Watford v Stoke City, 28 October 2017

Score1-0 to Stoke City
RefereeMichael Oliver
CompetitionPremier League
VenueVicarage Road
Attendance20,087

View Watford v Stoke City head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm Watford had now lost their last four games against Stoke City (all Premier League) after remaining unbeaten in the previous six.

0 Watford

1 Stoke City

Goals:

Goals:

Darren Fletcher 16 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes
Defender Miguel Britos
Defender José Holebas
Defender Christian Kabasele
Defender/Midfielder Kiko Femenía
Midfielder Etienne Capoue
Midfielder Tom Cleverley
Midfielder Abdoulaye Doucouré
Midfielder/Forward André Carrillo
Midfielder/Forward Richarlison
Forward Troy Deeney

Starting lineup:

Jack Butland Goalkeeper
Erik Pieters Defender
Kevin Wimmer Defender
Kurt Zouma Defender
Ryan Shawcross Defender/Centre back
Joe Allen Midfielder
Darren Fletcher Midfielder
Ramadan Sobhi Midfielder
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting Midfielder/Forward
Xherdan Shaqiri Midfielder/Forward
Mame Biram Diouf Forward

Substitutions:

Andre Gray for Etienne Capoue 58
Will Hughes for André Carrillo 80

Substitutions:

Saido Berahino for Ramadan Sobhi 78
Charlie Adam for Xherdan Shaqiri 88

Cards:

Kiko Femenía 57 Y
Richarlison 76 Y
Abdoulaye Doucouré 87 Y
Troy Deeney 90 Y

Cards:

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting 62 Y
Xherdan Shaqiri 85 Y
Mame Biram Diouf 87 Y
Joe Allen 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis
Defender Daryl Janmaat
Defender Adrian Mariappa
Midfielder Will Hughes
Midfielder Ben Watson
Midfielder Marvin Zeegelaar
Forward Andre Gray

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Lee Grant
Defender Tom Edwards
Midfielder Charlie Adam
Midfielder Ibrahim Afellay
Forward Saido Berahino
Forward Jesé
Forward Julien Ngoy

Comments:

League position: 7th Watford had now lost consecutive games for the first time in this Premier League season. A victory in this game would have given the Hornets a club record of 18 points after ten games of a top division season. Etienne Capoue made his 100th Premier League appearance in this game. Watford manager Marco Silva said: "When you perform well, other teams will analyse our team; maybe in the past, you didn't see tactics like that here, but it happens now. They came here to put men behind the ball. It's normal, and after we need to find the moments to create more chances. If you play the first-half like we did in the second, with pace and intensity, everything would be different."

Comments:

League position: 13th Stoke City had now scored one goal in five of their ten games so far in this Premier League season. This was the Potters' second win in their last 13 away games in the Premier League (lost eight). Darren Fletcher scored his first goal in his last 26 appearances in the Premier League since 21 January 2017. Stoke City manager Mark Hughes said: "For whatever reason, people talk about pressure; in hindsight the Manchester City result [lost 7-2] took a bit longer to get out our system, but we've done that this week and I'm pleased as punch. We understood what they would try and do and it was food and drink for our centre halves. Overall it's a good performance, we've had a tough set of fixtures. We aren't doing as badly as people make out and we'll be fine."

0 Watford

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes
Defender Miguel Britos
Defender José Holebas
Defender Christian Kabasele
Defender/Midfielder Kiko Femenía
Midfielder Etienne Capoue
Midfielder Tom Cleverley
Midfielder Abdoulaye Doucouré
Midfielder/Forward André Carrillo
Midfielder/Forward Richarlison
Forward Troy Deeney

Substitutions:

Andre Gray for Etienne Capoue 58
Will Hughes for André Carrillo 80

Cards:

Kiko Femenía 57 Y
Richarlison 76 Y
Abdoulaye Doucouré 87 Y
Troy Deeney 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis
Defender Daryl Janmaat
Defender Adrian Mariappa
Midfielder Will Hughes
Midfielder Ben Watson
Midfielder Marvin Zeegelaar
Forward Andre Gray

Comments:

League position: 7th Watford had now lost consecutive games for the first time in this Premier League season. A victory in this game would have given the Hornets a club record of 18 points after ten games of a top division season. Etienne Capoue made his 100th Premier League appearance in this game. Watford manager Marco Silva said: "When you perform well, other teams will analyse our team; maybe in the past, you didn't see tactics like that here, but it happens now. They came here to put men behind the ball. It's normal, and after we need to find the moments to create more chances. If you play the first-half like we did in the second, with pace and intensity, everything would be different."

1 Stoke City

Goals:

Darren Fletcher 16 G

Starting lineup:

Jack Butland Goalkeeper
Erik Pieters Defender
Kevin Wimmer Defender
Kurt Zouma Defender
Ryan Shawcross Defender/Centre back
Joe Allen Midfielder
Darren Fletcher Midfielder
Ramadan Sobhi Midfielder
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting Midfielder/Forward
Xherdan Shaqiri Midfielder/Forward
Mame Biram Diouf Forward

Substitutions:

Saido Berahino for Ramadan Sobhi 78
Charlie Adam for Xherdan Shaqiri 88

Cards:

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting 62 Y
Xherdan Shaqiri 85 Y
Mame Biram Diouf 87 Y
Joe Allen 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Lee Grant
Defender Tom Edwards
Midfielder Charlie Adam
Midfielder Ibrahim Afellay
Forward Saido Berahino
Forward Jesé
Forward Julien Ngoy

Comments:

League position: 13th Stoke City had now scored one goal in five of their ten games so far in this Premier League season. This was the Potters' second win in their last 13 away games in the Premier League (lost eight). Darren Fletcher scored his first goal in his last 26 appearances in the Premier League since 21 January 2017. Stoke City manager Mark Hughes said: "For whatever reason, people talk about pressure; in hindsight the Manchester City result [lost 7-2] took a bit longer to get out our system, but we've done that this week and I'm pleased as punch. We understood what they would try and do and it was food and drink for our centre halves. Overall it's a good performance, we've had a tough set of fixtures. We aren't doing as badly as people make out and we'll be fine."