Watford 2-1 Derby County: result and report
Championship · Friday 19 February 2021
Result
Watford 2-1 Derby County
Championship · Friday 19 February 2021, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Watford 2-1 Derby County: match report
Watford defeated Derby County 2-1 in the Championship on Friday 19 February 2021. The half-time score was 2-0.
João Pedro opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Watford's goals came from João Pedro (19') and W. Hughes (21'). Derby County scored through an own goal by William Troost-Ekong (77').
Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Derby County received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 4th on 54 points from 30 and Derby County 17th on 34 points from 29. Watford went on to finish that season 3rd with 91 points, and Derby County 22nd with 44.
Watford lined up in a 4-3-3 and Derby County in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Will Hughes of Watford (8.0), ahead of Kiko Femenía (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Watford wins, 1 draw and 5 for Derby County.
Key events
- 19'Goal · João Pedro
- 20'Yellow card · W. Hughes
- 21'Goal · W. Hughes
- 42'Yellow card · Tom Cleverley
- 45'Yellow card · Lee Buchanan
- 77'Own goal · William Troost-Ekong
- 90+1'Yellow card · Nathan Byrne
Head-to-head
Team news
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Watford line-up (4-3-3)
Daniel Bachmann, Kiko Femenía, William Troost-Ekong, Craig Cathcart, Adam Masina, Nathaniel Chalobah, Will Hughes, Tom Cleverley, Ismaïla Sarr, João Pedro, Ken Sema
Derby County line-up (4-4-2)
Txiki Acaz, Nathan Byrne, Andre Wisdom, George Edmundson, Lee Buchanan, Patrick Roberts, Max Bird, Graeme Shinnie, Martyn Waghorn, Colin Kazim-Richards, Jason Knight