Watford vs Newcastle

29 December 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Roger East

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Abdoulaye Doucouré 82’
  • Salomón Rondón 29’

Match summary

Watford and Newcastle shared the points in a 1-1 draw. Newcastle led 1-0 at half-time.

Salomón Rondón put Newcastle ahead with a header in the 29th minute, set up by Matt Ritchie and Abdoulaye Doucouré equalised with a header in the 82nd minute, set up by Gerard Deulofeu.

Watford had the better of the chances, with 1.06 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Newcastle's 0.66 from 8.

Match stats

Watford Newcastle
12 Shots 8
5 Shots on Target 2
3 Corners 6
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.06 xG 0.66
1.06 Non-penalty xG 0.66
11 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Watford Newcastle
Kick-off
29’
Salomón Rondón
Assist: Matt Ritchie0-1 (Newcastle)
Half-time0-1
Abdoulaye Doucouré
Assist: Gerard Deulofeu1-1 (Watford)
82’
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Watford
  • Adam Masina
Newcastle
  • DeAndre Yedlin
  • Fabian Schär

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.06 0.66 29’ Salomón Rondón (Newcastle), 0-1 29’ 82’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), 1-1 82’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.06 0.66 29’ Salomón Rondón (Newcastle), 0-1 Rondón 29’ 82’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), 1-1 Doucouré 82’
Watford 1.06 xGNewcastle 0.66 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Newcastle attacking Watford attacking 
29’ Salomón Rondón (Newcastle), open play, 0.54 xG, goal 16’ Gerard Deulofeu (Watford), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 82’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.26 xG, goal 47’ Isaac Success (Watford), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 47’ Roberto Pereyra (Watford), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 73’ Gerard Deulofeu (Watford), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 84’ Isaac Success (Watford), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 3’ Gerard Deulofeu (Watford), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+3’ Isaac Success (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 51’ Salomón Rondón (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 76’ Troy Deeney (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 43’ Isaac Success (Watford), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 18’ Adam Masina (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 71’ Matt Ritchie (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 78’ Isaac Hayden (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 4’ Domingos Quina (Watford), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 74’ Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 45’ Christian Atsu (Newcastle), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 90+4’ Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 29’ Salomón Rondón (Newcastle), open play, 0.54 xG, goal 16’ Gerard Deulofeu (Watford), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 82’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.26 xG, goal 47’ Isaac Success (Watford), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 47’ Roberto Pereyra (Watford), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 73’ Gerard Deulofeu (Watford), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 84’ Isaac Success (Watford), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 3’ Gerard Deulofeu (Watford), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+3’ Isaac Success (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 51’ Salomón Rondón (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 76’ Troy Deeney (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 43’ Isaac Success (Watford), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 18’ Adam Masina (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 71’ Matt Ritchie (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 78’ Isaac Hayden (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 4’ Domingos Quina (Watford), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 74’ Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 45’ Christian Atsu (Newcastle), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 90+4’ Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ben Foster GK900 0.000.000
Daryl Janmaat DEF900 0.000.041
Adrian Mariappa DEF900 0.000.000
Craig Cathcart DEF900 0.000.000
Adam Masina DEF811 0.020.000
Etienne Capoue MID900 0.000.000
Domingos Quina MID571 0.020.000
Roberto Pereyra MID901 0.080.301
Will Hughes MID570 0.000.112
Isaac Success FWD904 0.220.021
Gerard Deulofeu FWD9013 0.420.261
Abdoulaye Doucouré Sub3311 0.260.000
Troy Deeney Sub331 0.040.041
José Holebas Sub90 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Watford win 51% Bet365 odds 1.85
Draw 26% Bet365 odds 3.60
Newcastle win 23% Bet365 odds 4.00

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

Form going into the game

Watford LDWWL
Newcastle DLWDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Newcastle 1-0 Watford, 03 Nov 18 Next meeting: Newcastle 1-1 Watford, 31 Aug 19  All Watford vs Newcastle 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.