Arsenal v Watford, 26 July 2020

Score3-2 to Arsenal
RefereeMike Dean
CompetitionPremier League
VenueEmirates Stadium

View Arsenal v Watford head to head

Kick-off: 4.00pm Played behind closed doors due to COVID-19 restrictions. Premier League Head to Head Played: 14 Arsenal won: 11 Drawn: 1 Watford won: 2 Arsenal scored: 32 Watford scored: 12 Arsenal had now won six of their seven home games against Watford in the Premier League.

3 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

2 Watford

Manager: Hayden Mullins

Goals:

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang penalty 5 P
Kieran Tierney 24 G
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 33 G

Goals:

Troy Deeney penalty 43 P
Danny Welbeck 66 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez
Defender Rob Holding
Defender/Midfielder David Luiz
Defender/Midfielder Kieran Tierney
Defender/Midfielder Granit Xhaka
Midfielder Dani Ceballos
Midfielder Joe Willock
Midfielder/Forward Ainsley Maitland-Niles
Midfielder/Forward Nicolas Pépé
Forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Forward Alexandre Lacazette

Starting lineup:

Ben Foster Goalkeeper
Craig Dawson Defender
Christian Kabasele Defender
Adam Masina Defender
Kiko Femenía Defender/Midfielder
Abdoulaye Doucouré Midfielder
Will Hughes Midfielder
Roberto Pereyra Midfielder
Ismaïla Sarr Midfielder/Forward
Troy Deeney Forward
Danny Welbeck Forward

Substitutions:

Sead Kolašinac for Joe Willock 57
Eddie Nketiah for Alexandre Lacazette 57
Reiss Nelson for Nicolas Pépé 72
Lucas Torreira for Dani Ceballos 72

Substitutions:

Adrian Mariappa for Kiko Femenía 45
Nathaniel Chalobah for Will Hughes 81
Tom Cleverley for Abdoulaye Doucouré 81
João Pedro for Roberto Pereyra 88

Cards:

Granit Xhaka 45 Y
Rob Holding 72 Y
Emiliano Martínez 74 Y

Cards:

Roberto Pereyra 35 Y
Will Hughes 45 Y
Craig Dawson 51 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Matt Macey
Defender Cédric Soares
Defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos
Defender/Midfielder Sead Kolašinac
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bukayo Saka
Midfielder Reiss Nelson
Midfielder Matt Smith
Midfielder Lucas Torreira
Forward Eddie Nketiah

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes
Defender Craig Cathcart
Defender Adrian Mariappa
Defender/Midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah
Midfielder Tom Cleverley
Midfielder Ignacio Pussetto
Midfielder/Forward Domingos Quina
Forward Andre Gray
Forward João Pedro

Comments:

Final league position 2019-20: 8th This was Arsenal's lowest final league position since they finished 12th in the Premier League in 1994-95. The Gunners had now conceded the most penalties of any team in the Premier League over the last two seasons (15). Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had now scored 201 league goals in his club career (383 goals).

Comments:

Final league position 2019-20: 19th This result confirmed Watford's relegation to the League Championship. They had now been relegated from the Premier League for the third time; also 1999-00 and 2006-07. The Hornets remained without a win in their last eight away games in the Premier League; lost the last six. Their only clean sheet in their last 15 games in the Premier League came in their 3-0 win against champions Liverpool on 29 February 2020.

3 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

Goals:

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang penalty 5 P
Kieran Tierney 24 G
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 33 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez
Defender Rob Holding
Defender/Midfielder David Luiz
Defender/Midfielder Kieran Tierney
Defender/Midfielder Granit Xhaka
Midfielder Dani Ceballos
Midfielder Joe Willock
Midfielder/Forward Ainsley Maitland-Niles
Midfielder/Forward Nicolas Pépé
Forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Forward Alexandre Lacazette

Substitutions:

Sead Kolašinac for Joe Willock 57
Eddie Nketiah for Alexandre Lacazette 57
Reiss Nelson for Nicolas Pépé 72
Lucas Torreira for Dani Ceballos 72

Cards:

Granit Xhaka 45 Y
Rob Holding 72 Y
Emiliano Martínez 74 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Matt Macey
Defender Cédric Soares
Defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos
Defender/Midfielder Sead Kolašinac
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bukayo Saka
Midfielder Reiss Nelson
Midfielder Matt Smith
Midfielder Lucas Torreira
Forward Eddie Nketiah

Comments:

Final league position 2019-20: 8th This was Arsenal's lowest final league position since they finished 12th in the Premier League in 1994-95. The Gunners had now conceded the most penalties of any team in the Premier League over the last two seasons (15). Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had now scored 201 league goals in his club career (383 goals).

2 Watford

Manager: Hayden Mullins

Goals:

Troy Deeney penalty 43 P
Danny Welbeck 66 G

Starting lineup:

Ben Foster Goalkeeper
Craig Dawson Defender
Christian Kabasele Defender
Adam Masina Defender
Kiko Femenía Defender/Midfielder
Abdoulaye Doucouré Midfielder
Will Hughes Midfielder
Roberto Pereyra Midfielder
Ismaïla Sarr Midfielder/Forward
Troy Deeney Forward
Danny Welbeck Forward

Substitutions:

Adrian Mariappa for Kiko Femenía 45
Nathaniel Chalobah for Will Hughes 81
Tom Cleverley for Abdoulaye Doucouré 81
João Pedro for Roberto Pereyra 88

Cards:

Roberto Pereyra 35 Y
Will Hughes 45 Y
Craig Dawson 51 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes
Defender Craig Cathcart
Defender Adrian Mariappa
Defender/Midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah
Midfielder Tom Cleverley
Midfielder Ignacio Pussetto
Midfielder/Forward Domingos Quina
Forward Andre Gray
Forward João Pedro

Comments:

Final league position 2019-20: 19th This result confirmed Watford's relegation to the League Championship. They had now been relegated from the Premier League for the third time; also 1999-00 and 2006-07. The Hornets remained without a win in their last eight away games in the Premier League; lost the last six. Their only clean sheet in their last 15 games in the Premier League came in their 3-0 win against champions Liverpool on 29 February 2020.