Watford 2-1 Derby County: result and report
Championship · Saturday 23 February 2013
Result
Watford 2-1 Derby County
Championship · Saturday 23 February 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Watford 2-1 Derby County: match report
Watford won against Derby County 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 23 February 2013. The half-time score was 1-0.
M. Vydra opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Watford's goals came from M. Vydra (35') and Joel Ekstrand (68'). Derby County scored through Jamie Ward (73', penalty).
Discipline: Watford received no yellow cards; Derby County received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 4th on 57 points from 33 and Derby County 13th on 42 points from 33. Watford went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and Derby County 16th with 59.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Watford wins, 1 draw and 6 for Derby County.
Going into the match Watford's last five read W-W-D-W-L and Derby County's D-D-L-D-W.
Key events
- 35'Goal · M. Vydra
- 45+3'Yellow card · Ben Davies
- 56'Yellow card · Jamie Ward
- 68'Goal · Joel Ekstrand
- 73'Penalty goal · Jamie Ward
Head-to-head
Team news
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Watford expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Almunia, Daniel Pudil, Tommie Hoban, Lloyd Doyley, Marco Cassetti, Joel Ekstrand, Nathaniel Chalobah, Almen Abdi, Jonathan Hogg, Troy Deeney, Matej Vydra
Derby County expected line-up
A. Legzdiņš, Richard Keogh, John Brayford, Gareth Roberts, Will Hughes, Paul Coutts, Jeff Hendrick, Conor Sammon, Craig Bryson