WATFORD. Huddersfield Town managed to find the solution against Watford to win 2-1. D. Ward was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Watford to strike first with a goal of Emmanuel Dennis at the 55′. Then it was a goal in the 71′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Daniel Ward gave the win to Huddersfield Town in the 83′ minute scoring a double.
The match was played at the Vicarage Road stadium in Watford on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Ben Toner with the support of Rob Smith and Ian Cooper. The 4th official was Leigh Doughty. The weather was rain and snow. The temperature was quite cold at 0.25 degrees Celsius or 32.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 96%.
Match Statistics
- 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
- 12 Total 11
- 4 On Target 5
- 7 Off Target 2
- 1 Shots blocked 4
- 94 Attack 125
- 44 Dangerous attack 37
- 84 Ball safe 80
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 5
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 16 Total 10
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Watford had a superior ball possession 55% while Huddersfield Town was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Watford was more aggressive with 44 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Huddersfield Town was able to find the solution to win this contest.
Watford shot 12 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Huddersfield Town shot 11 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Watford received 2 yellow cards (Thomas Ince and Edo Kayembe). Talking about the opposition, Huddersfield Town received 2 yellow cards (Brodie Spencer and David Kasumu).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Watford stays with 44 points like Bristol City, Middlesbrough and Cardiff City to remain in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Huddersfield Town will has 37 points to hold in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Watford will play away against Millwall on the 2nd of March with a 8-5 head to head in favor of Watford (5 draws).
Huddersfield Town will host Leeds United on the 2nd of March with a 9-8 head to head in favor of Leeds United (2 draws).
Watford – Formation
Watford
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55'
Watford started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Valérien Ismaël decided to play with the following team: Ben Hamer , Tom Dele-Bashiru , Matthew Pollock , Wesley Hoedt , Jamal Lewis , Jake Livermore , Yaser Asprilla , Edo Kayembe , Ismaël Koné , Ken Sema and Emmanuel Dennis .
The home team had on the bench: Francisco Sierralta, Mileta Rajovic , Horacio Barrenechea, Jeremy Ngakia, Thomas Ince , Giorgi Chakvetadze , Matheus Martins , Ryan Andrews and Jack Grieves.
Watford could not rely on the presence of Mileta Rajovic (injured).
Substitutions
Watford made 5 changes: Edo Kayembe for Giorgi Chakvetadze (27′), Ismaël Koné for Thomas Ince (27′), Emmanuel Dennis for Mileta Rajovic (59′), Jamal Lewis for Matheus Martins (59′) and Jake Livermore for Ryan Andrews (87′).
Player of the match: Yaser Asprilla
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Watford was Yaser Asprilla.
His rating is with 35 passes (71% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.
Huddersfield Town – Formation
Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
André Breitenreiter played with: Sorba Thomas, Radinio Balker, Lee Nicholls , Matthew Pearson , Tom Lees , Yuta Nakayama , David Kasumu , Alex Matos , Jonathan Hogg , Jack Rudoni and Brodie Spencer , Josh Koroma , Delano Burgzorg .
They had on the bench: Ben Wiles , Bojan Radulović, Brahima Diarra , Chris Maxwell, Tom Edwards , Daniel Ward , Patrick Jones, Ben Jackson and Giosue Bellagambi.
Huddersfield Town could not rely on the presence of Daniel Ward (injured) and Brahima Diarra (injured).
Substitutions
Huddersfield Town made 4 changes: Jonathan Hogg for Daniel Ward (62′), Josh Koroma for Ben Wiles (62′), Alex Matos for Tom Edwards (68′) and Delano Burgzorg for Brahima Diarra (87′).
Player of the match: Daniel Ward
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Huddersfield Town was Daniel Ward.
His rating is with 2 goals, 7 passes (57% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 3.
His performance was sensational also because he began the match from the bench before entering in the 62′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Watford – Huddersfield Town – 1-2
- Sunderland – Swansea City – 1-2
- Southampton – Millwall – 1-2
- Sheffield Wednesday – Bristol City – 2-1
- Queens Park Rangers – Rotherham United – 2-1
- Middlesbrough – Plymouth Argyle – 0-2
- Ipswich Town – Birmingham City – 3-1
- Hull City – West Bromwich Albion – 1-1
- Cardiff City – Stoke City – 2-1
- Blackburn Rovers – Norwich City – 1-1
