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1¹ GOAL!! After a patient build-up KOSTIC drove the ball past the 'keeper. (1-0 WBA) 2¹ A shot from HØJLUND was smothered by the 'keeper. 5¹ NACHO flicked a simple chance past the far post. 7¹ GOAL!! After MATIC was tripped the ref waved play-on and TODIBO went on to comfortably score. (1-1) 10¹ FERGUSON nutmegged NACHO but fired the ball into the arms of GULÁCSI. 14¹ A great save prevented GORETZKA from scoring a great goal. 17¹ GOAL!! A shot from KOSTIC which GULÁCSI managed to block was deemed over the line and the referee awarded the goal. (2-1 WBA) 18¹ HØJLUND brought the ball round MARCOS ALONSO and stabbed a weak shot well wide. 22¹ A late challenge on ACUÑA by VIDAL results in a booking. 27¹ The WBA 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked strike from GNABRY. 30¹ GUERREIRO booted the ball wide of the righthand post from just outside the area. 39¹ GOAL!! With his back to goal FERGUSON wrong-footed the defence and rattled the ball past the 'keeper. (3-1 WBA) 9² The stunned GULÁCSI was all agog as a backpass from VIDAL dropped just over. 10² SARR beat ACUÑA and flicked the ball to HØJLUND who fired his effort wide. 18² A cross from GORETZKA left GNABRY in lots of space but he fluffed his shot. 19² A free-kick from MURIEL flew inches wide. 23² KOSTIC snapped at a simple chance. 26² GOAL!! A lovely set-piece enabled KOSTIC to fire the ball home. (4-1 WBA) 27² A good effort from VALENCIA scraped the outside of the post. 34² VALENCIA made space on the right and touched the ball to KOSTIC who clipped the ball wide. 37² A corner was collected by KOSTIC who forced the ball over. 46² SARR given a yellow card by the referee for a bad foul.

WBA   League position: 11 Home league form: WLWW Overall league form: LWXLLWOL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups (c)Igor AKINFEEV 7  1 7  Péter GULÁCSI Dara O'SHEA 7½ 2 6  NACHO Raphaël GUERREIRO 7½ 3 7  Oleksandr ZINCHENKO OKAY Yokuslu 8  4 7  Leon GORETZKA Axel WITSEL 7½ 5 6½ Jean-Clair TODIBO MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza 7½ 6 6½ JONNY Anthony VALENCIA 6½ 7 6½ Nemanja MATIC(c) Filip KOSTIC 7  8 7  Serge GNABRY (p)Evan FERGUSON 7½ 9 6  Emil HØJLUND(p) (f)Marcos ACUÑA 6  10 6  Arturo VIDAL(f) Luis MURIEL 5½ 11 6  Ismaïla SARR Manager Daniel WASS    12    Jacob ONDREJKA Sam JOHNSTONE    13    Bernd LENO Kasey McATEER    14    Brayann PEREIRA Craig DAWSON    15    Benjamin TAHIROVIC Carel EITING    16    Hendry BLANK

Watford   League position: 14 Away league form: LOLL Overall league form: LXOXWLLL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

WBA 4 Watford 1 (Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 26,747, Stadium: The Hawthorns, Referee: Steve Bratt 6) Kostic 1¹, Kostic 17¹, Ferguson 39¹, Kostic 26² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Todibo 7¹           Vidal 22¹, Sarr 46² 6 2 2 14 3 7 5 7 9 8 14 15 0 6 55% 45% ¶ Man of the match: Okay Yokuslu ¶