Watford 2-1 Derby County: result and report
Championship · Saturday 24 August 2024
Result
Watford 2-1 Derby County
Championship · Saturday 24 August 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Watford 2-1 Derby County: match report
Watford defeated Derby County 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 24 August 2024. The half-time score was 1-1.
Ebou Adams opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Watford's goals came from Vakoun Bayo (31') and Moussa Sissoko (76'). Derby County scored through Ebou Adams (2').
Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Derby County received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 3rd on 6 points from 2 and Derby County 14th on 3 points from 2. Watford went on to finish that season 14th with 57 points, and Derby County 19th with 50.
Watford lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Derby County in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mattie Pollock of Watford (8.0), ahead of Moussa Sissoko (7.7).
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
- 2'Goal · Ebou Adams
- 31'Goal · Vakoun Bayo
- 45'Yellow card · Giorgi Chakvetadze
- 50'Yellow card · Ebou Adams
- 76'Goal · Moussa Sissoko
- 89'Yellow card · Sonny Bradley
- 89'Yellow card · Mileta Rajović
- 90+5'Yellow card · Curtis Nelson
Head-to-head
Team news
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Watford line-up (3-4-2-1)
Daniel Bachmann, Mattie Pollock, Francisco Sierralta, James Morris, Ryan Andrews, Moussa Sissoko, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Yasser Larouci, Edo Kayembe, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Vakoun Bayo
Derby County line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jacob Widell Zetterström, Ryan Nyambe, Curtis Nelson, Sonny Bradley, Callum Elder, David Ozoh, Ebou Adams, Kayden Jackson, Kenzo Goudmijn, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Jerry Yates