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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 8 (setup 4, season 27)
Watford
v.
Rushden&Diamonds
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Tim SANDERCOMBE616Alan JULIAN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Nathaniel CLYNE828Shkodran MUSTAFI
Miguel Ángel BRITOS Cabrera73Alexander BUTTNER
Tom CLEVERLEY47Jake LIVERMORE
Younes KABOUL75Emanuel POGATETZ
Craig CATHCART766RAFAEL Pereira da Silva
Elsad ZVEROTIC76KI Sung-yueng
Scott SINCLAIR786Stephen HUNT
Troy DEENEY97Mauro BOSELLI
João Alves de Assis Silva, JÔ6106Leon BRITTON
Collin QUANER11Georgios SAMARAS
Manager
Marco STIEPERMANN12Paul LINWOOD
Ben HINCHLIFFE137Brian STOCK
Mike WILLIAMSON14John SUTTON
Lloyd DOYLEY15Andrew TAYLOR
Tommy SMITH16Massimo MACCARONE

Watford 4 Rushden&Diamonds 2
(Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 20,611, Stadium: Vicarage Road, Referee: Lee PROBERT 6)
14 Deeney, 33 , 45+1 Deeney, 90+2 DeeneyScorers24 Boselli, 53 Boselli
Substitutions53 Livermore <=> Stock
Sendings off
Bookings29 Samaras
2Corners0
1Fouls5
0Offsides2
5Shots on4
7Shots off7
12Total shots11
1Shots saved2
60%Possession40%
Man of the match: Shkodran MUSTAFI
2A free-kick from KI floated over the bar.
4QUANER shot over.
5A poor strike from BRITOS bounced agonisingly wide.
12A fine ball from SAMARAS on the left bobbled toward BOSELLI who sliced his effort wide.
14GOAL!! With his back to goal DEENEY turned and stabbed the ball past JULIAN. (1-0 Watford)
18A corner bobbled toward BOSELLI who forced the ball just beyond the near post.
23The hapless Rushden&Diamonds 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from POGATETZ fell just wide.
24GOAL!! After KI was fouled the referee waved play-on and BOSELLI went on to comfortably score. (1-1)
26POGATETZ ran onto a great ball from HUNT but hit his shot wide of the lefthand post.
29SAMARAS booked by PROBERT for a bad challenge.
32DEENEY brought the ball past RAFAEL and stabbed a tame shot wide.
33GOAL!! A wonderful bit of skill enabled to run through the Rushden&Diamonds defence and score. (2-1 Watford)
35SAMARAS beat KABOUL and fired the ball to BOSELLI who toe-poked his shot wide.
41An outswinging corner was touched into the arms of JULIAN by SINCLAIR.
45A accurate pass found BOSELLI and his looping shot went narrowly wide.
45+1GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed SINCLAIR to nudge the ball to DEENEY who drove a deadly shot home. (3-1 Watford)
 
47A shot from BOSELLI seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to fist the ball away.
53GOAL!! A neatly crafted set-piece enabled BOSELLI to slide the ball into the back of the net. (3-2 Watford)
55Uncertainty in the Rushden&Diamonds defence enabled CLEVERLEY to thump an effort wide.
64An exceptional strike from BOSELLI was dealt with by a good parry from the 'keeper.
72QUANER knocked the ball to BRITOS who touched it inches over.
75 made space on the right and dragged the ball to SINCLAIR who rasped the ball wide.
80BRITTON beat two Watford players and fired a golden opportunity just wide.
90+2GOAL!! A long clearance by the Watford 'keeper beat the Rushden&Diamonds defence and DEENEY thundered the ball past the advancing 'keeper. (4-2 Watford)