Watford 1-2 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 2 November 2019

Result

Watford 1-2 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 2 November 2019, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Watford 1-2 Chelsea: match report

Watford were beaten by Chelsea 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 November 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Tammy Abraham opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Watford's goal came from Deulofeu (80', penalty). Chelsea scored through Tammy Abraham (5') and Christian Pulisic (55').

Discipline: Watford received 4 yellow cards; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 20th on 5 points from 10 and Chelsea 4th on 20 points from 10. Watford went on to finish that season 19th with 34 points, and Chelsea 4th with 66.

Watford lined up in a 5-4-1 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mateo Kovacic of Chelsea (8.5), ahead of Ben Foster (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 2 draws and 7 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Tammy AbrahamChelsea · 0-1
  • 46'Yellow card · Christian KabaseleWatford
  • 55'Goal · Christian PulisicChelsea · 0-2
  • 70'Yellow card · Daryl JanmaatWatford
  • 80'Penalty goal · DeulofeuWatford · 1-2
  • 82'Yellow card · Craig DawsonWatford
  • 88'Yellow card · A. MariappaWatford
  • 89'Yellow card · JorginhoChelsea
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Mason MountChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 1, draws 2, Chelsea 7.

Team news

Watford line-up (5-4-1)

Ben Foster, Daryl Janmaat, Christian Kabasele, Craig Dawson, Craig Cathcart, Adam Masina, Gerard Deulofeu, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Nathaniel Chalobah, Brian Gartland, Andre Gray

Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)

Kepa Arrizabalaga, César Azpilicueta, Kurt Zouma, Fikayo Tomori, Emerson, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic, Willian, Mason Mount, Christian Pulisic, Tammy Abraham