Watford 0-1 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Monday 1 May 2017
Result
Watford 0-1 Liverpool
Premier League · Monday 1 May 2017, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Watford 0-1 Liverpool: match report
Watford were beaten by Liverpool 0-1 in the Premier League on Monday 1 May 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.
The only goal came from Emre Can of Liverpool in the 45th minute.
Discipline: Watford received 3 yellow cards; Liverpool received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Watford were 13th on 40 points from 33 and Liverpool 3rd on 66 points from 34. Watford went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and Liverpool 4th with 76.
Watford lined up in a 3-5-2 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Heurelho Gomes of Watford (8.4), ahead of Joël Matip (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 0 draws and 4 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Watford's last five read L-W-L-W-W and Liverpool's L-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 44'Yellow card · Lucas Leiva
- 45+2'Goal · Emre Can
- 48'Yellow card · Sebastian Prödl
- 69'Yellow card · Étienne Capoue
- 90+5'Yellow card · Isaac Success
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (3-5-2)
Heurelho Gomes, Adrian Mariappa, Sebastian Prödl, Miguel Britos, Nordin Amrabat, Étienne Capoue, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Tom Cleverley, Daryl Janmaat, Troy Deeney, M'Baye Niang
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Simon Mignolet, Nathaniel Clyne, Joël Matip, Dejan Lovren, James Milner, Lucas Leiva, Georginio Wijnaldum, Emre Can, Roberto Firmino, Divock Origi, Philippe Coutinho