Watford v Arsenal, 15 September 2019

Score2-2
RefereeAnthony Taylor
CompetitionPremier League
VenueVicarage Road
Attendance21,360

View Watford v Arsenal head to head

Kick-off: 4.30pm Premier League Head to Head Played: 13 Watford won: 2 Drawn: 1 Arsenal won: 10 Watford scored: 10 Arsenal scored: 29 The only other drawn game in 31 meetings in all competitions was in League Division One at Highbury on 22 December 1984 (Ian Allinson for Arsenal and Les Taylor for Watford in a 1-1 draw).

2 Watford

Manager: Quique Sánchez Flores

2 Arsenal

Manager: Unai Emery

Goals:

Tom Cleverley 53 G
Roberto Pereyra penalty 81 P

Goals:

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 21 G
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 32 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Ben Foster
Defender Craig Dawson
Defender José Holebas
Defender Christian Kabasele
Defender/Midfielder Kiko Femenía
Midfielder Etienne Capoue
Midfielder Tom Cleverley
Midfielder Abdoulaye Doucouré
Midfielder Will Hughes
Forward Gerard Deulofeu
Forward Andre Gray

Starting lineup:

Bernd Leno Goalkeeper
Sokratis Papastathopoulos Defender
David Luiz Defender/Midfielder
Sead Kolašinac Defender/Midfielder
Granit Xhaka Defender/Midfielder
Dani Ceballos Midfielder
Mattéo Guendouzi Midfielder
Mesut Özil Midfielder
Ainsley Maitland-Niles Midfielder/Forward
Nicolas Pépé Midfielder/Forward
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Forward

Substitutions:

Ismaïla Sarr for Andre Gray 54
Roberto Pereyra for Will Hughes 63
Daryl Janmaat for José Holebas 78

Substitutions:

Joe Willock for Dani Ceballos 60
Lucas Torreira for Mattéo Guendouzi 67
Reiss Nelson for Mesut Özil 71

Cards:

José Holebas 45 Y
Kiko Femenía 56 Y
Etienne Capoue 90 Y

Cards:

Sead Kolašinac 43 Y
Mattéo Guendouzi 45 Y
Bernd Leno 76 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes
Defender Dimitri Foulquier
Defender Daryl Janmaat
Defender Adrian Mariappa
Defender/Midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah
Midfielder Roberto Pereyra
Midfielder/Forward Ismaïla Sarr

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez
Defender/Midfielder Calum Chambers
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bukayo Saka
Midfielder Reiss Nelson
Midfielder Lucas Torreira
Midfielder Joe Willock
Forward Gabriel Martinelli

Comments:

League position: 20th Following the sacking of Javi Gracia, this was manager Quique Sánchez Flores' first game in this second spell in charge of Watford. They won 16 and lost 19 in his first stint of 44 games from June 2015 to May 2016. The Hornets avoided equalling their club record of five consecutive home defeats in the top division. In his 200th appearance in the Premier League, Tom Cleverley scored his first goal at Vicarage Road since he scored the winning goal against Arsenal on 14 October 2017.

Comments:

League position: 7th This was the first time that Arsenal failed to win a game in the Premier League when they led by at least two goals since 9 April 2016 in a 3-3 draw at West Ham United. Since the start of the previous season, only Brighton and Hove Albion had now conceded as many goals from penalties in the Premier League than the Gunners (ten each). Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang became the first player to score five goals for Arsenal in the first five games of a Premier League season since José Antonio Reyes in 2004-05.

2 Watford

Manager: Quique Sánchez Flores

Goals:

Tom Cleverley 53 G
Roberto Pereyra penalty 81 P

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Ben Foster
Defender Craig Dawson
Defender José Holebas
Defender Christian Kabasele
Defender/Midfielder Kiko Femenía
Midfielder Etienne Capoue
Midfielder Tom Cleverley
Midfielder Abdoulaye Doucouré
Midfielder Will Hughes
Forward Gerard Deulofeu
Forward Andre Gray

Substitutions:

Ismaïla Sarr for Andre Gray 54
Roberto Pereyra for Will Hughes 63
Daryl Janmaat for José Holebas 78

Cards:

José Holebas 45 Y
Kiko Femenía 56 Y
Etienne Capoue 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes
Defender Dimitri Foulquier
Defender Daryl Janmaat
Defender Adrian Mariappa
Defender/Midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah
Midfielder Roberto Pereyra
Midfielder/Forward Ismaïla Sarr

Comments:

League position: 20th Following the sacking of Javi Gracia, this was manager Quique Sánchez Flores' first game in this second spell in charge of Watford. They won 16 and lost 19 in his first stint of 44 games from June 2015 to May 2016. The Hornets avoided equalling their club record of five consecutive home defeats in the top division. In his 200th appearance in the Premier League, Tom Cleverley scored his first goal at Vicarage Road since he scored the winning goal against Arsenal on 14 October 2017.

2 Arsenal

Manager: Unai Emery

Goals:

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 21 G
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 32 G

Starting lineup:

Bernd Leno Goalkeeper
Sokratis Papastathopoulos Defender
David Luiz Defender/Midfielder
Sead Kolašinac Defender/Midfielder
Granit Xhaka Defender/Midfielder
Dani Ceballos Midfielder
Mattéo Guendouzi Midfielder
Mesut Özil Midfielder
Ainsley Maitland-Niles Midfielder/Forward
Nicolas Pépé Midfielder/Forward
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Forward

Substitutions:

Joe Willock for Dani Ceballos 60
Lucas Torreira for Mattéo Guendouzi 67
Reiss Nelson for Mesut Özil 71

Cards:

Sead Kolašinac 43 Y
Mattéo Guendouzi 45 Y
Bernd Leno 76 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez
Defender/Midfielder Calum Chambers
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bukayo Saka
Midfielder Reiss Nelson
Midfielder Lucas Torreira
Midfielder Joe Willock
Forward Gabriel Martinelli

Comments:

League position: 7th This was the first time that Arsenal failed to win a game in the Premier League when they led by at least two goals since 9 April 2016 in a 3-3 draw at West Ham United. Since the start of the previous season, only Brighton and Hove Albion had now conceded as many goals from penalties in the Premier League than the Gunners (ten each). Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang became the first player to score five goals for Arsenal in the first five games of a Premier League season since José Antonio Reyes in 2004-05.