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Match report
English Footie
League Trophy: Round 1 (setup 4, season 27)
Watford
v.
Grimsby Town
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Ben HINCHLIFFE616Gábor BABOS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Nathaniel CLYNE2Matthew CONNOLLY
Miguel Ángel BRITOS Cabrera737Achraf LAZAAR
Tom CLEVERLEY747Christophe GRONDIN
Younes KABOUL56José Manuel CASADO Bizcocho
Craig CATHCART67Patrik GERRBRAND
Elsad ZVEROTIC7Keith BRIGGS
Scott SINCLAIR86Marc PUGH
Troy DEENEY797Adam ROONEY
João Alves de Assis Silva, JÔ6106Fernando Martin FORESTIERI
Andre GRAY711Marcus RASHFORD
Manager
Mike WILLIAMSON12Alan McCORMACK
Tim SANDERCOMBE13Yves Makabu MA-KALAMBAY
Marco STIEPERMANN14Bruno ZUCULINI
Mirco ANTENUCCI156Michael COLLINS
Lloyd DOYLEY166Leon BARNETT

Watford 5 Grimsby Town 2
(Half-time: 2-2, Attendance: 20,754, Stadium: Vicarage Road, Referee: Andy HALL 7)
6 Sinclair, 24 Gray, 57 Clyne, 62 Deeney, 88 GrayScorers21 Pugh, 40 Rashford
Substitutions67 Gerrbrand <=> Collins, 75 Grondin <=> Barnett
Sendings off
Bookings4 Gerrbrand, 56 Pugh
1Corners4
12Fouls10
3Offsides0
7Shots on5
10Shots off0
17Total shots5
2Shots saved3
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Craig CATHCART
4GERRBRAND booked for a high challenge.
6GOAL!! A free-kick was punched clear by the 'keeper, CATHCART was first to the loose ball and floated the ball to SINCLAIR to crack home. (1-0 Watford)
10 chipped the ball to SINCLAIR who headed it over.
12KABOUL waltzed past FORESTIERI and rattled a poor shot over the bar.
15The Grimsby Town 'keeper saved a neatly crafted strike from CLYNE.
19A shot from CONNOLLY held little difficulty for HINCHLIFFE.
21GOAL!! PUGH hit a curling thirty yard shot past the hapless 'keeper. (1-1)
24GOAL!! A scuffed CLYNE shot was collected by GRAY who made no mistake from the edge of the box. (2-1 Watford)
32LAZAAR's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
37HINCHLIFFE saved a glorious shot from PUGH.
40GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with RASHFORD striking the ball into the back of the net. (2-2)
42A poor strike from DEENEY rolled agonisingly wide.
45+3GRAY whacked a deadly shot wide from twenty-five yards out.
 
49A pin-point pass was collected by GRAY and his deadly shot raced narrowly over.
56The ref books PUGH for a poor challenge.
57GOAL!! CLYNE dribbled forward, glanced up and fired a shot into the Grimsby Town net. (3-2 Watford)
60A cross from SINCLAIR left KABOUL in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
62GOAL!! A cross from the right was headed down by CLYNE for DEENEY to score. (4-2 Watford)
64A left foot shot from DEENEY was blocked by the 'keeper.
69GRAY ran onto a great ball from CLEVERLEY but fired his shot wide.
70A corner was collected by SINCLAIR who turned an effort wide.
78A mix up in the Grimsby Town defence enabled SINCLAIR to crack an effort over the bar.
81SINCLAIR headed the ball wide from just inside the area.
88GOAL!! A deep cross from on the left was headed home by GRAY on the edge of the box. (5-2 Watford)