Watford 2-4 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 28 November 2017
Result
Watford 2-4 Manchester United
Premier League · Tuesday 28 November 2017, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-3
Watford 2-4 Manchester United: match report
Watford lost to Manchester United 2-4 in the Premier League on Tuesday 28 November 2017. The half-time score was 0-3.
A. Young opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Watford's goals came from Troy Deeney (77', penalty) and Abdoulaye Doucouré (84'). Manchester United scored through A. Young (19'), A. Young (25'), Anthony Martial (32') and Jesse Lingard (86').
Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Watford were 8th on 21 points from 13 and Manchester United 2nd on 29 points from 13. Watford went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 81.
Watford lined up in a 3-5-2 and Manchester United in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jesse Lingard of Manchester United (8.5), ahead of Ashley Young (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 1 draw and 4 for Manchester United.
Key events
- 19'Goal · A. Young
- 24'Yellow card · Abdoulaye Doucouré
- 25'Goal · A. Young
- 32'Goal · Anthony Martial
- 38'Yellow card · Marcos Rojo
- 41'Yellow card · A. Mariappa
- 77'Penalty goal · Troy Deeney
- 84'Goal · Abdoulaye Doucouré
- 86'Goal · Jesse Lingard
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (3-5-2)
Heurelho Gomes, Adrian Mariappa, Sebastian Prödl, Christian Kabasele, Kiko Femenía, Will Hughes, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Tom Cleverley, Marvin Zeegelaar, Andre Gray, Richarlison
Manchester United line-up (3-4-2-1)
David de Gea, Victor Lindelöf, Chris Smalling, Marcos Rojo, Antonio Valencia, Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matić, Ashley Young, Jesse Lingard, Anthony Martial, Romelu Lukaku