WATFORD. Wolverhampton Wanderers overcomes Watford with a 2-0 win with an own goal from F. Sierralta 74minute and a goal from Hwang Hee-Chan 83minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers took advantage of its superior ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Vicarage Road stadium in Watford on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Peter Bankes that was helped by James Mainwaring and Wade Smith. The 4th official was David Webb. The weather was clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 21.7 degrees Celsius or 71.06 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.
Watford started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up. On the other side, Wolverhampton Wanderers adopted for an extremely aggressive formation (3-4-3).
Watford – Formation
Watford
67'
77'
Francisco Javier Muñoz Llompart decided to play with the following team: Daniel Bachmann , Jeremy Ngakia , William Troost-Ekong , Francisco Sierralta , Danny Rose , Oghenekaro Etebo , Ismaïla Sarr , Moussa Sissoko , Juraj Kucka , Emmanuel Dennis and Joshua King .
The home team had on the bench: Imrân Louza, Ozan Tufan, Ken Sema , Robert Elliot, Cucho Hernández , Christian Kabasele, Tom Cleverley, Adam Masina and Craig Cathcart.
Best player: Oghenekaro Etebo
The player that probably impressed the most for Watford was Oghenekaro Etebo.
His rating is with 0 goals, 29 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.
Wolverhampton Wanderers – Formation
Wolverhampton Wanderers
83'
On the other side, Bruno Miguel Silva do Muñoz Llompart played with: José Sá , Max Kilman , Conor Coady , Romain Saïss , Nélson Semedo , Rúben Neves , João Moutinho , Fernando Marçal , Francisco Trincão , Raúl Jiménez and Adama Traoré .
They had on the bench: Leander Dendoncker, Rayan Aït Nouri, Yerson Mosquera, Willy Boly, Ki-Jana Hoever, Hee-Chan Hwang , Daniel Podence , John Ruddy and Fábio Silva.
Best player: João Moutinho
The player that probably impressed the most for Wolverhampton Wanderers was João Moutinho even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 0 goals, 47 passes (91% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 6 crosses.
Match report
- 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
- 7 Total 14
- 3 On Target 5
- 4 Off Target 9
- 0 Shots blocked 2
- 86 Attack 126
- 42 Dangerous attack 52
- 82 Ball safe 75
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 8
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 11 Total 12
- 3 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers was in firm control of the ball 56% while Watford was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Wolverhampton Wanderers was extremely more aggressive with 52 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. This is the reason why Wolverhampton Wanderers won the match.
Watford shoot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Wolverhampton Wanderers shoot 14 times, 5 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Watford received 3 yellow cards (O. Etebo, D. Rose and E. Dennis). On the other side, Wolverhampton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards (F. Marcal, M. Kilman and R. Jimenez).
Match Timeline
Standing
After this match, Watford will stay with 3 points to stay in the 15th place. On the other side, Wolverhampton Wanderers will have 3 points to stay in the 16th place.
In the next match in the Premier League, Watford will play away Norwich City on the 18th of September with a 10-4 head to head in favor of Watford (2 draw). Wolverhampton Wanderers will host Brentford on the 18th of September with a 4-3 head to head in favor of Wolverhampton Wanderers (1 draw).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Crystal Palace – Tottenham Hotspur – 3-0
- Arsenal – Norwich City – 1-0
- Brentford – Brighton & Hove Albion – 0-1
- Leicester City – Manchester City – 0-1
- Manchester United – Newcastle United – 4-1
- Southampton – West Ham United – 0-0
- Watford – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 0-2
- Chelsea – Aston Villa – 3-0
