Watford 3-1 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 18 September 2016
Result
Watford 3-1 Manchester United
Premier League · Sunday 18 September 2016, 11:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Watford 3-1 Manchester United: match report
Watford defeated Manchester United 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 18 September 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Étienne Capoue opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Watford's goals came from Étienne Capoue (34'), Camilo Zúñiga (83') and Troy Deeney (90+5', penalty). Manchester United scored through Marcus Rashford (62').
Discipline: Watford received 3 yellow cards; Manchester United received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 12th on 4 points from 4 and Manchester United 6th on 9 points from 4. Watford went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and Manchester United 6th with 69.
Watford lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Manchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Camilo Zúñiga of Watford (8.2), ahead of Étienne Capoue (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Watford wins, 1 draw and 3 for Manchester United.
Key events
- 34'Goal · Étienne Capoue
- 62'Goal · Marcus Rashford
- 75'Yellow card · Paul Pogba
- 77'Yellow card · Miguel Britos
- 77'Yellow card · José Holebas
- 83'Goal · Camilo Zúñiga
- 86'Yellow card · Troy Deeney
- 88'Yellow card · Marouane Fellaini
- 89'Yellow card · Memphis Depay
- 90+2'Yellow card · Wayne Rooney
- 90+5'Penalty goal · Troy Deeney
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (3-4-1-2)
Heurelho Gomes, Craig Cathcart, Sebastian Prödl, Miguel Britos, Daryl Janmaat, Valon Behrami, Étienne Capoue, José Holebas, Brian Gartland, Troy Deeney, Odion Ighalo
Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Eric Bailly, Chris Smalling, Luke Shaw, Marouane Fellaini, Paul Pogba, Anthony Martial, Wayne Mark Rooney, Marcus Rashford, Zlatan Ibrahimović