Watford 1-4 Huddersfield Town: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 16 December 2017
Result
Watford 1-4 Huddersfield Town
Premier League · Saturday 16 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Watford 1-4 Huddersfield Town: match report
Watford were beaten by Huddersfield Town 1-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 December 2017. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Elias Kachunga opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Watford's goal came from Abdoulaye Doucouré (68'). Huddersfield Town scored through Elias Kachunga (6'), Aaron Mooy (23'), Laurent Depoitre (50') and Aaron Mooy (89', penalty).
Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Huddersfield Town received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Watford were 9th on 22 points from 17 and Huddersfield Town 12th on 18 points from 17. Watford went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Huddersfield Town 16th with 37.
Watford lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Huddersfield Town in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Aaron Mooy of Huddersfield Town (8.3), ahead of Abdoulaye Doucouré (7.7).
Going into the match Watford's last five read L-L-D-L-W and Huddersfield Town's L-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Elias Kachunga
- 23'Goal · Aaron Mooy
- 33'Red card · Troy Deeney
- 37'Yellow card · Jonathan Hogg
- 41'Yellow card · Abdoulaye Doucouré
- 50'Goal · Laurent Depoitre
- 61'Second yellow · Jonathan Hogg
- 68'Goal · Abdoulaye Doucouré
- 69'Yellow card · Laurent Depoitre
- 89'Yellow card · Daryl Janmaat
- 89'Penalty goal · Aaron Mooy
- 90'Yellow card · Aaron Mooy
Team news
Watford line-up (3-4-2-1)
Heurelho Gomes, Adrian Mariappa, Sebastian Prödl, Christian Kabasele, Daryl Janmaat, Étienne Capoue, Abdoulaye Doucouré, José Holebas, André Carrillo, Richarlison, Troy Deeney
Huddersfield Town line-up (4-4-2)
Jonas Lössl, Florent Hadergjonaj, Zanka, Christopher Schindler, Chris Löwe, Collin Quaner, Aaron Mooy, Jonathan Hogg, Rajiv van La Parra, Elias Kachunga, Laurent Depoitre