Watford vs Brighton

10 August 2019 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 0 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

  • Abdoulaye Doucouré 28’ (og)
  • Florin Andone 65’
  • Neal Maupay 77’

Match summary

Brighton won comfortably, 3-0 away at Watford. Brighton led 1-0 at half-time.

Doucouré's own goal put Brighton ahead in the 28th minute, Florin Andone made it 0-2 in the 65th minute, set up by Davy Pröpper, and Neal Maupay made it 0-3 in the 77th minute, set up by Lewis Dunk.

There was little between the sides on chances: Watford created 0.67 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots, Brighton 0.86 from 5.

Match stats

Watford Brighton
11 Shots 5
3 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 2
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.67 xG 0.86
0.67 Non-penalty xG 0.86
7 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Watford Brighton
Kick-off
28’
Abdoulaye Doucouré
Own goal0-1 (Brighton)
Half-time0-1
65’
Florin Andone
Assist: Davy Pröpper0-2 (Brighton)
77’
Neal Maupay
Assist: Lewis Dunk0-3 (Brighton)
Full-time0-3

Bookings

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

Brighton
  • Lewis Dunk

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 0.67 0.86 28’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Brighton) own goal, 0-1 28’ 65’ Florin Andone (Brighton), 0-2 65’ 77’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), 0-3 77’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.67 0.86 28’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Brighton) own goal, 0-1 Doucouré 28’ 65’ Florin Andone (Brighton), 0-2 Andone 65’ 77’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), 0-3 Maupay 77’
Watford 0.67 xGBrighton 0.86 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brighton attacking Watford attacking 
77’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 65’ Florin Andone (Brighton), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 67’ Craig Dawson (Watford), set piece, 0.14 xG, saved 54’ Andre Gray (Watford), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 90’ Craig Dawson (Watford), set piece, 0.09 xG, blocked 30’ Will Hughes (Watford), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 59’ Roberto Pereyra (Watford), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 90’ Roberto Pereyra (Watford), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 9’ Jürgen Locadia (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 10’ Troy Deeney (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 3’ Gerard Deulofeu (Watford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 13’ Davy Pröpper (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90’ Roberto Pereyra (Watford), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 9’ Dan Burn (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 36’ Kiko Femenía (Watford), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 33’ Etienne Capoue (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 28’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), own goal 77’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 65’ Florin Andone (Brighton), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 67’ Craig Dawson (Watford), set piece, 0.14 xG, saved 54’ Andre Gray (Watford), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 90’ Craig Dawson (Watford), set piece, 0.09 xG, blocked 30’ Will Hughes (Watford), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 59’ Roberto Pereyra (Watford), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 90’ Roberto Pereyra (Watford), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 9’ Jürgen Locadia (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 10’ Troy Deeney (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 3’ Gerard Deulofeu (Watford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 13’ Davy Pröpper (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90’ Roberto Pereyra (Watford), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 9’ Dan Burn (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 36’ Kiko Femenía (Watford), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 33’ Etienne Capoue (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 28’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ben Foster GK900 0.000.000
Kiko Femenía DEF901 0.010.242
Craig Dawson DEF902 0.230.000
Craig Cathcart DEF900 0.000.000
José Holebas DEF900 0.000.000
Abdoulaye Doucouré MID900 0.000.112
Etienne Capoue MID901 0.010.000
Will Hughes MID901 0.080.000
Gerard Deulofeu MID471 0.030.000
Troy Deeney FWD901 0.040.091
Andre Gray FWD761 0.100.000
Roberto Pereyra Sub433 0.160.000
Isaac Success Sub140 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Watford win 47% Avg odds 2.07
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.27
Brighton win 24% Avg odds 4.04

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

Form going into the game

Watford WDLLL
Brighton DLDDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brighton 0-0 Watford, 02 Feb 19 Next meeting: Brighton 1-1 Watford, 08 Feb 20  All Watford vs Brighton 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.