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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 20 (setup 4, season 27)
Watford
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Ben HINCHLIFFE61Milos VESIC
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Nathaniel CLYNE2Carl JENKINSON
Miguel Ángel BRITOS Cabrera36Dean MOXEY
Tom CLEVERLEY84Stewart DOWNING
Younes KABOUL75Mike VAN DER HOORN
Craig CATHCART6Michael MORRISON
Elsad ZVEROTIC77Kevin VOLLAND
Scott SINCLAIR87Marko ARNAUTOVIC
Troy DEENEY79Martin BRAITHWAITE
João Alves de Assis Silva, JÔ10Maikel KIEFTENBELD
Andre GRAY117Jérémie BOGA
Manager
Mike WILLIAMSON12Lukas JUTKIEWICZ
Tim SANDERCOMBE13Jon STEWART
Marco STIEPERMANN14Ché ADAMS
Mirco ANTENUCCI15Stephen GLEESON
Lloyd DOYLEY16Maxime COLIN

Watford 5 Birmingham City 3
(Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 20,660, Stadium: Vicarage Road, Referee: Jirí LERCH 8½)
15 Cathcart, 29 Sinclair, 45+1 Britos, 79 Britos, 87 SinclairScorers42 Arnautovic, 47 Braithwaite, 66 Braithwaite
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings36 Arnautovic
5Corners4
10Fouls12
4Offsides6
10Shots on6
14Shots off6
24Total shots12
5Shots saved3
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Tom CLEVERLEY
8GRAY beat VOLLAND and fired the ball to DEENEY who pulled his effort wide.
10 clipped the ball through a crowd of players but VESIC was a match for it as he dived to his right.
14A header by ARNAUTOVIC at the far post was easily collected by HINCHLIFFE.
15GOAL!! A block from the Birmingham City 'keeper enabled CATHCART to volley the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Watford)
20ARNAUTOVIC booted the ball wide from the edge of the box.
23The 'keeper saved a curling shot from KIEFTENBELD.
29GOAL!! After CLEVERLEY was fouled LERCH waved play-on and SINCLAIR went on to easily score. (2-0 Watford)
32The 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful strike from DEENEY.
33ARNAUTOVIC chipped the ball to KIEFTENBELD who fired it over.
34A mix up in the Watford defence enabled DOWNING to volley the ball inches wide.
36ARNAUTOVIC given a yellow card for a clumsy tackle on GRAY.
42GOAL!! After being forced wide ARNAUTOVIC managed to force the ball in from the tightest of angles. (2-1 Watford)
45+1GOAL!! A neat one-two left BRITOS clear and he made no mistake by expertly lobbing the ball beyond the oncoming VESIC. (3-1 Watford)
 
47GOAL!! A delightful ball from ARNAUTOVIC left KIEFTENBELD in the clear, he made the Watford 'keeper commit himself before passing the ball to BRAITHWAITE to score. (3-2 Watford)
50An exceptional effort from DEENEY scraped the woodwork.
59BRITOS was put clear by KABOUL and he turned the Birmingham City 'keeper but drilled his shot just beyond the far post.
66GOAL!! BRAITHWAITE brought the ball forward, glanced up and thundered a shot into the Watford net. (3-3)
69KABOUL hit a looping shot just wide from twenty yards out.
79GOAL!! A terrible backpass by MORRISON enabled BRITOS to run in and fire the ball past VESIC. (4-3 Watford)
82ARNAUTOVIC ran onto a delightful ball from KIEFTENBELD but fumbled his shot wide of the righthand post.
87GOAL!! Some useful work by DEENEY on the left, left SINCLAIR yards clear, and he raced past the Birmingham City 'keeper and blasted the ball home. (5-3 Watford)
90A corner bobbled toward DEENEY who forced an effort inches over.