Watford 2-0 Nottingham Forest: result and report
Championship · Saturday 22 December 2012
Result
Watford 2-0 Nottingham Forest
Championship · Saturday 22 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Watford 2-0 Nottingham Forest: match report
Watford beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 22 December 2012. The half-time score was 2-0.
M. Vydra opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Watford's goals came from M. Vydra (15') and M. Vydra (40'). Nottingham Forest did not score.
Discipline: Watford received 3 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Watford were 7th on 34 points from 22 and Nottingham Forest 10th on 33 points from 22. Watford went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and Nottingham Forest 8th with 67.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Watford wins, 3 draws and 3 for Nottingham Forest.
Going into the match Watford's last five read D-L-W-W-D and Nottingham Forest's D-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 15'Goal · M. Vydra
- 23'Yellow card · Daniel Ayala
- 37'Second yellow · Daniel Ayala
- 40'Goal · M. Vydra
- 66'Yellow card · Marco Cassetti
- 72'Yellow card · Troy Deeney
- 73'Yellow card · E. Ward
- 75'Yellow card · Simon Cox
- 76'Yellow card · Billy Sharp
- 81'Yellow card · Steve Beleck
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford expected line-up
Almunia, Tommie Hoban, Lloyd Doyley, Marco Cassetti, Fitz Hall, Daniel Pudil, Jonathan Hogg, Nathaniel Chalobah, Almen Abdi, Troy Deeney, Fernando Forestieri
Nottingham Forest expected line-up
Danny Collins, Alan Hutton, Andy Reid, Chris Cohen, Adlène Guédioura, Patrick McCarthy, Dexter Blackstock, Lee Camp, Dan Harding