Watford 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 2 September 2018

Result

Watford 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Sunday 2 September 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Watford 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Watford won against Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 September 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Watford's goals came from Troy Deeney (69') and Craig Cathcart (76'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through an own goal by Abdoulaye Doucouré (53').

Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Watford were 5th on 9 points from 3 and Tottenham Hotspur 4th on 9 points from 3. Watford went on to finish that season 11th with 50 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 4th with 71.

Watford lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Craig Cathcart of Watford (8.0), level with Kieran Trippier (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Watford wins, 2 draws and 6 for Tottenham Hotspur.

Going into the match Watford's last five read W-W-W and Tottenham Hotspur's W-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 52'Yellow card · Étienne CapoueWatford
  • 53'Own goal · Abdoulaye DoucouréTottenham Hotspur · 0-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Mousa DembéléTottenham Hotspur
  • 69'Goal · Troy DeeneyWatford · 1-1
  • 76'Goal · Craig CathcartWatford · 2-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Isaac SuccessWatford

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Watford 0, draws 2, Tottenham Hotspur 6.

Team news

Watford line-up (4-2-2-2)

Ben Foster, Daryl Janmaat, Craig Cathcart, Christian Kabasele, José Holebas, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Étienne Capoue, Will Hughes, Brian Gartland, Andre Gray, Troy Deeney

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (3-1-4-2)

Michel Vorm, Toby Alderweireld, Davinson Sánchez, Jan Vertonghen, Mousa Dembélé, Kieran Trippier, Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli, Ben Davies, Lucas Moura, Harry Kane