Watford 1-2 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 15 September 2018
Result
Watford 1-2 Manchester United
Premier League · Saturday 15 September 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-2
Watford 1-2 Manchester United: match report
Watford were beaten by Manchester United 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 September 2018. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Watford's goal came from Andre Gray (65'). Manchester United scored through Romelu Lukaku (35') and Chris Smalling (38').
Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Watford were 4th on 12 points from 4 and Manchester United 10th on 6 points from 4. Watford went on to finish that season 11th with 50 points, and Manchester United 6th with 66.
Watford lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Manchester United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Chris Smalling of Manchester United (7.8), ahead of Abdoulaye Doucouré (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 1 draw and 6 for Manchester United.
Key events
- 34'Yellow card · Étienne Capoue
- 35'Goal · Romelu Lukaku
- 36'Yellow card · José Holebas
- 38'Goal · Chris Smalling
- 65'Goal · Andre Gray
- 70'Yellow card · Nemanja Matić
- 81'Yellow card · Antonio Valencia
- 90+3'Second yellow · Nemanja Matić
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (4-2-2-2)
Ben Foster, Daryl Janmaat, Craig Cathcart, Christian Kabasele, José Holebas, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Étienne Capoue, Will Hughes, Brian Gartland, Troy Deeney, Andre Gray
Manchester United line-up (4-3-3)
David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Chris Smalling, Victor Lindelöf, Ashley Young, Paul Pogba, Marouane Fellaini, Nemanja Matić, Jesse Lingard, Romelu Lukaku, Alexis Sánchez