Watford vs Southampton
WatfordSeason so far: 3 wins, 2 draws, 6 losses
Watford 2, Southampton 1Half-time 2-0
SouthamptonSeason so far: 6 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses
- I. Bravo 12'
- A. Nabizada 29'
- C. Larin 56'
- Kick-off
- Competition
- Championship
- Round
- Gameweek 1
- Venue
- Vicarage Road, Watford
- Referee
- Matt Donohue, England
Team stats
How the two teams compare. Each bar is split by how much of that stat each team had.
- Possession: Watford 34%, Southampton 66%
Top stats
- Expected goals (xG): Watford 0.81, Southampton 1.71
- Shots on target: Watford 3, Southampton 3
- Shots: Watford 16, Southampton 17
- Saves: Watford 2, Southampton 1
- Goals prevented by the keeper: Watford -1.1, Southampton -1.1
Attack
- Shots inside the box: Watford 11, Southampton 11
- Shots outside the box: Watford 5, Southampton 6
- Shots off target: Watford 6, Southampton 8
- Shots blocked: Watford 7, Southampton 6
- Corners: Watford 4, Southampton 8
- Offsides: Watford 0, Southampton 3
Discipline
- Fouls: Watford 12, Southampton 9
- Yellow cards: Watford 6, Southampton 3
Passing
- Passes: Watford 266, Southampton 514
- Accurate passes: Watford 207, Southampton 451
- Pass accuracy: Watford 78%, Southampton 88%
Expected goals is how many goals a team’s chances would usually produce. Higher than their real goals means they were unlucky or wasteful.
Player ratings
Every player who featured, best rated first. The rating is a score out of 10 from our soccer data provider, based on everything the player did in the match.
Watford
| Player | Rating | Minutes played | Goals | Assists | Shots on target | Key passes, passes that set up a shot | Tackles | Yellow cards | Red cards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iker Bravo | 7.9 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Amin Nabizada | 7.3 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| F. Ravaglia | 7.2 | 90 | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| O. Maamma | 7.2 | 77 | - | 0 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 0 |
| H. Kyprianou | 7.0 | 90 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Keben | 6.9 | 90 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| M. PollockCaptain | 6.9 | 90 | - | 0 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| E. Bove | 6.7 | 61 | - | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Adu-Poku | 6.7 | 29 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Payero | 6.7 | 29 | - | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| R. Vata | 6.7 | 13 | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| M. Doumbia | 6.6 | 90 | - | 0 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 0 |
| E. Kayembe | 6.6 | 29 | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| M. Bola | 6.6 | 24 | - | 0 | - | 1 | - | 0 | 0 |
| O. Traoré | 6.5 | 90 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Zemura | 6.3 | 66 | - | 0 | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Bachmann | No rating | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| James Andrew Clarridge | No rating | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Albert Eames | No rating | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| L. Kjerrumgaard | No rating | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Southampton
| Player | Rating | Minutes played | Goals | Assists | Shots on target | Key passes, passes that set up a shot | Tackles | Yellow cards | Red cards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. Manning | 7.7 | 90 | - | 0 | - | 3 | - | 0 | 0 |
| C. Larin | 7.7 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 |
| T. Harwood-Bellis | 7.3 | 90 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Bragg | 7.2 | 70 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| F. Downes | 7.0 | 90 | - | 0 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Léo Scienza | 6.7 | 90 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Edozie | 6.7 | 20 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Mubama | 6.5 | 20 | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| K. Matsuki | 6.3 | 89 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| F. Azaz | 6.3 | 33 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Bree | 6.2 | 90 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| L. Dobbin | 6.2 | 57 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Peretz | 5.6 | 90 | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| J. StephensCaptain | 5.6 | 90 | - | 0 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| C. Archer | No rating | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| T. Fellows | No rating | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| G. Long | No rating | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Welington | No rating | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| N. Wood-Gordon | No rating | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean
- MIN
- Minutes played
- G
- Goals
- A
- Assists
- SOT
- Shots on target
- KP
- Key passes, passes that set up a shot
- TKL
- Tackles
- YC
- Yellow cards
- RC
- Red cards
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- 1
- Goals
- 3
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- Unknown
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Records
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- Home goals
- 2
- Away goals
- 1