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Arsenal 1-2 Watford - January 31, 2017 / Premier League 2016/2017

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Premier League 2016/2017 - Round 23

Emirates Stadium - London - England

January 31, 2017 - 19:45

60 035

1 - 2

Watford

Assist by Alexis Sánchez (right foot) Alex Iwobi

58'

10'

Younes Kaboul (right foot) Assist by Tom Cleverley

13'

Troy Deeney (right foot)

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10' - Goal Younes Kaboul

13' - Goal Troy Deeney

20' - Substitution Aaron Ramseyis substituted by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain20

21' - Yellow card Gabriel Paulista21

25' - Yellow card Nacho Monreal25

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46' - Substitution Olivier Giroudis substituted by Theo Walcott46

58' - Goal Alex Iwobi58

63' - Substitution Valon Behramiis substituted by Abdoulaye Doucouré

66' - Yellow card Sebastian Prödl

67' - Substitution Francis Coquelinis substituted by Lucas Pérez67

70' - Substitution Mbaye Niangis substituted by Isaac Success

85' - Substitution Troy Deeneyis substituted by Stefano Okaka

86' - Yellow card Alexis Sánchez86

88' - Yellow card Stefano Okaka

92' - Yellow card Tom Cleverley

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

1 - 2

Watford

Arsenal Watford

Team line-ups

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

12Giroud46

Olivier Giroud

France

B.date30/09/1986

Age30 years

H1m92

positionStriker

7Sánchez86

Alexis Sánchez

Chile

B.date19/12/1988

Age28 years

H1m71

positionVersatile Forward

11Özil

Mesut Özil

Germany

B.date15/10/1988

Age28 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

17Iwobi58

Alex Iwobi

Nigeria

B.date03/05/1996

Age20 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

8Ramsey20

Aaron Ramsey

Wales

B.date26/12/1990

Age26 years

H1m78

positionBox-to-box midfielder

34Coquelin67

Francis Coquelin

France

B.date13/05/1991

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

18Monreal25

Nacho Monreal

Spain

B.date26/02/1986

Age30 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

6Koscielny

Laurent Koscielny

France

B.date10/09/1985

Age31 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

20Mustafi

Shkodran Mustafi

Germany

B.date17/04/1992

Age24 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

5Gabriel Paulista21

Gabriel Paulista

Brazil

B.date26/11/1990

Age26 years

H1m87

positionRight central defender

33Cech

Petr Cech

Czech Republic

B.date20/05/1982

Age34 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
33	G	Petr Cech		34	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Laurent Koscielny		31	275	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Gabriel Paulista	21	26	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Shkodran Mustafi		24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Nacho Monreal	25	30	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	M	Francis Coquelin	67	25	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Aaron Ramsey	20	26	282	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Mesut Özil		28	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Olivier Giroud	46	30	209	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Alexis Sánchez	86	28	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Alex Iwobi	58	20	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

137

Watford

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Deeney1385

Troy Deeney

England

B.date29/06/1988

Age28 years

H1m81

positionStriker

21Niang70

Mbaye Niang

Senegal

B.date19/12/1994

Age22 years

H1m84

positionStriker

22Janmaat

Daryl Janmaat

Netherlands

B.date22/07/1989

Age27 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

29Capoue

Étienne Capoue

France

B.date11/07/1988

Age28 years

H1m90

positionDefensive Midfielder

8Cleverley92

Tom Cleverley

England

B.date12/08/1989

Age27 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

11Behrami63

Valon Behrami

Switzerland

B.date19/04/1985

Age31 years

H1m85

positionRight central midfielder

3Britos

Miguel Britos

Uruguay

B.date17/07/1985

Age31 years

H1m90

positionLeft central defender

5Prödl66

Sebastian Prödl

Austria

B.date21/06/1987

Age29 years

H1m94

positionRight central defender

4Kaboul10

Younes Kaboul

France

B.date04/01/1986

Age31 years

H1m90

positionLeft central defender

15Cathcart

Craig Cathcart

Northern Ireland

B.date06/02/1989

Age27 years

H1m90

positionRight central defender

1Gomes

Heurelho Gomes

Brazil

B.date15/02/1981

Age35 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Heurelho Gomes		35	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Miguel Britos		31	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Sebastian Prödl	66	29	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Craig Cathcart		27	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Younes Kaboul	10	31	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Daryl Janmaat		27	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Étienne Capoue		28	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Valon Behrami	63	31	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Tom Cleverley	92	27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Mbaye Niang	70	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Troy Deeney	1385	28	289	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	David Ospina		28
24	D	Héctor Bellerín		21
3	D	Kieran Gibbs		27
14	M	Theo Walcott	46	27	366	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	20	23	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
55	M	Ainsley Maitland-Niles		19
9	F	Lucas Pérez	67	28	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
34	G	Giedrius Arlauskis		29
6	D	Adrian Mariappa		30
32	D	Brandon Mason		19
16	M	Abdoulaye Doucouré	63	24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Ben Watson		31
10	F	Isaac Success	70	21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	F	Stefano Okaka	8588	27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alex Iwobi

