Arsenal vs Watford

29 September 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Craig Cathcart 81’ (og)
  • Mesut Özil 83’

Match summary

Arsenal won 2-0 at home to Watford. It was goalless at half-time.

Cathcart's own goal put Arsenal ahead in the 81st minute and Mesut Özil made it 2-0 in the 83rd minute, set up by Alexandre Lacazette.

Watford can feel hard done by, creating 2.62 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Arsenal's 1.57 from 9.

Match stats

Arsenal Watford
9 Shots 13
2 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 6
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.57 xG 2.62
1.57 Non-penalty xG 2.62
9 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Arsenal Watford
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Craig Cathcart
Own goal1-0 (Arsenal)
81’
Mesut Özil
Assist: Alexandre Lacazette2-0 (Arsenal)
83’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Arsenal
  • Shkodran Mustafi
  • Lucas Torreira
Watford
  • Abdoulaye Doucouré
  • Troy Deeney

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.57 2.62 81’ Craig Cathcart (Arsenal) own goal, 1-0 81’ 83’ Mesut Özil (Arsenal), 2-0 83’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.57 2.62 81’ Craig Cathcart (Arsenal) own goal, 1-0 Cathcart 81’ 83’ Mesut Özil (Arsenal), 2-0 Özil 83’
Arsenal 1.57 xGWatford 2.62 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Watford attacking Arsenal attacking 
74’ Craig Cathcart (Watford), set piece, 0.62 xG, saved 90’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.57 xG, off target 83’ Mesut Özil (Arsenal), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 54’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.43 xG, off target 68’ Andre Gray (Watford), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 15’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 75’ Isaac Success (Watford), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 52’ Troy Deeney (Watford), set piece, 0.23 xG, saved 72’ Isaac Success (Watford), open play, 0.23 xG, blocked 36’ Troy Deeney (Watford), set piece, 0.12 xG, saved 36’ Christian Kabasele (Watford), set piece, 0.09 xG, saved 51’ Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 90+3’ Alex Iwobi (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 11’ Will Hughes (Watford), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 67’ Nacho Monreal (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 5’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+4’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 70’ Roberto Pereyra (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 39’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 83’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 9’ Etienne Capoue (Watford), direct free kick, 0.02 xG, off target 24’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 88’ Roberto Pereyra (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 81’ Craig Cathcart (Watford), own goal 74’ Craig Cathcart (Watford), set piece, 0.62 xG, saved 90’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.57 xG, off target 83’ Mesut Özil (Arsenal), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 54’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.43 xG, off target 68’ Andre Gray (Watford), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 15’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 75’ Isaac Success (Watford), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 52’ Troy Deeney (Watford), set piece, 0.23 xG, saved 72’ Isaac Success (Watford), open play, 0.23 xG, blocked 36’ Troy Deeney (Watford), set piece, 0.12 xG, saved 36’ Christian Kabasele (Watford), set piece, 0.09 xG, saved 51’ Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 90+3’ Alex Iwobi (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 11’ Will Hughes (Watford), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 67’ Nacho Monreal (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 5’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+4’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 70’ Roberto Pereyra (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 39’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 83’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 24’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 9’ Etienne Capoue (Watford), direct free kick, 0.02 xG, off target 88’ Roberto Pereyra (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 81’ Craig Cathcart (Watford), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Petr Cech GK470 0.000.000
Héctor Bellerín DEF900 0.000.000
Shkodran Mustafi DEF901 0.080.000
Rob Holding DEF900 0.000.000
Nacho Monreal DEF901 0.060.031
Granit Xhaka MID901 0.030.142
Lucas Torreira MID900 0.000.000
Mesut Özil MID9011 0.510.051
Aaron Ramsey MID650 0.000.000
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang MID790 0.000.431
Alexandre Lacazette FWD9014 0.830.511
Bernd Leno Sub430 0.000.000
Alex Iwobi Sub251 0.070.000
Danny Welbeck Sub110 0.000.071

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 67% Bet365 odds 1.44
Draw 19% Bet365 odds 5.10
Watford win 14% Bet365 odds 7.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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