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WATFORD. Chelsea overcome Watford to win 2-1. It was Chelsea to strike first with a goal of M. Mount at the 29′. Then it was a goal in the 43′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, H. Ziyech gave the win to Chelsea in the 72′ minute with a goal.
The match was played at the Vicarage Road stadium in Watford on Wednesday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was David Coote who was helped by Stuart Burt and Nicholas Hopton. The 4th official was Michael Salisbury. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 3.3 degrees Celsius or 37.99 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Watford was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Chelsea that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Watford was was more pushing with 73 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyway, Chelsea found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Watford shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Chelsea shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Watford received 4 yellow cards (I. Louza, W. Troost-Ekong, T. Cleverley and D. Rose). On the opposite side, Chelsea received 3 yellow cards (S. Niguez, M. Alonso and H. Ziyech).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Watford will stay with 13 points to hold in the 17th place. Regarding the opposition, Chelsea will have 33 points to remain in the 1st place.
Next matches
Watford – Formation
Watford started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Claudio Ranieri decided to play with the following team: Daniel Bachmann
, Kiko Femenía , William Troost-Ekong , Craig Cathcart , Adam Masina , Imrân Louza , Emmanuel Dennis , Tom Cleverley , Moussa Sissoko , João Pedro and Joshua King .The home team had on the bench: Ashley Fletcher, Christian Kabasele, Cucho Hernández, Jeremy Ngakia
, Danny Rose , Ozan Tufan, Juraj Kucka , Dan Gosling and Robert Elliot.Watford could not rely on the presence of D. Rose (injured).
Substitutions
Watford made 3 changes: A. Masina for D. Rose (12′), I. Louza for J. Kucka (73′) and T. Cleverley for J. Ngakia (85′).
Best player: Emmanuel Dennis
The most impressive player for Watford was Emmanuel Dennis.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 31 passes (70% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 12 duels out of 22. He performed 3 crosses.Chelsea – Formation
Chelsea started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Thomas Tuchel played with: Edouard Mendy
, Trevoh Chalobah , Andreas Christensen , Antonio Rüdiger , César Azpilicueta , Ruben Loftus-Cheek , Saúl Ñíguez , Marcos Alonso , Mason Mount , Christian Pulišić and Kai Havertz .These were the players on the bench: Ross Barkley, Timo Werner, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Jorginho, Hakim Ziyech
, Thiago Silva , Kepa Arrizabalaga, Malang Sarr and Romelu Lukaku .Chelsea could not rely on the presence of H. Ziyech (injured).
Substitutions
Chelsea made 3 changes: S. Niguez for T. Silva (46′), T. Chalobah for H. Ziyech (60′) and C. Azpilicueta for R. Lukaku (69′).
Best player: Mason Mount
The player that probably impressed the most for Chelsea was Mason Mount.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 21 passes (61% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Aston Villa – Manchester City – 1-2
- Everton – Liverpool – 1-4
- Watford – Chelsea – 1-2
- West Ham United – Brighton & Hove Albion – 1-1
- Wolverhampton Wanderers – Burnley – 0-0