Premier League · ENG · Round 2

Watford
1 - 2 Full time
Chelsea

Vicarage Road Stadium

Lineups

Watford3-5-2
HG1Gomes
CC15Cathcart
SP5Prödl
MB3Britos
NA7Amrabat
AG17↓89'Guédioura
VB11Behrami
29⚽↓84'Capoue
JH25↓90'Holebas
OI24Ighalo
TD9Deeney
TC13Courtois
BI2Ivanovic
GC24Cahill
JT26Terry
CA28Azpilicueta
NK7Kanté
NM21↓78'Matic
PR11↓71'Rodriguez
O8↓73'Oscar
EH10Hazard
DC19⚽Costa
Chelsea4-2-3-1

Watford substitutes

16 Abdoulaye Doucouré ↑84'
20 Matej Vydra ↑89'
18 Juan Camilo Zuniga ↑90'
2 Allan Nyom
30 Costel Pantilimon
21 Ikechi Anya
31 Tommie Hoban

Coach: Walter Mazzarri

Chelsea substitutes

15 Victor Moses 6.3 ↑71'
23 Michy Batshuayi 7.5 ⚽↑73'
4 Cesc Fàbregas 7.4 ↑78'
1 Asmir Begovic
29 Nathaniel Chalobah
34 Ola Aina
14 Ruben Loftus-Cheek

Coach: Antonio Conte

Match events

20'Troy Deeney
20'Gary Cahill
Second half
55'Étienne Capoue assist: Adlene Guédioura 1 - 0⚽
56'Diego Costa
69'Miguel Britos
70'Jose Holebas
71'↑ Victor Moses ↓ Pedro Rodriguez⇄
73'↑ Michy Batshuayi ↓ Oscar⇄
78'↑ Cesc Fàbregas ↓ Nemanja Matic⇄
80'Michy Batshuayi 1 - 1⚽
84'↑ Abdoulaye Doucouré ↓ Étienne Capoue (injured)⇄
87'Diego Costa assist: Cesc Fàbregas 1 - 2⚽
89'↑ Matej Vydra ↓ Adlene Guédioura⇄
90'↑ Juan Camilo Zuniga ↓ Jose Holebas⇄
90+2'Eden Hazard
90+5'Valon Behrami

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Match details

CompetitionPremier League
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 20 August 2016, 14:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

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

1Watford wins2Draws9Chelsea wins

12 past meetings on record. Biggest Watford win: Chelsea 3–0 Watford (2020). Biggest Chelsea win: Watford 1–2 Chelsea (2021).

22 May 2022Chelsea 2 - 1 WatfordPremier League
1 Dec 2021Watford 1 - 2 ChelseaPremier League
4 Jul 2020Chelsea 3 - 0 WatfordPremier League
2 Nov 2019Watford 1 - 2 ChelseaPremier League
5 May 2019Chelsea 3 - 0 WatfordPremier League
26 Dec 2018Watford 1 - 2 ChelseaPremier League
5 Feb 2018Watford 4 - 1 ChelseaPremier League
21 Oct 2017Chelsea 4 - 2 WatfordPremier League
15 May 2017Chelsea 4 - 3 WatfordPremier League
3 Feb 2016Watford 0 - 0 ChelseaPremier League
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26 Dec 2015Chelsea 2 - 2 WatfordPremier League
4 Jan 2015Chelsea 3 - 0 WatfordFA Cup