Brighton vs Watford

8 February 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Kevin Friend

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Adrian Mariappa 78’ (og)
  • Abdoulaye Doucouré 19’

Match summary

Brighton and Watford shared the points in a 1-1 draw. Watford led 1-0 at half-time.

Abdoulaye Doucouré put Watford ahead in the 19th minute, set up by Etienne Capoue and Mariappa's own goal equalised in the 78th minute.

Brighton had the better of the chances, with 0.76 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Watford's 0.28 from 5.

Match stats

Brighton Watford
10 Shots 5
2 Shots on Target 2
3 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.76 xG 0.28
0.76 Non-penalty xG 0.28
7 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Brighton Watford
Kick-off
19’
Abdoulaye Doucouré
Assist: Etienne Capoue0-1 (Watford)
Half-time0-1
Adrian Mariappa
Own goal1-1 (Brighton)
78’
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Brighton
  • Ezequiel Schelotto
  • Solly March
Watford
  • Adrian Mariappa
  • Will Hughes

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.76 0.28 19’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), 0-1 19’ 78’ Adrian Mariappa (Brighton) own goal, 1-1 78’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.76 0.28 19’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), 0-1 Doucouré 19’ 78’ Adrian Mariappa (Brighton) own goal, 1-1 Mariappa 78’
Brighton 0.76 xGWatford 0.28 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Watford attacking Brighton attacking 
77’ Aaron Mooy (Brighton), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 19’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 90’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 2’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 29’ Will Hughes (Watford), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 57’ Gerard Deulofeu (Watford), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 31’ Ezequiel Schelotto (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 12’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 31’ Troy Deeney (Watford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 3’ Davy Pröpper (Brighton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 42’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 69’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 76’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 45’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 26’ Aaron Mooy (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 78’ Adrian Mariappa (Watford), own goal 77’ Aaron Mooy (Brighton), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 19’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 90’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 2’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 29’ Will Hughes (Watford), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 57’ Gerard Deulofeu (Watford), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 31’ Ezequiel Schelotto (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 12’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 31’ Troy Deeney (Watford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 3’ Davy Pröpper (Brighton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 42’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 69’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 45’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 26’ Aaron Mooy (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 78’ Adrian Mariappa (Watford), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Mat Ryan GK900 0.000.000
Ezequiel Schelotto DEF741 0.050.000
Shane Duffy DEF900 0.000.000
Lewis Dunk DEF901 0.020.021
Dan Burn DEF580 0.000.000
Aaron Mooy MID902 0.400.021
Davy Pröpper MID901 0.030.031
Solly March MID901 0.080.051
Pascal Groß MID620 0.000.000
Leandro Trossard MID902 0.110.000
Glenn Murray FWD902 0.070.000
Neal Maupay Sub320 0.000.391
Steven Alzate Sub280 0.000.000
Alireza Jahanbakhsh Sub160 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 42% Avg odds 2.30
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.35
Watford win 30% Avg odds 3.23

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Brighton DLDLD
Watford WWDLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Watford 0-3 Brighton, 10 Aug 19 Next meeting: Brighton 2-0 Watford, 21 Aug 21  All Brighton vs Watford meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.