 points from 25. Watford went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Chelsea 5th with 70.
Watford lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Chelsea in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Gerard Deulofeu of Watford (8.8), ahead of Abdoulaye Doucouré (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Watford wins, 2 draws and 5 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Watford's last five read D-L-D-L-L and Chelsea's L-W-D-D-W.
Key events
- 25'Yellow card · Tiemoué Bakayoko
- 42'Penalty goal · Troy Deeney
- 45'Yellow card · Richarlison
- 50'Yellow card · Sebastian Prödl
- 58'Yellow card · David Luiz
- 62'Yellow card · Cesc Fàbregas
- 82'Goal · Eden Hazard
- 84'Goal · Daryl Janmaat
- 88'Goal · Deulofeu
- 90+1'Goal · Roberto Pereyra
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (3-4-2-1)
Orestis Karnezis, Adrian Mariappa, Sebastian Prödl, José Holebas, Daryl Janmaat, Étienne Capoue, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Marvin Zeegelaar, Gerard Deulofeu, Richarlison, Troy Deeney
Chelsea line-up (3-4-2-1)
Thibaut Courtois, César Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Victor Moses, N'Golo Kanté, Tiemoué Bakayoko, Davide Zappacosta, Willian, Pedro, Eden Hazard