WATFORD. West Ham United succeeded in reverse the scoreline before demolishing Watford. It was Watford to score first with a goal from E. Dennis. Notwithstanding, later West Ham United found the way to reverse the score scoring 4 consecutive goals with T. Soucek (27′), S. Benrahma (29′), M. Noble (58′) and N. Vlasic (90′). West Ham United capitalized on its better ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Vicarage Road stadium in Watford on Tuesday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Darren England with the support of Daniel Cook and Peter James Kirkup. The 4th official was Chris Kavanagh. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.2 degrees Celsius or 50.32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

West Ham United was in firm control of the ball 57% while Watford was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

West Ham United was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why West Ham United won the match.​

Watford shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, West Ham United shot 13 times, 7 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Watford didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, West Ham United received 1 yellow card (C. Dawson).

Standings

After this match, Watford will stay with 13 points to sit in the 17th place. On the other side, West Ham United will have 31 points to sit in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Watford will host Tottenham Hotspur on the 1st of January with a 9-2 head to head record in favor of Tottenham Hotspur (4 draws).

West Ham United will play away agasint Crystal Palace on the 1st of January with a 6-5 head to head statistic in favor of West Ham United (8 draws).

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 (5.4), Kiko Femenía (6.2), Francisco Sierralta (6.5), Craig Cathcart (6.6), Adam Masina (6.0), Juraj Kucka (7.0), Cucho Hernández (6.5), Ozan Tufan (6.3), Moussa Sissoko (6.5), Joshua King (7.4) and Emmanuel Dennis (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Imrân Louza (6.9), James Morris, Ashley Fletcher, Dan Gosling, João Pedro (7.2), Ken Sema (6.1), Vincent Angelini and Kamil Conteh.

Watford could not rely on the presence of I. Louza (injured).

Substitutions

Watford made 3 changes: Kiko for I. Louza (40′), Cucho for J. Pedro (46′) and O. Tufan for K. Sema (62′).

Best player: Joshua King​

The player that probably impressed the most for Watford was Joshua King.

His rating is (7.4) with 25 passes (64% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 12 duels out of 20. He performed 2 crosses.

West Ham United – Formation

West Ham United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

David Moyes played with: Łukasz Fabiański (7.2), Vladimír Coufal (6.7), Craig Dawson (6.5), Issa Diop (6.6), Ben Johnson (6.2), Mark Noble (6.6), Tomáš Souček (8.3), Jarrod Bowen (8.4), Manuel Lanzini (7.2), Saïd Benrahma (7.3) and Michail Antonio (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Ajibola-Joshua Alese, Arthur Masuaku (7.1), Ryan Fredericks, Andriy Yarmolenko, Armstrong Oko-Flex, Harrison Ashby, Nikola Vlašić (7.1), Alex Král and Alphonse Aréola.

Substitutions

West Ham United made 3 changes: B. Johnson for A. Masuaku (82′), S. Benrahma for N. Vlasic (85′) and M. Lanzini for A. Kral (90′).

Best player: Jarrod Bowen​

The most impressive player for West Ham United was Jarrod Bowen even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.4) with 30 passes (70% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 14. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Crystal Palace – Norwich City – 3-0
• Leicester City – Liverpool – 1-0
• Southampton – Tottenham Hotspur – 1-1
• Watford – West Ham United – 1-4