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Commentary

1¹ XHAKA's shot was well held by the WBA 'keeper. 4¹ HØJLUND stormed through the WBA defence but shot straight at the 'keeper. 12¹ A header by TODIBO at the near post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper. 12¹ HØJLUND touched the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right. 13¹ GOAL!! A long shot from KOSTIC deflected off the legs of SARR and into his own net. (1-0 WBA) 15¹ LOZANO beat four WBA players and thundered a golden opportunity inches wide. 18¹ AKINFEEV was able to block an amazing shot. 21¹ The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce strike from OSULA. 26¹ YILDIZ made space on the left and dragged the ball to OSULA who rasped the ball wide. 27¹ GOAL!! An outswinging corner was booted clear only for XHAKA to hit the ball into the back of the net. (1-1) 39¹ HØJLUND nutmegged CUADRADO but nudged the ball into the arms of the WBA 'keeper. 43¹ A clumsy tackle gets NACHO a yellow card. 5² An exceptional shot from BAIDOO was dealt with by a useful block from the 'keeper. 10² NACHO snapped at an easy chance. 16² A free-kick from DIOGO DALOT floated just beyond the far post. 18² GOAL!! A perfect ball from ACUÑA left YILDIZ in the clear, he made the Watford 'keeper commit himself before touching the ball to OSULA to score. (2-1 WBA) 20² HØJLUND flicked a deadly shot inches over from twenty yards out. 20² A good ball from YILDIZ on the right found ACUÑA who sliced his effort just beyond the far post. 36² A mix up in the WBA defence enabled HØJLUND to hit the ball over. 41² DIOGO DALOT headed the ball wide of the lefthand post from just inside the area. 43² A pin-point pass bobbled toward KOSTIC and his right foot shot raced narrowly over. 45² JAVI GUERRA booked.

Watford   League position: 7 Home league form: WWXW Overall league form: LWXWXXLX Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Bernd LENO 6½ 1 7  Igor AKINFEEV(c) NACHO 7  2 6½ Craig DAWSON José DIOGO DALOT 7½ 3 6½ Raphaël GUERREIRO (c)Granit XHAKA 9  4 7½ Kenan YILDIZ Jean-Clair TODIBO 7  5 6½ Ben GODFREY Samson BAIDOO 6  6 6  Dara O'SHEA Ismaïla SARR 7  7 6½ Juan CUADRADO Hirving LOZANO 6½ 8 5½ Filip KOSTIC (p)Emil HØJLUND 6½ 9 7  William OSULA(p) (f)Arturo VIDAL 6  10 5½ Marcos ACUÑA(f) Jonathan DAVID 6½ 11 6½ Luis MURIEL Manager Nemanja MATIC    12    Daniel WASS Péter GULÁCSI    13    Sam JOHNSTONE Jacob ONDREJKA 7½ 14 6  JAVI GUERRA Brajan GRUDA    15    OKAY Yokuslu Benjamin TAHIROVIC    16    MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza

WBA   League position: 10 Away league form: LWXL Overall league form: WLWWLWXL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Watford 1 WBA 2 (Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 21,494, Stadium: Vicarage Road, Referee: Kevin Wright 7½) Xhaka 27¹ Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Sarr 13¹ (og), Osula 18² LozanoóOndrejka 18² MurielóJavi Guerra 17²     Nacho 43¹ Javi Guerra 45² 4 0 10 5 3 12 10 4 8 4 18 8 9 2 58% 42% ¶ Man of the match: Granit Xhaka ¶