Watford 1-2 Manchester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 2 January 2016
Result
Watford 1-2 Manchester City
Premier League · Saturday 2 January 2016, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Watford 1-2 Manchester City: match report
Watford lost to Manchester City 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 January 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.
Ben Watson opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Watford's goal came from Ben Watson (55'). Manchester City scored through Yaya Touré (82') and Sergio Agüero (84').
Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 9th on 29 points from 19 and Manchester City 4th on 34 points from 19. Watford went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Manchester City 5th with 64.
Watford lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to José Holebas of Watford (7.8), level with Fernandinho (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Watford wins, 2 draws and 1 for Manchester City.
Going into the match Watford's last five read L-D-W-W-W and Manchester City's D-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 38'Yellow card · Allan Nyom
- 55'Goal · Ben Watson
- 82'Goal · Yaya Touré
- 84'Goal · Sergio Agüero
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (4-4-2)
Heurelho Gomes, Allan Nyom, Craig Cathcart, Miguel Britos, José Holebas, Almen Abdi, Étienne Capoue, Ben Watson, José Jurado, Odion Ighalo, Troy Deeney
Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joe Hart, Bacary Sagna, Nicolás Otamendi, Eliaquim Mangala, Aleksandar Kolarov, Fernandinho, Yaya Touré, Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva, Raheem Sterling, Sergio Agüero