In off the Post

home | contact | links | FAQ

ONLINE GAMES

Games clubs | codes | info | results | rulebook | join

User: Password:

Features forum | search | HTO

next | previous | Watford | Preston North End | index | setup 5

Commentary

0¹ GOAL!! On the left wing WASS collected a defender's clearance and hit it across the box for FUNES to slip it home. (1-0 Watford) 1¹ A thirty yard drive from BEN SAADA caused the 'keeper little difficulty. 10¹ ZÁRATE kicked the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box. 14¹ WRIGHT booked. 18¹ GRAY was put clear by KABASELE and he dummied MAXWELL but drilled his shot wide. 19¹ The stunned 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from RICHARLISON dropped just wide. 28¹ GRAY waltzed round BOTÍA and stabbed a weak shot over. 29¹ GOAL!! A long ball from FUNES down the middle was collected by the lurking DOUCOURÉ who whacked a right foot shot into the net. (2-0 Watford) 33¹ GARNER snapped at a simple chance. 34¹ A weak strike from RICHARLISON bounced agonisingly wide. 37¹ MAY booked for a poor foul on FUNES. 1² GARNER's shot was well held by LANGFIELD. 6² DOUCOURÉ knocked the ball to FUNES who forced it wide. 9² RENNIE gave MAY a second yellow card for a high foul on BRITOS. 17² The Preston North End 'keeper was able to claw away a weak shot from GRAY. 20² GOAL!! A cross from the left was touched down by JOHNSON for GARNER to score. (2-1 Watford) 26² The ref cautions BOTÍA. 26² GOAL!! A foul on RICHARLISON inside the area gave Watford a penalty which FUNES buried. (3-1 Watford) 27² GARNER rushed through the Watford defence but shot straight at the Watford 'keeper. 30² CHALOBAH booked by the referee. 32² GOAL!! A great twenty-five yard shot from PEARSON rattled the post and in the ensuing meleé the ball was headed into the net by PUDIL. (3-2 Watford) 41² GOAL!! A neat one-two left GRAY clear and he made no mistake by expertly drifting the ball beyond the oncoming MAXWELL. (4-2 Watford)

Watford   League position: 5 Home league form: WWXW Overall league form: XWWWXXXW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Jamie LANGFIELD 6½ 1 6  Chris MAXWELL Daniel WASS 6½ 2 5½ Tom CLARKE (c)Miguel BRITOS 7½ 3 6½ Greg CUNNINGHAM Abdoulaye DOUCOURÉ 7½ 4 7  RENATO Cardoso NETO Christian KABASELE 7½ 5 6  Alberto BOTÍA(c) Michal PAZDAN 6½ 6 7  Bailey WRIGHT Nathaniel CHALOBAH 6½ 7 6½ Ben PEARSON RICHARLISON de Andrade 7½ 8 6  Mauro ZÁRATE (p)Rogelio FUNES 8  9 6½ Joe GARNER(p) (f)Chaouki BEN SAADA 5½ 10 6  Daniel JOHNSON(f) Andre GRAY 6½ 11 6  Stevie MAY Manager FRANCISCO Santos JÚNIOR    12    Paul GALLAGHER Daniel BACHMANN    13    Ali AL-HABSI Jerome SINCLAIR    14 7  Daniel PUDIL Sébastien CORCHIA    15    Marnick VERMIJL Daryl JANMAAT    16 6½ Alan BROWNE

Preston North End   League position: 11 Away league form: XLXL Overall league form: XWLXXLLX Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Watford 4 Preston North End 2 (Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 20,727, Stadium: Vicarage Road, Referee: Uriah Rennie 5½) Funes 0¹, Doucouré 29¹, Funes 26² (pen), Gray 41² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Garner 20², Pudil 32²   WrightóBrowne 0², Renato NetoóPudil 16²   May 9² Chalobah 30² Wright 14¹, May 37¹, Botía 26² 9 1 5 11 2 8 8 5 9 6 17 11 4 2 55% 45% ¶ Man of the match: Rogelio Funes ¶