WATFORD. Arsenal overcame Watford. Arsenal capitalized on its better ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Vicarage Road stadium in Watford on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Craig Pawson with the assistance of Lee Betts and Richard West. The 4th official was Simon Hooper. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.7 degrees Celsius or 44.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

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

Attitude and shots

Arsenal was more pushing with 65 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Arsenal won the match.​

Watford shot 13 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Arsenal shot 16 times, 4 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Watford received 1 yellow card (Cucho). Regarding the opposition, Arsenal received 2 yellow cards (C. Soares and E. Nketiah).

Standings

After this match, Watford will stay with 19 points to remain in the 19th place. On the opposite side, Arsenal will have 48 points to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Watford will play away with Wolverhampton Wanderers on the 10th of March with a 7-6 head to head in favor of Wolverhampton Wanderers (5 draws).

Arsenal will host Leicester City on the 13th of March with a 9-4 head to head stats in favor of Arsenal (3 draws).

Watford – Formation

Watford started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Roy Hodgson decided to play with the following team: Ben Foster (6.0), Kiko Femenía (7.1), Craig Cathcart (7.1), Samir (5.9), Hassane Kamara (7.8), Moussa Sissoko (6.9), Imrân Louza (6.2), Tom Cleverley (5.8), Cucho Hernández (8.7), Emmanuel Dennis (6.4) and João Pedro (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Samuel Kalu (6.8), Adam Masina, Edo Kayembe (6.7), Christian Kabasele, Ken Sema, Francisco Sierralta, Daniel Bachmann, Oghenekaro Etebo and Juraj Kucka.

Substitutions

Watford made 2 changes: I. Louza for E. Kayembe (64′) and T. Cleverley for S. Kalu (90′).

Best player: Cucho Hernández​

The player that probably impressed the most for Watford was Cucho Hernández.

His rating is (8.7) with 1 goal, 29 passes (58% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.

Arsenal – Formation

Arsenal started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Mikel Arteta Amatriain played with: Aaron Ramsdale (6.9), Cédric Soares (6.8), Ben White (6.6), Gabriel Magalhães (6.8), Kieran Tierney (6.8), Thomas Partey (7.1), Granit Xhaka (6.4), Bukayo Saka (7.9), Martin Ødegaard (7.8), Gabriel Martinelli (7.4) and Alexandre Lacazette (8.0).

These were the players on the bench: Zak Swanson, Omari Giraud-Hutchinson, Nicolas Pépé (6.2), Edward Nketiah (6.4), Nuno Tavares, Mohamed Elneny, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Bernd Leno and Rob Holding.

Substitutions

Arsenal made 3 changes: G. Martinelli for N. Pepe (73′), A. Lacazette for E. Nketiah (80′) and M. Odegaard for R. Holding (90′).

Best player: Alexandre Lacazette​

The most impressive player for Arsenal was Alexandre Lacazette even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.0) with 28 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

• Manchester City – Manchester United – 4-1
• Watford – Arsenal – 2-3