Watford vs Bournemouth

6 October 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 0 – 4

Half-time: 0–3

David Brooks 14’
Joshua King 33’ (pen), 45+1’
Callum Wilson 47’

Match summary

Bournemouth won comfortably, 4-0 away at Watford. Bournemouth led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, David Brooks put Bournemouth ahead in the 14th minute, Joshua King made it 0-2 from the penalty spot in the 33rd minute, and King made it 0-3 with a header in first-half stoppage time, set up by Callum Wilson. In the second half, Callum Wilson made it 0-4 in the 47th minute, set up by Ryan Fraser.

The chances backed that up: Bournemouth created 3.59 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Watford's 1.08 from 14. Watford had a player sent off.

Match stats

14 Shots 10

2 Shots on Target 7

10 Corners 7

3 Yellow Cards 1

1 Red Cards 0

1.07 xG 3.28

1.07 Non-penalty xG 2.52

6 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Watford Bournemouth

Kick-off

14’

David Brooks

0-1

33’

Joshua King
Penalty

0-2

45+1’

Joshua King
Assist: Callum Wilson

0-3

Half-time0-3

47’

Callum Wilson
Assist: Ryan Fraser

0-4

Full-time0-4

Bookings

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

Watford

Christian Kabasele
Craig Cathcart
José Holebas
Abdoulaye Doucouré

Bournemouth

Andrew Surman

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 1.08 xGBournemouth 3.59 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bournemouth attacking Watford attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ben Foster	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Kiko Femenía	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.03	1
Craig Cathcart	DEF	90	2	0.39	0.11	1
Christian Kabasele	DEF	31	0	0.00	0.00	0
José Holebas	DEF	90	1	0.08	0.43	2
Etienne Capoue	MID	90	2	0.15	0.00	0
Abdoulaye Doucouré	MID	90	2	0.06	0.00	0
Roberto Pereyra	MID	76	0	0.00	0.12	2
Will Hughes	MID	57	2	0.09	0.00	0
Troy Deeney	FWD	90	3	0.22	0.07	2
Andre Gray	FWD	57	2	0.09	0.00	0
Adrian Mariappa	Sub	33	0	0.00	0.04	1
Isaac Success	Sub	33	0	0.00	0.00	0
Gerard Deulofeu	Sub	14	0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Asmir Begovic	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Simon Francis	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Nathan Aké	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Steve Cook	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adam Smith	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
David Brooks	MID	72	1		1	0.65	0.11	1
Jefferson Lerma	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lewis Cook	MID	80			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ryan Fraser	MID	68		1	0	0.00	0.95	2
Joshua King	FWD	90	2		4	1.39	0.47	1
Callum Wilson	FWD	90	1	1	3	1.47	0.49	1
Junior Stanislas	Sub	22			1	0.02	0.00	0
Dan Gosling	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andrew Surman	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.02	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Watford win 45% Bet365 odds 2.14

Draw 27% Bet365 odds 3.60

Bournemouth win 28% Bet365 odds 3.50

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

Form going into the game

Watford W W L D L

Bournemouth D L W L W

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Previous and next meeting

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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.