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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 23 (setup 1, season 27)
Watford
v.
Brighton & HA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Matthieu VALVERDE61Artur BORUC
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Chris BAIRD27José Manuel CASADO Bizcocho
Laurent BONNART738Razvan Dinca RAT
Timmy SIMONS48Alberto AQUILANI
Leon BARNETT58Alex BRUCE
Josh MEEKINGS67Jacques FATY
Grant LEADBITTER677Lucas Martín VILLAFÁÑEZ
Matt TAYLOR87Ryan BABEL
Ben HUTCHINSON97SERCAN Yildirim
Oscar GOBERN107Simon VUKCEVIC
Nicolas de Roussel DE PRÉVILLE116Jonathan 'Alexis' FERRANTE
Manager
Jamie ALLEN12Leandro Daniel CABRERA Sasía
Dimitris KONSTANTOPOULOS13Michael CORDIER
TIAGO ALVES Sales14James McCLEAN
Elliott WHITEHOUSE157Omar ABDULRAHMAN
Aaron FORDE716Javier GARRIDO Behobide

Watford 1 Brighton & HA 3
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 20,412, Stadium: Vicarage Road, Referee: Jarnail SINGH 6)
50 De PrévilleScorers36 Aquilani, 41 Rat, 59 Villafáñez
47 Gobern <=> FordeSubstitutions53 Vukcevic <=> Abdulrahman
Sendings off
64 Leadbitter, 82 TaylorBookings20 Babel, 45+1 Aquilani, 52 Vukcevic
1Corners6
8Fouls7
2Offsides3
6Shots on9
5Shots off3
11Total shots12
5Shots saved6
45%Possession55%
Man of the match: Alex BRUCE
6A drive from VILLAFÁÑEZ seemed a certain goal but the Watford 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear.
12LEADBITTER floated the ball to TAYLOR who flicked it over the bar.
14An exceptional shot from SIMONS was dealt with by a useful block from the 'keeper.
16BORUC dived to his left to stop a lovely shot from Watford's TAYLOR.
20The ref books BABEL for a clumsy tackle.
23A shot from RAT was booted off the line by BARNETT.
28AQUILANI touched the ball through a ruck of players but the Watford 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
29TAYLOR hit a right foot shot over from close range.
35A delightful save prevented TAYLOR from scoring a good goal.
36GOAL!! A BRUCE run down the middle resulted in a low cross for AQUILANI to crack in. (1-0 Brighton & HA)
41GOAL!! A long goal-kick from BRUCE caught the Watford defence square and RAT nipped in to sidestep the 'keeper and score. (2-0 Brighton & HA)
45+1AQUILANI receives a yellow card for a poor tackle on GOBERN.
 
50A thirty yard drive from TAYLOR caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
50GOAL!! With his back to goal DE PRÉVILLE turned and rifled the ball past the 'keeper. (2-1 Brighton & HA)
52VUKCEVIC booked for arguing with the referee.
59GOAL!! A strike from FERRANTE was scuffed off the line only for VILLAFÁÑEZ to fire the ball home. (3-1 Brighton & HA)
64LEADBITTER receives a yellow card by the referee.
68A weak strike from AQUILANI bounced agonisingly wide.
71A good ball from FATY on the left fell to BABEL who mishit his shot wide.
77MEEKINGS beat a number of Brighton & HA players and slammed an effort over the bar.
82SINGH cautions TAYLOR.
84SIMONS headed just beyond the far post.