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Crawley Town 0 – 1 Watford
FT · Sat, Aug 8

Match Details

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Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Watford 1, Crawley Town 0.
  • 90'+12'Second Half ends, Watford 1, Crawley Town 0.
  • 90'+12'Mamadou Doumbia (Watford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+12'Foul by Pele Arganese-McDermott (Crawley Town).
  • 90'+9'Goal! Watford 1, Crawley Town 0. Marc Bola (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
  • 90'+9'Attempt blocked. Mamadou Doumbia (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rocco Vata.
  • 90'+7'Oluwalopemiwa Aderoju (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+7'Kévin Keben (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+7'Foul by Oluwalopemiwa Aderoju (Crawley Town).
  • 90'+7'Omar Haktab Traoré (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+7'Foul by Stephen Duke-McKenna (Crawley Town).
  • 90'+6'Attempt blocked. Amin Nabizada (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Edo Kayembe.

Line Score

12T
CRA 00 0
WAT 01 1

Match Leaders

Crawley Town
Watford

Key Events

90'+9'Goal! Watford 1, Crawley Town 0. Marc Bola (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
90'+7'Oluwalopemiwa Aderoju (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
77'Substitution, Watford. Rocco Vata replaces Othmane Maamma because of an injury.
76'Substitution, Crawley Town. Johnny Russell replaces Ade Adeyemo.
76'Substitution, Crawley Town. Omari Mrisho replaces Kellan Gordon.
76'Substitution, Crawley Town. Pele Arganese-McDermott replaces Akin Odimayo.
69'Substitution, Watford. Martín Payero replaces Iker Bravo.
68'Substitution, Watford. Mamadou Doumbia replaces Luca Kjerrumgaard.
68'Substitution, Watford. Edo Kayembe replaces Edoardo Bove.
67'Kellan Gordon (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
64'Substitution, Crawley Town. Osman Kamara replaces Malcolm Ebiowei.
63'Iker Bravo (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
62'Charlie Barker (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
56'Substitution, Crawley Town. Oluwalopemiwa Aderoju replaces Gianmarco Di Biase because of an injury.
45'Substitution, Watford. Amin Nabizada replaces Kwadwo Baah.
24'Edoardo Bove (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Team Stats

Crawley TownWatford
General
39.1 Possession % 60.9
9 Shots 36
3 On Target 11
2 Offsides 2
1 Corners 12
13 Fouls 11
Passing & Defense
224 Passes Completed 391
3 Crosses Won 6
17 Tackles Won 10
11 Interceptions 10
35 Clearances 28
Discipline
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
10 Saves 3

Recent Form

Watford L L L L L
Crawley Town L D D D W

Starting Lineups

Crawley Town4-2-3-1
1 Mannone
2 Gordon 24 Odimayo 5 Barker 22 Adeyemo
20 Arthurs 25 Krasniqi
7 Ebiowei 8 Watson 10 Duke-McKenna
14 Di Biase
9 Kjerrumgaard
7 Maamma 17 Bravo 14 Baah
5 Kyprianou 8 Bove
16 Bola 90'+9' 4 Keben 6 Pollock 23 Traoré
1 Ravaglia
Watford4-2-3-1
Full lineups and substitutes

Watford

  1. FR #1 Federico RavagliaG
  2. KK #4 Kévin KebenCD-L
  3. MP #6 Matthew PollockCD-R
  4. MB #16 Marc BolaLB90'+9'
  5. OT #23 Omar-Haktab TraoréRB
  6. IB #17 Iker BravoAM
  7. HK #5 Hector KyprianouLM
  8. EB #8 Edoardo BoveRM
  9. LK #9 Luca KjerrumgaardF
  10. OM #7 Othmane MaammaAM-L
  11. KB #14 Kwadwo BaahAM-R
Substitutes · 5 used

Crawley Town

  1. #1 Vito MannoneG
  2. CB #5 Charlie BarkerCD-L
  3. AO #24 Akinwale OdimayoCD-R
  4. AA #22 Ade AdeyemoLB
  5. KG #2 Kellan GordonRB
  6. LW #8 Louie WatsonAM
  7. KK #25 Klaudio KrasniqiLM
  8. JA #20 Jude ArthursRM
  9. GD #14 Gianmarco Di BiaseF
  10. SD #10 Stephen Duke-McKennaAM-L
  11. ME #7 Malcolm EbioweiAM-R
Substitutes · 5 used

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