Watford 2-2 Sunderland: result and report
Championship · Saturday 17 September 2022
Result
Watford 2-2 Sunderland
Championship · Saturday 17 September 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Watford 2-2 Sunderland: match report
Watford drew with Sunderland 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 17 September 2022. The half-time score was 1-1.
Keinan Davis opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Watford's goals came from Keinan Davis (34') and an own goal by Luke O'Nien (62'). Sunderland scored through Aji Alese (45') and J. Bennette (87').
Discipline: Watford received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 10th on 13 points from 9 and Sunderland 6th on 14 points from 9. Watford went on to finish that season 11th with 63 points, and Sunderland 6th with 72.
Watford lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Sunderland in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Aji Alese of Sunderland (7.8), level with Jewison Bennette (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Watford wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Watford's last five read L-D-W-L-D and Sunderland's W-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 34'Goal · Keinan Davis
- 45'Goal · Aji Alese
- 59'Yellow card · P. Roberts
- 61'Yellow card · Corry Evans
- 62'Own goal · Luke O'Nien
- 87'Goal · J. Bennette
- 88'Yellow card · J. Bennette
- 90+5'Yellow card · Jay Matete
Head-to-head
Team news
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Watford line-up (3-4-1-2)
Daniel Bachmann, Craig Cathcart, William Troost-Ekong, Kortney Hause, João Pedro, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Edo Kayembe, Hassane Kamara, Ken Sema, Keinan Davis, Yáser Asprilla
Sunderland line-up (3-4-2-1)
Anthony Patterson, Lynden Gooch, Luke O'Nien, Danny Batth, Aji Alese, Patrick Roberts, Dan Neil, Josef Dvornik, Jack Clarke, Elliot Embleton, Alex Pritchard