Watford v Arsenal, 15 April 2019

Score1-0 to Arsenal
RefereeCraig Pawson
CompetitionPremier League
VenueVicarage Road
Attendance20,480

View Watford v Arsenal head to head

Kick-off: 8.00pm None of the last 21 meetings in all competitions since December 1984 had now ended in a draw. Premier League Head to Head Played: 12 Watford won: 2 Drawn: 0 Arsenal won: 10 Watford scored: 8 Arsenal scored: 27

0 Watford

Manager: Javi Gracia

1 Arsenal

Manager: Unai Emery

Goals:

Goals:

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 10 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Ben Foster
Defender Craig Cathcart
Defender Daryl Janmaat
Defender Christian Kabasele
Defender Adam Masina
Defender/Midfielder Kiko Femenía
Midfielder Etienne Capoue
Midfielder Abdoulaye Doucouré
Midfielder Will Hughes
Forward Troy Deeney
Forward Andre Gray

Starting lineup:

Bernd Leno Goalkeeper
Laurent Koscielny Defender
Dinos Mavropanos Defender
Nacho Monreal Defender
Shkodran Mustafi Defender
Granit Xhaka Defender/Midfielder
Henrikh Mkhitaryan Midfielder
Aaron Ramsey Midfielder
Lucas Torreira Midfielder
Alex Iwobi Midfielder/Forward
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Forward

Substitutions:

Isaac Success for Kiko Femenía 59
Ken Sema for Adam Masina 86

Substitutions:

Mesut Özil for Lucas Torreira 46
Mattéo Guendouzi for Dinos Mavropanos 59
Ainsley Maitland-Niles for Aaron Ramsey 68

Cards:

Troy Deeney 11 R
Etienne Capoue 54 Y
Will Hughes 86 Y

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes
Defender Miguel Britos
Defender Adrian Mariappa
Defender Marc Navarro
Defender/Midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah
Midfielder Ken Sema
Forward Isaac Success

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Petr Čech
Defender/Midfielder Sead Kolašinac
Midfielder Mohamed El Neny
Midfielder Mattéo Guendouzi
Midfielder Mesut Özil
Midfielder/Forward Ainsley Maitland-Niles
Forward Alexandre Lacazette

Comments:

League position: 10th Since returning to the Premier League in 2015, Watford had now had more players sent-off than any other team in the division (15). The Hornets failed in their attempt to win four consecutive home games in the top division for the first time since December 1986. They failed to score for the second time in their last 11 games in all competitions.

Comments:

League position: 4th Arsenal remained unbeaten their last 20 games in the Premier League when they had led at half-time (won 19) since a 2-1 defeat at Watford on 14 October 2017. The Gunners kept a clean sheet in an away game in the Premier League for the first time in this season, so ending a run of conceding in 15 consecutive away games in the competition. It was their longest such run in the top division since February 1985 (16 games). They had now won six of their last eight games in the Premier League (lost one).

0 Watford

Manager: Javi Gracia

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Ben Foster
Defender Craig Cathcart
Defender Daryl Janmaat
Defender Christian Kabasele
Defender Adam Masina
Defender/Midfielder Kiko Femenía
Midfielder Etienne Capoue
Midfielder Abdoulaye Doucouré
Midfielder Will Hughes
Forward Troy Deeney
Forward Andre Gray

Substitutions:

Isaac Success for Kiko Femenía 59
Ken Sema for Adam Masina 86

Cards:

Troy Deeney 11 R
Etienne Capoue 54 Y
Will Hughes 86 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes
Defender Miguel Britos
Defender Adrian Mariappa
Defender Marc Navarro
Defender/Midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah
Midfielder Ken Sema
Forward Isaac Success

Comments:

League position: 10th Since returning to the Premier League in 2015, Watford had now had more players sent-off than any other team in the division (15). The Hornets failed in their attempt to win four consecutive home games in the top division for the first time since December 1986. They failed to score for the second time in their last 11 games in all competitions.

1 Arsenal

Manager: Unai Emery

Goals:

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 10 G

Starting lineup:

Bernd Leno Goalkeeper
Laurent Koscielny Defender
Dinos Mavropanos Defender
Nacho Monreal Defender
Shkodran Mustafi Defender
Granit Xhaka Defender/Midfielder
Henrikh Mkhitaryan Midfielder
Aaron Ramsey Midfielder
Lucas Torreira Midfielder
Alex Iwobi Midfielder/Forward
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Forward

Substitutions:

Mesut Özil for Lucas Torreira 46
Mattéo Guendouzi for Dinos Mavropanos 59
Ainsley Maitland-Niles for Aaron Ramsey 68

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Petr Čech
Defender/Midfielder Sead Kolašinac
Midfielder Mohamed El Neny
Midfielder Mattéo Guendouzi
Midfielder Mesut Özil
Midfielder/Forward Ainsley Maitland-Niles
Forward Alexandre Lacazette

Comments:

League position: 4th Arsenal remained unbeaten their last 20 games in the Premier League when they had led at half-time (won 19) since a 2-1 defeat at Watford on 14 October 2017. The Gunners kept a clean sheet in an away game in the Premier League for the first time in this season, so ending a run of conceding in 15 consecutive away games in the competition. It was their longest such run in the top division since February 1985 (16 games). They had now won six of their last eight games in the Premier League (lost one).