Theo Walcott

OUT

Petr Cech

David Ospina

OUT

Nacho Monreal

Kieran Gibbs

OUT

Alexis Sánchez

Danny Welbeck

OUT

Olivier Giroud

Lucas Pérez

OUT

Gabriel Paulista

Héctor Bellerín

OUT

Laurent Koscielny

Rob Holding

OUT

Mesut Özil

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

OUT

Francis Coquelin

Ainsley Maitland-Niles

OUT

Aaron Ramsey

Jeff Reine-Adélaïde

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Étienne Capoue

Adlène Guedioura

OUT

Heurelho Gomes

Costel Pantilimon

OUT

Tom Cleverley

Abdoulaye Doucouré

OUT

Daryl Janmaat

Ben Watson

OUT

Mbaye Niang

Stefano Okaka

OUT

Sebastian Prödl

Adrian Mariappa

OUT

Craig Cathcart

Brice Dja Djédjé

OUT

Troy Deeney

Jerome Sinclair

OUT

Valon Behrami

Brandon Mason

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

1154

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Wenger vs Watford

8 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 31, 2017

Wenger vs Mazzarri

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 31, 2017

Manager

Age

Match num

Walter Mazzarri

Success rate in this team:

31 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Mazzarri vs Arsenal

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 31, 2017

Mazzarri vs Wenger

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 31, 2017

Referee

Andre Marriner

27 victories	10 draws	12 losses	Arsenal49 matches	General total	Watford21 matches	10 victories	6 draws	5 losses
2 victories	2 draws	1 loss	Arsenal5 matches	Season total	Watford1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on May 28, 2023					Latest figure on April 09, 2022

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Key figures

Watford keeps its 8 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home running (since 06/11/2016). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 28/12/2014-07/03/2015 time period (8 matches).

No Arsenal manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Arsène Wenger has done less than 19% of losses .

It's the first time Younes Kaboul scores 1 goal vs in his professional career with

Read the next 21 key stats

General ranking

	1	Chelsea	56 pts	23 rd
+1	2	Tottenham	47 pts	23 rd
-1	3	Arsenal	47 pts	23 rd
	4	Liverpool	46 pts	23 rd
	5	Manchester City	43 pts	22 rd

General ranking

-1	11	West Ham	28 pts	22 rd
-1	12	Southampton	27 pts	23 rd
+1	13	Watford	27 pts	23 rd
-2	14	Bournemouth	26 pts	23 rd
+1	15	Middlesbrough	21 pts	23 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 3-1 Bournemouth27/11/2016

LArsenal 0-2 Southampton30/11/2016

VArsenal 3-1 Stoke City10/12/2016

VArsenal 1-0 West Bromwich Albion26/12/2016

VArsenal 2-0 Crystal Palace01/01/2017

VArsenal 2-1 Burnley22/01/2017

Overall

VArsenal 2-0 Crystal Palace01/01/2017

DBournemouth 3-3 Arsenal03/01/2017

VPreston North End 1-2 Arsenal07/01/2017

VSwansea 0-4 Arsenal14/01/2017

VArsenal 2-1 Burnley22/01/2017

VSouthampton 0-5 Arsenal28/01/2017

Current form

Away

LWest Bromwich Albion 3-1 Watford03/12/2016

LManchester City 2-0 Watford14/12/2016

LSunderland 1-0 Watford17/12/2016

LStoke City 2-0 Watford03/01/2017

DBournemouth 2-2 Watford21/01/2017

LMillwall 1-0 Watford29/01/2017

Overall

LWatford 1-4 Tottenham01/01/2017

LStoke City 2-0 Watford03/01/2017

VWatford 2-0 Burton Albion07/01/2017

DWatford 0-0 Middlesbrough14/01/2017

DBournemouth 2-2 Watford21/01/2017

LMillwall 1-0 Watford29/01/2017

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	4
Unbeaten streak	4	7
Drawless streak	6	4
Scoring streak	4	12
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	8	3
Drawless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	7	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	General ranking (Competition total)	14
3	General ranking (Home / Away)	15
8	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	175
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	14

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	22
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
14	Victories (Competition total)	6
8	Victories (Home / Away)	2
5	Draws (Competition total)	6
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
3	Losses (Competition total)	10
1	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

50	Goals scored (Competition total)	25
23	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
23	Goals conceded (Competition total)	38
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
2.27	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.14
2.09	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.91
1.05	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.73
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.91

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (3 times)

Bookings

35	Yellow cards (Competition total)	50
15	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	19
2	Red cards (Competition total)	3
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Alexis Sánchez	15 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Étienne Capoue
Theo Walcott	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Étienne Capoue
Santi Cazorla	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Troy Deeney
Santi Cazorla	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Alexis Sánchez	7 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Nordin Amrabat
Alexis Sánchez	4 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Troy Deeney
Alexis Sánchez	15 goals, 7 assists during the last 20 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Troy Deeney

