SOUTHAMPTON. Watford overcame Southampton to win 2-1. C. was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the first half.​ It was Watford to strike first with a goal of Cucho at the 14′. Then Cucho scored again for Watford in the 34′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, M. Elyounoussi reduced the distance for Southampton (45′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Southampton was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (63%).​

The match was played at the St. Mary’s Stadium stadium in Southampton on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Graham Scott assisted by Simon Long and Matthew Wilkes. The 4th official was Kevin Friend. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.6 degrees Celsius or 52.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Southampton was in firm control of the ball 63% while Watford was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Southampton was more aggressive with 71 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Watford succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Southampton shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Watford shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Southampton received 3 yellow cards (R. Perraud, O. Romeu and J. Bednarek). On the other side, Watford received 2 yellow cards (Cucho and M. Sissoko).

Standings

After playing this match, Southampton will stay with 35 points to remain in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Watford will have 22 points like Everton to hold in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Southampton will host Arsenal on the 16th of April with a 11-6 head to head in favor of Arsenal (6 draws).

Watford will host Brentford on the 16th of April with a 3-3 head to head record.

Southampton – Formation

Southampton started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Ralph Hasenhüttl decided to play with the following team: Fraser Forster (6.6), Kyle Walker-Peters (6.5), Jan Bednarek (6.9), Mohammed Salisu (6.2), Romain Perraud (6.1), Stuart Armstrong (6.5), Oriol Romeu (7.0), James Ward-Prowse (7.4), Mohamed Elyounoussi (7.4), Will Smallbone (6.6) and Che Adams (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Yan Valery, Jack Stephens, Theo Walcott, Armando Broja, Nathan Redmond (6.8), Shane Long, Adam Armstrong, Willy Caballero and Ibrahima Diallo.

Southampton could not rely on the presence of S. Long (injured).

Substitutions

Southampton made 3 changes: W. Smallbone for A. Broja (46′), O. Romeu for N. Redmond (74′) and A. Broja for S. Long (90′).

Best player: James Ward-Prowse​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Southampton was James Ward-Prowse.

His rating is (7.4) with 61 passes (81% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 4. He performed 18 crosses.

Watford – Formation

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

Roy Hodgson played with: Ben Foster (7.6), Kiko Femenía (6.3), Christian Kabasele (6.7), Samir (7.3), Hassane Kamara (7.0), Moussa Sissoko (7.2), Imrân Louza (7.3), Juraj Kucka (7.4), Cucho Hernández (8.2), João Pedro (6.8) and Emmanuel Dennis (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Daniel Bachmann, William Troost-Ekong, Ken Sema, Tom Cleverley, Edo Kayembe, Samuel Kalu, Joshua King (6.6), Adam Masina and Craig Cathcart.

Substitutions

Watford made 3 changes: E. Dennis for J. King (87′), Cucho for K. Sema (90′) and Kiko for C. Cathcart (90′).

Best player: Cucho Hernández​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Watford was Cucho Hernández.

His rating is (8.2) with 2 goals, 23 passes (78% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Arsenal – Leicester City – 2-0
• Chelsea – Newcastle United – 1-0
• Everton – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 0-1
• Leeds United – Norwich City – 2-1
• Southampton – Watford – 1-2
• West Ham United – Aston Villa – 2-1