WATFORD. Watford manages to recover against Millwall with a goal on the Z. Flemming 12′ and a goal on the W. Harding 85′. Watford was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (65%)
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 who was helped by Craig Taylor and Jonathan Hunt. The 4th official was Peter Wright. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 19.16 degrees Celsius or 66.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Watford had a strong ball possession 65% while Millwall was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Watford was more aggressive with 58 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Watford to win the match.
Watford shot 19 times, 6 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Millwall shot 11 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Watford received 3 yellow cards (Ken Sema, Yaser Asprilla and Jake Livermore). Regarding the opposition, Millwall received 3 yellow cards (Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Zian Flemming and George Saville).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Watford will have 17 points like Norwich City and Millwall to sit in the 16th place. On the other side, Millwall will have 17 points like Watford and Norwich City to remain in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Watford will play away against Ipswich Town on the 10th of April with a 13-3 head to head record in favor of Watford (3 draws).
Millwall will host Leicester City on the 9th of April with a 7-6 head to head in favor of Millwall (1 draw).
Watford – Formation
Watford
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Watford started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Valérien Ismaël decided to play with the following team: Daniel Bachmann , Jeremy Ngakia , Francisco Sierralta , Wesley Hoedt , Jamal Lewis , Edo Kayembe , Jake Livermore , Ismael Koné , Yaser Asprilla , Vakoun Issouf Bayo and Ken Sema .
The home team had on the bench: Thomas Ince , Matheus Martins , Ryan Porteous, M. Rajović , Imrân Louza , Rhys Healey , Matthew Pollock, Giorgi Chakvetadze and Ben Hamer.
Substitutions
Watford made 5 changes: Ken Sema for Thomas Ince (83′), Yaser Asprilla for Matheus Martins (60′), Ismael Koné for Imrân Louza (61′), Vakoun Issouf Bayo for M. Rajović (61′) and Edo Kayembe for Rhys Healey (87′).
Best player: Wesley Hoedt
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Watford was Wesley Hoedt.
His rating is with 105 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 19. He performed 3 crosses.
Millwall – Formation
Millwall
Millwall started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Gary Rowett played with: Joe Bryan, Bartosz Białkowski , Danny McNamara , Wes Harding , Jake Cooper , Murray Wallace , Brooke Norton-Cuffy , Casper De Norre , George Saville , George Honeyman and Zian Flemming , Tom Bradshaw .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Billy Mitchell , Ryan Longman , Aidomo Emakhu, Kevin Nisbet , Romain Esse, Connal Trueman, Tom Leahy, Kamari Grant and Sashiel Adom-Malaki.
Substitutions
Millwall made 3 changes: Casper De Norre for Billy Mitchell (82′), Tom Bradshaw for Kevin Nisbet (82′) and George Honeyman for Ryan Longman (59′).
Best player: Zian Flemming
The most impressive player for Millwall was Zian Flemming.
His rating is with 1 goal, 34 passes (69% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Watford – Millwall – 2-2
- Sunderland – Norwich City – 3-1
- Southampton – Birmingham City – 3-1
- Queens Park Rangers – Leicester City – 1-2
- Middlesbrough – Stoke City – 0-2
- Leeds United – Huddersfield Town – 4-1
- Ipswich Town – Plymouth Argyle – 3-2
- Hull City – Preston North End – 1-0
- Cardiff City – Bristol City – 2-0
- Blackburn Rovers – Swansea City – 0-1
