LIVERPOOL. Watford had an adventurous win over Everton. The hero of the match was who scored in the 13th, 80th, 78th, 90th and 86th minute.

The match was played at the Goodison Park stadium in Liverpool on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. In front of 38,834 spectators.​ The referee was Graham Scott who was helped by Marc Perry and Tim Wood. The 4th official was Jonathan Moss. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.1 degrees Celsius or 53.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

The ball possession was identical with both team possessing the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

None of the teams was dominant in terms of ball possession. Everton was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Watford that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Watford was more aggressive with 60 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Watford won the match.​

Everton shot 15 times, 3 on target, 12 off target. Regarding the opposition, Watford shot 19 times, 8 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Everton received 4 yellow cards (Allan, L. Digne, Richarlison and S. Rondon). Regarding the opposition, Watford received 3 yellow cards (W. Troost-Ekong, J. King and E. Dennis).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Everton will stay with 14 points like Manchester United, West Ham United and Arsenal to stay in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Watford will have 10 points like Aston Villa to stay in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Everton will play away against Wolverhampton Wanderers on the 1st of November with a 5-2 head to head record in favor of Everton (5 draws).

Watford will host Southampton on the 30th of October with a 7-6 head to head stats in favor of Southampton (6 draws).

Everton – Formation

Everton started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

The manager Rafael Benítez Maudes decided to play with the following team: Jordan Pickford (5.8), Séamus Coleman (6.3), Michael Keane (7.5), Ben Godfrey (6.9), Lucas Digne (7.3), Andros Townsend (6.7), Tom Davies (7.3), Allan (5.9), Anthony Gordon (7.1), Demarai Gray (6.8) and Salomón Rondón (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: A. Begović, J. Gbamin, Alex Iwobi (6.6), L. Dobbin, J. Kenny, A. Lonergan, Richarlison (7.3) and M. Holgate.

Substitutions

Everton made 2 changes: A. Gordon for Richarlison (61′) and D. Gray for A. Iwobi (77′).

Best player: Michael Keane​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Everton was Michael Keane.

His rating is (7.5) with 56 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 16.

Watford – Formation

Watford started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Regarding the opposition, Claudio Ranieri played with: Ben Foster (6.6), Jeremy Ngakia (6.6), William Troost-Ekong (6.7), Craig Cathcart (7.0), Adam Masina (6.3), Moussa Sissoko (6.8), Ismaïla Sarr (6.2), Ozan Tufan (6.1), Juraj Kucka (7.8), Cucho Hernández (7.2) and Joshua King (9.0).

They had on the bench: K. Sema, Nicolas N’Koulou (6.6), A. Fletcher, T. Cleverley, D. Gosling, D. Bachmann, Emmanuel Dennis (9.1), I. Louza and João Pedro (7.0).

Substitutions

Watford made 3 changes: I. Sarr for E. Dennis (64′), O. Tufan for J. Pedro (64′) and J. Ngakia for N. N’Koulou (76′).

Best player: Emmanuel Dennis​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Watford was Emmanuel Dennis.

His rating is (9.1) with 1 goal, 6 passes (66% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 64′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Chelsea – Norwich City – 7-0
• Crystal Palace – Newcastle United – 1-1
• Everton – Watford – 2-5
• Leeds United – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 1-1
• Southampton – Burnley – 2-2
• Brighton & Hove Albion – Manchester City – 1-4