Arsenal v Watford, 11 March 2018

Score3-0 to Arsenal
RefereeMartin Atkinson
CompetitionPremier League
VenueEmirates Stadium
Attendance59,131

View Arsenal v Watford head to head

Kick-off: 1.30pm Watford failed in their attempt to become the third team to win on consecutive visits to the Emirates Stadium in the Premier League after Chelsea in November 2009 and Swansea City in March 2016.

3 Arsenal

0 Watford

Goals:

Shkodran Mustafi 8 G
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 59 G
Henrikh Mkhitaryan 77 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Petr Čech
Defender Rob Holding
Defender Shkodran Mustafi
Defender/Midfielder Sead Kolašinac
Defender/Midfielder Granit Xhaka
Midfielder Mohamed El Neny
Midfielder Mesut Özil
Midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Midfielder/Forward Alex Iwobi
Midfielder/Forward Ainsley Maitland-Niles
Forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Starting lineup:

Orestis Karnezis Goalkeeper
José Holebas Defender
Daryl Janmaat Defender
Adrian Mariappa Defender
Sebastian Prödl Defender
Kiko Femenía Defender/Midfielder
Etienne Capoue Midfielder
Abdoulaye Doucouré Midfielder
Roberto Pereyra Midfielder
Richarlison Midfielder/Forward
Troy Deeney Forward

Substitutions:

Danny Welbeck for Alex Iwobi 66
Calum Chambers for Shkodran Mustafi 73
Jack Wilshere for Henrikh Mkhitaryan 78

Substitutions:

Will Hughes for Kiko Femenía 62
Stefano Okaka for Roberto Pereyra 67
Miguel Britos for Daryl Janmaat 80

Cards:

Shkodran Mustafi 55 Y
Granit Xhaka 90 Y

Cards:

José Holebas 66 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper David Ospina
Defender/Midfielder Calum Chambers
Midfielder Reiss Nelson
Midfielder Joe Willock
Midfielder Jack Wilshere
Forward Eddie Nketiah
Forward Danny Welbeck

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dan Bachmann
Defender Miguel Britos
Midfielder Will Hughes
Midfielder/Forward André Carrillo
Forward Andre Gray
Forward Stefano Okaka
Forward Jerome Sinclair

Comments:

League position: 6th Petr Čech became the first goalkeeper to keep 200 clean sheets in the Premier League (162 for Chelsea, 38 for Arsenal). He kept his 199th clean sheet against Newcastle United on 16 December 2017, so ending a run of 11 games in the competition without a clean sheet. In denying Troy Deeney, Petr Čech saved his first penalty whilst playing for the Gunners in the Premier League at the 16th attempt. Shkodran Mustafi's goal was Arsenal's 1,000th goal in their home games in the Premier League (played 496). Only Manchester United had scored more (1,066).

Comments:

League position: 10th Watford failed in their attempt to win three consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since December 2015. Troy Deeney missed a penalty in the Premier League for the second time in the 14 he had taken since the Hornets' promotion in 2015. They had now scored two goals in their last eight away games in the Premier League (failed to score in the last four).

3 Arsenal

Goals:

Shkodran Mustafi 8 G
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 59 G
Henrikh Mkhitaryan 77 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Petr Čech
Defender Rob Holding
Defender Shkodran Mustafi
Defender/Midfielder Sead Kolašinac
Defender/Midfielder Granit Xhaka
Midfielder Mohamed El Neny
Midfielder Mesut Özil
Midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Midfielder/Forward Alex Iwobi
Midfielder/Forward Ainsley Maitland-Niles
Forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Substitutions:

Danny Welbeck for Alex Iwobi 66
Calum Chambers for Shkodran Mustafi 73
Jack Wilshere for Henrikh Mkhitaryan 78

Cards:

Shkodran Mustafi 55 Y
Granit Xhaka 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper David Ospina
Defender/Midfielder Calum Chambers
Midfielder Reiss Nelson
Midfielder Joe Willock
Midfielder Jack Wilshere
Forward Eddie Nketiah
Forward Danny Welbeck

Comments:

League position: 6th Petr Čech became the first goalkeeper to keep 200 clean sheets in the Premier League (162 for Chelsea, 38 for Arsenal). He kept his 199th clean sheet against Newcastle United on 16 December 2017, so ending a run of 11 games in the competition without a clean sheet. In denying Troy Deeney, Petr Čech saved his first penalty whilst playing for the Gunners in the Premier League at the 16th attempt. Shkodran Mustafi's goal was Arsenal's 1,000th goal in their home games in the Premier League (played 496). Only Manchester United had scored more (1,066).

0 Watford

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Orestis Karnezis Goalkeeper
José Holebas Defender
Daryl Janmaat Defender
Adrian Mariappa Defender
Sebastian Prödl Defender
Kiko Femenía Defender/Midfielder
Etienne Capoue Midfielder
Abdoulaye Doucouré Midfielder
Roberto Pereyra Midfielder
Richarlison Midfielder/Forward
Troy Deeney Forward

Substitutions:

Will Hughes for Kiko Femenía 62
Stefano Okaka for Roberto Pereyra 67
Miguel Britos for Daryl Janmaat 80

Cards:

José Holebas 66 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dan Bachmann
Defender Miguel Britos
Midfielder Will Hughes
Midfielder/Forward André Carrillo
Forward Andre Gray
Forward Stefano Okaka
Forward Jerome Sinclair

Comments:

League position: 10th Watford failed in their attempt to win three consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since December 2015. Troy Deeney missed a penalty in the Premier League for the second time in the 14 he had taken since the Hornets' promotion in 2015. They had now scored two goals in their last eight away games in the Premier League (failed to score in the last four).