Watford vs Arsenal

15 September 2019 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

Tom Cleverley 53’
Roberto Pereyra 81’ (pen)

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 21’, 32’

Match summary

The points were shared as Watford and Arsenal drew 2-2. Arsenal led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang put Arsenal ahead in the 21st minute, set up by Sead Kolasinac and Aubameyang made it 0-2 in the 32nd minute, set up by Ainsley Maitland-Niles. In the second half, Tom Cleverley pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 53rd minute, set up by Gerard Deulofeu and Roberto Pereyra equalised from the penalty spot in the 81st minute.

Watford had the better of the chances, with 2.84 expected goals (xG) from 31 shots to Arsenal's 1.01 from 7.

Match stats

31 Shots 10

7 Shots on Target 4

7 Corners 1

3 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.83 xG 1.01

2.07 Non-penalty xG 1.01

12 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Watford Arsenal

Kick-off

21’

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Assist: Sead Kolasinac

0-1

32’

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Assist: Ainsley Maitland-Niles

0-2

Half-time0-2

Tom Cleverley
Assist: Gerard Deulofeu

1-2

53’

Roberto Pereyra
Penalty

2-2

81’

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Watford

Kiko Femenía
José Holebas
Etienne Capoue

Arsenal

Bernd Leno
Sead Kolasinac
Matteo Guendouzi

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.

Watford 2.84 xGArsenal 1.01 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Arsenal attacking Watford attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ben Foster	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kiko Femenía	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.19	3
Christian Kabasele	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Craig Dawson	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
José Holebas	DEF	80			2	0.13	0.02	1
Etienne Capoue	MID	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Abdoulaye Doucouré	MID	90			5	0.63	0.07	3
Will Hughes	MID	65			2	0.14	0.04	1
Tom Cleverley	MID	90	1		7	0.57	0.11	3
Gerard Deulofeu	MID	90		1	7	0.25	0.69	8
Andre Gray	FWD	56			1	0.06	0.00	0
Ismaila Sarr	Sub	34			2	0.11	0.50	1
Roberto Pereyra	Sub	25	1		2	0.87	0.10	2
Daryl Janmaat	Sub	10			1	0.04	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Bernd Leno	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ainsley Maitland-Niles	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.63	1
David Luiz	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sokratis	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sead Kolasinac	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.12	2
Granit Xhaka	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Matteo Guendouzi	MID	69			0	0.00	0.08	1
Dani Ceballos	MID	62			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mesut Özil	MID	73			0	0.00	0.02	1
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	FWD	90	2		3	0.75	0.00	0
Nicolas Pepe	FWD	90			1	0.08	0.09	1
Joe Willock	Sub	28			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Torreira	Sub	21			1	0.07	0.00	0
Reiss Nelson	Sub	17			1	0.09	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Watford win 24% Avg odds 4.08

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.88

Arsenal win 51% Avg odds 1.87

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

Form going into the game

Watford L L L L D

Arsenal W W W L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Watford 0-1 Arsenal, 15 Apr 19 Next meeting: Arsenal 3-2 Watford, 26 Jul 20 All Watford vs Arsenal 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.