Watford 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report
Premier League · Monday 28 December 2015
Result
Watford 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League · Monday 28 December 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Watford 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: match report
Watford lost to Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 in the Premier League on Monday 28 December 2015. The half-time score was 1-1.
Erik Lamela opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Watford's goal came from Odion Ighalo (41'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Erik Lamela (17') and Heung-min Son (89').
Discipline: Watford received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 5th on 29 points from 18 and Tottenham Hotspur 4th on 32 points from 18. Watford went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 2nd with 72.
Watford lined up in a 4-4-2 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Watford wins, 1 draw and 1 for Tottenham Hotspur.
Going into the match Watford's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Tottenham Hotspur's W-W-L-D-D.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · Dele Alli
- 17'Goal · Erik Lamela
- 41'Goal · Odion Ighalo
- 52'Yellow card · Miguel Britos
- 58'Yellow card · José Jurado
- 63'Red card · Nathan Aké
- 64'Yellow card · Troy Deeney
- 65'Yellow card · Odion Ighalo
- 81'Yellow card · Toby Alderweireld
- 89'Goal · Heung-min Son
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford expected line-up (4-4-2)
Heurelho Gomes, Miguel Britos, Craig Cathcart, Allan Nyom, Nathan Aké, Ben Watson, Étienne Capoue, Almen Abdi, Odion Ighalo, Troy Deeney
Tottenham Hotspur expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Hugo Lloris, Toby Alderweireld, Eric Dier, Jan Vertonghen, Kieran Trippier, Ben Davies, Christian Eriksen, Ryan Mason, Heung-min Son