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# Watford 2-1 Southampton

- **Status:** FT
- **Date:** 16 Aug 13:30
- **League:** Championship, Regular Season - 1
- **Venue:** Vicarage Road, Watford

## Match Events

| Min | Event | Player | Team |
|-----|-------|--------|------|
| 8' | Yellow Card | H. Kyprianou | Watford |
| 12' | Normal Goal | I. Bravo | Watford |
| 13' | Yellow Card | M. Pollock | Watford |
| 14' | Yellow Card | C. Larin | Southampton |
| 18' | Yellow Card | J. Bree | Southampton |
| 24' | Substitution 1 | M. Bola (on for J. Zemura) | Watford |
| 29' | Normal Goal | A. Nabizada | Watford |
| 43' | Yellow Card | A. Nabizada | Watford |
| 56' | Normal Goal | C. Larin (C. Bragg) | Southampton |
| 57' | Substitution 1 | L. Dobbin (on for F. Azaz) | Southampton |
| 61' | Substitution 2 | E. Bove (on for E. Kayembe) | Watford |
| 61' | Substitution 3 | A. Nabizada (on for M. Adu Poku) | Watford |
| 61' | Substitution 4 | I. Bravo (on for M. Payero) | Watford |
| 70' | Substitution 2 | C. Larin (on for D. Mubama) | Southampton |
| 70' | Substitution 3 | C. Bragg (on for S. Edozie) | Southampton |
| 72' | Yellow Card | M. Doumbia | Watford |
| 74' | Yellow Card | F. Downes | Southampton |
| 74' | Yellow Card | O. Maamma | Watford |
| 77' | Substitution 5 | O. Maamma (on for R. Vata) | Watford |
| 84' | Yellow Card | M. Payero | Watford |
| 89' | Substitution 4 | K. Matsuki (on for B. Brereton Diaz) | Southampton |

## Statistics

| Stat | Watford | Southampton |
|------|--------|--------|
| Shots on Goal | 4 | 3 |
| Shots off Goal | 5 | 8 |
| Total Shots | 16 | 17 |
| Blocked Shots | 7 | 6 |
| Shots insidebox | 11 | 11 |
| Shots outsidebox | 5 | 6 |
| Fouls | 12 | 9 |
| Corner Kicks | 4 | 5 |
| Offsides | 0 | 3 |
| Ball Possession | 34% | 66% |
| Yellow Cards | 6 | 3 |
| Red Cards | - | - |
| Goalkeeper Saves | 2 | 2 |
| Total passes | 265 | 507 |
| Passes accurate | 207 | 446 |
| Passes % | 78% | 88% |
| expected_goals | 0.83 | 1.19 |
| goals_prevented | -1.17 | -1.17 |

## Watford Lineup (4-2-3-1)

**Starting XI:** Federico Ravaglia (1), Omar Haktab Traore (23), Matthew Pollock (6), Kévin Keben Biakolo (4), Marc Bola (16), Edoardo Bove (8), Hector Kyprianou (5), Amin Nabizada (21), Iker Bravo (17), Othmane Maamma (7), Mamadou Doumbia (20)

**Substitutes:** Jordan Zemura (33), Daniel Bachmann (26), James Clarridge (53), Albert Eames (56), Michael Adu-Poku (49), Edo Kayembe (39), Martín Payero (22), Luca Kjerrumgaard (9), Rocco Vata (11)


## Southampton Lineup (4-2-3-1)

**Starting XI:** Daniel Peretz (1), James Bree (14), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (6), Jack Stephens (5), Ryan Manning (3), Cameron Bragg (26), Flynn Downes (4), Kuryu Matsuki (27), Leo Scienza (7), Lewis Dobbin (11), Cyle Larin (9)

**Substitutes:** George Long (25), Nathan Wood (15), Welington (34), Finn Azaz (10), Tom Fellows (18), Ben Brereton Díaz (22), Samuel Edozie (23), Cameron Archer (19), Divin Mubama (28)