Watford vs Fulham

2 April 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Roger East

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Abdoulaye Doucouré 23’
Will Hughes 63’
Troy Deeney 69’
Kiko Femenía 75’

Ryan Babel 33’

Match summary

Watford won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Fulham. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Abdoulaye Doucouré put Watford ahead in the 23rd minute, set up by Will Hughes and Ryan Babel equalised in the 33rd minute, set up by Ryan Sessegnon. In the second half, Will Hughes put Watford back in front from a corner in the 63rd minute, Troy Deeney made it 3-1 in the 69th minute, set up by Andre Gray, and Kiko Femenía made it 4-1 in the 75th minute, set up by Andre Gray.

Fulham can feel hard done by, creating 1.92 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Watford's 1.59 from 15.

Match stats

15 Shots 17

7 Shots on Target 7

6 Corners 4

3 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.59 xG 1.91

1.59 Non-penalty xG 1.91

4 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Watford Fulham

Kick-off

Abdoulaye Doucouré
Assist: Will Hughes

1-0

23’

33’

Ryan Babel
Assist: Ryan Sessegnon

1-1

Half-time1-1

Will Hughes

2-1

63’

Troy Deeney
Assist: Andre Gray

3-1

69’

Kiko Femenía
Assist: Andre Gray

4-1

75’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Watford

Adrian Mariappa
José Holebas
Daryl Janmaat

Fulham

Calum Chambers
Cyrus Christie

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 1.59 xGFulham 1.92 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Fulham 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		3	0.42	0.05	1
Adrian Mariappa	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Craig Cathcart	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
José Holebas	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.13	1
Abdoulaye Doucouré	MID	90	1		3	0.22	0.11	2
Etienne Capoue	MID	80			0	0.00	0.00	0
Will Hughes	MID	90	1	1	1	0.03	0.20	2
Roberto Pereyra	MID	48			1	0.13	0.00	0
Troy Deeney	FWD	90	1		2	0.49	0.03	2
Gerard Deulofeu	FWD	48			1	0.05	0.00	0
Daryl Janmaat	Sub	42			0	0.00	0.03	1
Andre Gray	Sub	42		2	3	0.20	0.94	3
Domingos Quina	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Sergio Rico	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maxime Le Marchand	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Calum Chambers	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Tim Ream	DEF	74			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cyrus Christie	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joe Bryan	MID	90			1	0.03	0.16	2
Franck Zambo	MID	90			1	0.03	0.10	2
Tom Cairney	MID	89			0	0.00	0.20	3
Ryan Sessegnon	FWD	90		1	2	0.19	0.68	3
Aleksandar Mitrovic	FWD	90			9	0.74	0.15	2
Ryan Babel	FWD	83	1		2	0.59	0.03	1
Jean Michael Seri	Sub	16			1	0.30	0.24	1
André Schürrle	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin McDonald	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Watford win 56% Bet365 odds 1.72

Draw 24% Bet365 odds 4.00

Fulham win 20% Bet365 odds 5.00

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

Form going into the game

Watford W L W L L

Fulham L L L L L

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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.