Watford vs Aston Villa 2021-22 English Premier League

Watford

10': Emmanuel Dennis
42': Ismaïla Sarr
67': Cucho Hernández

FT
3 - 2

Aston Villa

70': John McGinn
90'+7': Danny Ings (P)

Sarr stars for Watford as Villa struggles without Grealish

— Watford record signing Ismaila Sarr starred on his Premier League return as the Hornets held off a late challenge from Aston Villa to secure a 3-2 win on Saturday.

Match Commentary

10': Goal! Watford 1, Aston Villa 0. Emmanuel Dennis (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
23': Juraj Kucka (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
42': Goal! Watford 2, Aston Villa 0. Ismaila Sarr (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Emmanuel Dennis following a fast break.
45': Substitution, Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey replaces Matt Targett.
45': Second Half begins Watford 2, Aston Villa 0.
54': Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
55': Ken Sema (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
60': Substitution, Aston Villa. Leon Bailey replaces Anwar El Ghazi.
66': Substitution, Watford. Cucho Hernández replaces Emmanuel Dennis because of an injury.
67': Goal! Watford 3, Aston Villa 0. Cucho Hernández (Watford) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tom Cleverley.
69': Substitution, Watford. Dan Gosling replaces Juraj Kucka.
70': Goal! Watford 3, Aston Villa 1. John McGinn (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Leon Bailey with a cross.
72': Substitution, Aston Villa. Bertrand Traoré replaces Emiliano Buendía.
79': Substitution, Watford. Troy Deeney replaces Tom Cleverley.
86': Peter Etebo (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+7': Goal! Watford 3, Aston Villa 2. Danny Ings (Aston Villa) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Vicarage Road
Location: Watford, England
Attendance: 20,051

English Premier League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+18	Arsenal	12	29	1
+12	Chelsea	12	23	3
+14	Manchester City	12	22	4
+4	Aston Villa	12	21	3

Full Table

Statistics

AVL		WAT
13	Fouls	18
1	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	0
4	Corner Kicks	2
4	Saves	0
62.1	Possession	37.9
11	SHOTS	13
2	ON GOAL	7
0.2	On Target %	0.5
1	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
435	Accurate Passes	234
508	Passes	317
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.7
2	Accurate Crosses	2
26	Crosses	8
0.1	Cross %	0.3
50	Long Balls	63
28	Accurate Long Balls	21
0.6	Long Balls %	0.3
3	Blocked Shots	2
11	Effective Tackles	6
13	Tackles	15
0.8	Tackle %	0.4
11	Interceptions	9
6	Effective Clearances	25
6	Clearances	25

Line-Ups

Watford (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
26	Daniel Bachmann (GK)
27	Christian Kabasele
5	William Troost-Ekong
4	Peter Etebo
11	Adam Masina
15	Craig Cathcart
33	Juraj Kucka
8	Tom Cleverley
12	Ken Sema
23	Ismaïla Sarr
25	Emmanuel Dennis

Substitutes:

Danny Rose, Francisco Sierralta, Ben Foster, Imran Louza, Troy Deeney, Dan Gosling, Cucho Hernández, Jeremy Ngakia, Ashley Fletcher.

Aston Villa (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Emiliano Martínez (GK)
5	Tyrone Mings
4	Ezri Konsa
3	Matt Targett
2	Matty Cash
10	Emiliano Buendía
19	Marvelous Nakamba
7	John McGinn
20	Danny Ings
18	Ashley Young
21	Anwar El Ghazi