WATFORD. Watford prevails over Birmingham City with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Rajović (90′) and a goal from R. Andrews (90′). Watford was much better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Vicarage Road stadium in Watford on Saturday and it started at 11:00 am local time. The referee was Keith Stroud with the collaboration of Matthew Smith and Richard Wild. The 4th official was Sam Purkiss. The weather was heavy intensity rain. The temperature was pleasant at 17.32 degrees Celsius or 63.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
- ! 67 Ball Possession 33
Shots
- 12 Total 8
- 4 On Target 3
- 3 Off Target 1
- 5 Shots blocked 4
- 132 Attack 61
- 68 Dangerous attack 18
- 74 Ball safe 66
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 1
Fouls
- 12 Total 16
- 1 Yellow Cards 6
- 0 Double Yellow 1
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Watford was in firm control of the ball 67% while Birmingham City was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Watford was putting more pressure with 68 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Watford won the match.
Watford shot 12 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Birmingham City shot 8 times, 3 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Watford received 1 yellow card (Wesley Hoedt). On the other side, Birmingham City received 6 yellow cards (Emmanuel Longelo, Ivan Šunjić, Jay Stansfield, Cody Drameh, Lee Buchanan and Krystian Bielik).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Watford will have 8 points like West Bromwich Albion to sit in the 11th place. On the other side, Birmingham City will stay with 11 points like Hull City to hold in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Watford will play away with Ipswich Town on the 10th of April with a 13-3 head to head stats in favor of Watford (3 draws).
Birmingham City will host Cardiff City on the 10th of April with a 12-4 head to head record in favor of Cardiff City (9 draws).
Watford – Formation
Watford started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Valérien Ismaël decided to play with the following team: Ken Sema, Daniel Bachmann
, Jeremy Ngakia , Ryan Porteous , Wesley Hoedt , James Morris , Imrân Louza , Francisco Sierralta , Tom Dele-Bashiru , Thomas Ince , M. Rajović and Matheus Martins .The home team had on the bench: Ismael Koné
, Ryan Andrews , Edo Kayembe, Giorgi Chakvetadze , Jake Livermore, Matthew Pollock, Jamal Lewis , Ben Hamer and Yaser Asprilla .Substitutions
Watford made 5 changes: James Morris for Jamal Lewis (46′), Thomas Ince for Yaser Asprilla (56′), Tom Dele-Bashiru for Giorgi Chakvetadze (65′), Matheus Martins for Ismael Koné (65′) and Jeremy Ngakia for Ryan Andrews (77′).
Best player: Ryan Porteous
The player that probably impressed the most for Watford was Ryan Porteous even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 90 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross. He hit the woodwork once times.Birmingham City – Formation
Birmingham City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
John Eustace played with: John Ruddy
, Cody Drameh , Dion Sanderson , Kevin Long , Lee Buchanan , Ivan Šunjić , Krystian Bielik , Oliver Burke , Jay Stansfield , Keshi Anderson , Scott Hogan .These were the players on the bench: Juninho Bacuna
, Koji Miyoshi , Neil Etheridge, Gary Gardner, Marc Roberts, Emanuel Aiwu, Emmanuel Longelo , Brandon Khela and Jordan James .Substitutions
Birmingham City made 4 changes: Oliver Burke for Juninho Bacuna (71′), Keshi Anderson for Koji Miyoshi (68′), Jay Stansfield for Emmanuel Longelo (87′) and Scott Hogan for Jordan James (87′).
Best player: Jay Stansfield
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Birmingham City was Jay Stansfield.
His rating is
with 14 passes (36% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 14. He hit the woodwork once times.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Watford – Birmingham City – 2-0
- Sheffield Wednesday – Ipswich Town – 0-1
- Queens Park Rangers – Sunderland – 1-3
- Preston North End – Plymouth Argyle – 2-1
- Norwich City – Stoke City – 1-0
- Huddersfield Town – Rotherham United – 2-0
- Cardiff City – Swansea City – 2-0
- Bristol City – West Bromwich Albion – 0-0
- Blackburn Rovers – Middlesbrough – 2-1