Watford 1-0 Norwich City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 5 December 2015
Result
Watford 1-0 Norwich City
Premier League · Saturday 5 December 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Watford 1-0 Norwich City: match report
Watford defeated Norwich City 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 December 2015. The half-time score was 1-0.
Troy Deeney opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Watford's goals came from Troy Deeney (30', penalty) and Odion Ighalo (90+1'). Norwich City did not score.
Discipline: Watford received 3 yellow cards; Norwich City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 12th on 19 points from 14 and Norwich City 16th on 14 points from 14. Watford went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Norwich City 19th with 31.
Watford lined up in a 4-4-2 and Norwich City in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Troy Deeney of Watford (8.7), ahead of Odion Ighalo (8.4).
Going into the match Watford's last five read W-D-L-W-W and Norwich City's D-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · Alexander Tettey
- 30'Penalty goal · Troy Deeney
- 56'Yellow card · Troy Deeney
- 60'Yellow card · Ben Watson
- 76'Yellow card · Ryan Bennett
- 87'Yellow card · Robbie Brady
- 90+1'Goal · Odion Ighalo
- 90+2'Yellow card · Odion Ighalo
Team news
Watford line-up (4-4-2)
Heurelho Gomes, Allan Nyom, Craig Cathcart, Miguel Britos, Nathan Aké, Ikechi Anya, Ben Watson, Étienne Capoue, José Jurado, Odion Ighalo, Troy Deeney
Norwich City line-up (4-5-1)
Declan Rudd, Andre Wisdom, Ryan Bennett, Sebastien Bassong, Martin Olsson, Nathan Redmond, Graham Dorrans, Alexander Tettey, Jonathan Howson, Robbie Brady, Lewis Grabban