Tottenham vs Watford

30 January 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Graham Scott

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Son Heung-Min 80’
  • Fernando Llorente 87’
  • Craig Cathcart 38’

Match summary

Tottenham came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Watford, with a late winner. Watford led 1-0 at half-time.

Craig Cathcart put Watford ahead with a header in the 38th minute, Son Heung-Min equalised in the 80th minute, set up by Fernando Llorente, and Fernando Llorente won it with a header in the 87th minute, set up by Danny Rose.

The chances backed that up: Tottenham created 1.36 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Watford's 0.48 from 9.

Match stats

Tottenham Watford
17 Shots 9
3 Shots on Target 1
9 Corners 5
0 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
1.36 xG 0.48
1.36 Non-penalty xG 0.48
11 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Tottenham Watford
Kick-off
38’
Craig Cathcart0-1 (Watford)
Half-time0-1
Son Heung-Min
Assist: Fernando Llorente1-1 (Tottenham)
80’
Fernando Llorente
Assist: Danny Rose2-1 (Tottenham)
87’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Watford
  • Adrian Mariappa
  • José Holebas
  • Etienne Capoue
  • Isaac Success

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.36 0.48 38’ Craig Cathcart (Watford), 0-1 38’ 80’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), 1-1 80’ 87’ Fernando Llorente (Tottenham), 2-1 87’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.36 0.48 38’ Craig Cathcart (Watford), 0-1 Cathcart 38’ 80’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), 1-1 Heung-Min 80’ 87’ Fernando Llorente (Tottenham), 2-1 Llorente 87’
Tottenham 1.36 xGWatford 0.48 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Watford attacking Tottenham attacking 
52’ Fernando Llorente (Tottenham), open play, 0.72 xG, off target 69’ Troy Deeney (Watford), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 37’ Adrian Mariappa (Watford), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 63’ Fernando Llorente (Tottenham), set piece, 0.08 xG, off target 79’ Isaac Success (Watford), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 32’ Fernando Llorente (Tottenham), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 38’ Craig Cathcart (Watford), from a corner, 0.07 xG, goal 80’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 81’ Erik Lamela (Tottenham), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 15’ Christian Eriksen (Tottenham), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 52’ Gerard Deulofeu (Watford), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 68’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 25’ Troy Deeney (Watford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 68’ Danny Rose (Tottenham), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 75’ Christian Eriksen (Tottenham), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 64’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 25’ Daryl Janmaat (Watford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 9’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Christian Eriksen (Tottenham), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 87’ Fernando Llorente (Tottenham), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 29’ Gerard Deulofeu (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 37’ José Holebas (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 30’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 82’ Davinson Sánchez (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 76’ Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 81’ Danny Rose (Tottenham), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 52’ Fernando Llorente (Tottenham), open play, 0.72 xG, off target 69’ Troy Deeney (Watford), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 37’ Adrian Mariappa (Watford), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 63’ Fernando Llorente (Tottenham), set piece, 0.08 xG, off target 79’ Isaac Success (Watford), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 32’ Fernando Llorente (Tottenham), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 38’ Craig Cathcart (Watford), from a corner, 0.07 xG, goal 80’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 81’ Erik Lamela (Tottenham), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 15’ Christian Eriksen (Tottenham), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 68’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 25’ Troy Deeney (Watford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 52’ Gerard Deulofeu (Watford), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 68’ Danny Rose (Tottenham), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 75’ Christian Eriksen (Tottenham), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 64’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 25’ Daryl Janmaat (Watford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 9’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 87’ Fernando Llorente (Tottenham), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 8’ Christian Eriksen (Tottenham), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 29’ Gerard Deulofeu (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 37’ José Holebas (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 30’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 82’ Davinson Sánchez (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 81’ Danny Rose (Tottenham), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 76’ Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Hugo Lloris GK900 0.000.000
Toby Alderweireld DEF901 0.010.081
Davinson Sánchez DEF901 0.010.000
Jan Vertonghen DEF800 0.000.000
Serge Aurier MID470 0.000.000
Danny Rose MID9012 0.070.103
Christian Eriksen MID903 0.120.000
Harry Winks MID900 0.000.051
Moussa Sissoko MID700 0.000.093
Fernando Llorente FWD90114 0.890.143
Son Heung-Min FWD9015 0.200.000
Lucas Moura Sub430 0.000.000
Kieran Trippier Sub200 0.000.011
Erik Lamela Sub101 0.060.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Tottenham win 59% Bet365 odds 1.66
Draw 24% Bet365 odds 4.00
Watford win 17% Bet365 odds 5.75

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

Form going into the game

Tottenham WLWLW
Watford LDDWD

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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.