Premier League · ENG · Round 1
Southampton
1 - 1
Full time
Watford
St. Mary's Stadium
Lineups
Southampton4-3-1-2FF
1Forster
1ForsterCS
2↓79'Soares
MY
3Yoshida
3YoshidaVV
17van Dijk
MT
33Targett
OR
14Romeu
SD
8Davis
8DavisJW
16↓55'Ward-Prowse
DT
11Tadic
11TadicNR
22⚽Redmond
22⚽RedmondSL
7↓83'Long
7↓83'LongHG
1Gomes
CC
15Cathcart
SP
5Prödl
MB
3Britos
NA
7Amrabat
29⚽CapoueVB
11↓64'Behrami
11↓64'BehramiAG
17↓73'Guédioura
JH
25Holebas
TD
9Deeney
OI
24↓81'Ighalo
Watford3-5-2Southampton substitutes
23 Pierre-Emile Højbjerg ↑55'
26 Jérémy Pied ↑79'
10 Charlie Austin ↑83'
13 Alex McCarthy
9 Jay Rodriguez
4 Jordy Clasie
6 José Fonte
Coach: Claude Puel
Watford substitutes
23 Ben Watson ↑64'
18 Juan Camilo Zuniga ↑73'
21 Ikechi Anya ↑81'
2 Allan Nyom
30 Costel Pantilimon
19 Jerome Sinclair
20 Matej Vydra
Coach: Walter Mazzarri
Match events
9'Étienne Capoue assist: Troy Deeney 0 - 1⚽
Second half
55'↑ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg ↓ James Ward-Prowse⇄
58'Nathan Redmond 1 - 1⚽
61'Adlene Guédioura
64'↑ Ben Watson ↓ Valon Behrami⇄
73'↑ Juan Camilo Zuniga ↓ Adlene Guédioura⇄
76'Ben Watson
79'↑ Jérémy Pied ↓ Cédric Soares⇄
81'↑ Ikechi Anya ↓ Odion Ighalo⇄
83'↑ Charlie Austin ↓ Shane Long⇄
87'Heurelho Gomes
90+4'Virgil van Dijk
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Match details
| Competition | Premier League |
|---|---|
| Kick-off (UTC) | Saturday, 13 August 2016, 14:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page |
| Status | Finished |
Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.
Head to head
8Southampton wins5Draws2Watford wins15 past meetings on record. Biggest Southampton win: Southampton 4–0 Watford (2011). Biggest Watford win: Watford 0–3 Southampton (2012).
23 Jul 2022Watford 0 - 0 SouthamptonClub Friendlies
13 Mar 2022Southampton 1 - 2 WatfordPremier League
30 Oct 2021Watford 0 - 1 SouthamptonPremier League
28 Jun 2020Watford 1 - 3 SouthamptonPremier League
30 Nov 2019Southampton 2 - 1 WatfordPremier League
23 Apr 2019Watford 1 - 1 SouthamptonPremier League
10 Nov 2018Southampton 1 - 1 WatfordPremier League
27 Jan 2018Southampton 1 - 0 WatfordFA Cup
13 Jan 2018Watford 2 - 2 SouthamptonPremier League
9 Sep 2017Southampton 0 - 2 WatfordPremier League
Show all 15 past meetings
4 Mar 2017Watford 3 - 4 SouthamptonPremier League
13 Jan 2016Southampton 2 - 0 WatfordPremier League
23 Aug 2015Watford 0 - 0 SouthamptonPremier League
25 Feb 2012Watford 0 - 3 SouthamptonChampionship
1 Oct 2011Southampton 4 - 0 WatfordChampionship
