Watford 2-0 Rotherham United: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 8 December 2020
Result
Watford 2-0 Rotherham United
Championship · Tuesday 8 December 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Watford 2-0 Rotherham United: match report
Watford won against Rotherham United 2-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 8 December 2020. The half-time score was 2-0.
Christian Kabasele opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Watford's goals came from Christian Kabasele (4') and Troy Deeney (15'). Rotherham United did not score.
Discipline: Watford received no yellow cards; Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 7th on 27 points from 16 and Rotherham United 21st on 13 points from 16. Watford went on to finish that season 3rd with 91 points, and Rotherham United 24th with 42.
Watford lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rotherham United in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Christian Kabasele of Watford (9.2), ahead of Troy Deeney (8.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Watford wins, 0 draws and 0 for Rotherham United.
Going into the match Watford's last five read L-D-W-D-D and Rotherham United's L-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Christian Kabasele
- 15'Goal · Troy Deeney
- 67'Yellow card · Billy Jones
- 71'Yellow card · Michael Ihiekwe
Head-to-head
Team news
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Watford line-up (4-4-2)
Ben Foster, Jeremy Ngakia, William Troost-Ekong, Christian Kabasele, Kiko Femenía, Ismaïla Sarr, Tom Cleverley, Nathaniel Chalobah, Ken Sema, Stipe Perica, Troy Deeney
Rotherham United line-up (5-4-1)
Pavel Kucera, Billy Jones, Wes Harding, Michael Ihiekwe, A. MacDonald, Ben Wiles, Jamie Lindsay, Dan Barlaser, Matt Crooks, K. Vassell, Michael Smith