Historical head to head

Home

11 matches

6 v

1 d

4 l

21 gf

12 ga

Away

12 matches

7 v

0 d

5 l

23 gf

21 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

24 matches

13 v

1 d

10 l

45 gf

36 ga

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

5 v

0 d

7 l

21 gf

23 ga

Away

11 matches

4 v

1 d

6 l

12 gf

21 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

24 matches

10 v

1 d

13 l

36 gf

45 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 02, 2016
Home	4 - 0	April 02, 2016

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	April 01, 1986
Away	2 - 0	March 31, 1986

Latest head to head

August 27, 2016 - Premier League 2016/2017

Watford

1 - 3

Arsenal

April 02, 2016 - Premier League 2015/2016

Arsenal

4 - 0

Watford

March 13, 2016 - FA Cup 2015/2016

Arsenal

1 - 2

Watford

October 17, 2015 - Premier League 2015/2016

Watford

0 - 3

Arsenal

December 26, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Watford

1 - 2

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Watford

Thierry Henry	4 goals	2000 - 2006
Raphael Meade	3 goals	1983 - 1983
Alexis Sánchez	3 goals	2015 - 2016
Ian Allinson	2 goals	1984 - 1987
Stewart Robson	2 goals	1982 - 1984
Nwankwo Kanu	2 goals	1999 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/03/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

John Barnes	4 goals	1982 - 1986
Luther Blissett	4 goals	1983 - 1987
Kenny Jackett	3 goals	1982 - 1987
Mo Johnston	3 goals	1983 - 1984
Malcolm Allen	2 goals	1986 - 1986
Rick Holden	1 goal	1988 - 1988

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/03/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Kenny Sansom	12 matches	1982 - 1988
David O'Leary	11 matches	1980 - 1987
Paul Davis	9 matches	1982 - 1988
Tony Adams	8 matches	1984 - 1999
John Lukic	8 matches	1984 - 1988
Charly Nicholas	7 matches	1983 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/03/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Kenny Jackett	11 matches	1982 - 1988
Wilf Rostron	10 matches	1982 - 1988
John Barnes	10 matches	1982 - 1987
John McClelland	7 matches	1984 - 1988
Luther Blissett	7 matches	1982 - 1987
Tony Coton	7 matches	1984 - 1988

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/03/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Pat Rice

503 matches

47 matches

1967 - 1984

Brian Talbot

327 matches

48 matches

1979 - 1986

Manuel Almunia

175 matches

81 matches

2004 - 2014

Kevin Richardson

124 matches

39 matches

1986 - 1990

Héctor Bellerín

94 matches

8 matches

2013 - 2017

Peter Nicholas

80 matches

3 matches

1981 - 1992

Total : 16 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/11/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Wilf Rostron

19 matches

231 matches

1975 - 1988

Paolo Vernazza

11 matches

86 matches

1997 - 2004

Manuel Almunia

175 matches

81 matches

2004 - 2014

Brian Talbot

327 matches

48 matches

1979 - 1986

Pat Rice

503 matches

47 matches

1967 - 1984

Kevin Richardson

124 matches

39 matches

1986 - 1990

Total : 16 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/11/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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0 2

Crystal Palace

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Chelsea	56	23	18	2	3	48	16	+32
+12	Tottenham	47	23	13	8	2	45	16	+29
-13	Arsenal	47	23	14	5	4	51	25	+26
4	Liverpool	46	23	13	7	3	52	28	+24
5	Manchester City	43	22	13	4	5	43	28	+15
6	Manchester United	41	22	11	8	3	33	21	+12
7	Everton	36	22	10	6	6	33	23	+10
8	West Bromwich Albion	33	23	9	6	8	31	29	+2
+49	Burnley	29	23	9	2	12	25	33	-8
-110	Stoke City	28	22	7	7	8	28	34	-6
-111	West Ham	28	22	8	4	10	29	36	-7
-112	Southampton	27	23	7	6	10	23	28	-5
+113	Watford	27	23	7	6	10	27	39	-12
-214	Bournemouth	26	23	7	5	11	32	41	-9
+115	Middlesbrough	21	23	4	9	10	19	26	-7
-116	Leicester	21	23	5	6	12	24	38	-14
17	Swansea	21	23	6	3	14	28	52	-24
18	Crystal Palace	19	23	5	4	14	32	41	-9
+119	Sunderland	16	23	4	4	15	20	42	-22
-120	Hull City	16	22	4	4	14	20	47	-27

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Arsenal 1-2 Watford - January 31, 2017 / Premier League 2016/2017

Arsenal

1 - 2

Watford

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Wenger vs Watford

Wenger vs Mazzarri

Manager

Mazzarri vs Arsenal

Mazzarri vs Wenger

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Watford

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Players with most games played vs Watford

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking