Manchester United Data
Premiership · Matchday 28

Manchester United v Watford

1–0
HT 0–0
Wednesday 2nd March 2016 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,272

Manchester United beat Watford 1–0 at Old Trafford on Wednesday 2nd March 2016 in the Premiership. Juan Mata (83') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score
  1. Kick Off
  2. 23' Timothy Fosu-Mensah
  3. Half Time 0–0
  4. 70' Matteo Darmian for Rojo
  5. 77' Jesse Lingard for Herrera
  6. 82' Miguel Britos
  7. 83' Juan Mata 1–0
  8. 89' Paddy McNair for Mata
  9. 90' Nordin Amrabat
  10. Full Time 1–0

Match Facts

Starting XI

Watford Lineup

4-4-2
Starting XI
1 Heurelho Gomes G
2 Allan Nyom RB
3 Miguel Britos CD-L
5 Sebastian Prödl CD-R
8 Valon Behrami CM-R
9 Troy Deeney CF-R
22 Almen Abdi RM
23 Ben Watson CM-L
24 Odion Ighalo CF-L
25 José Holebas LB
29 Étienne Capoue LM
Substitutes
4 Mario Suárez on
11 Nordin Amrabat on
14 Juan Carlos Paredes
15 Craig Cathcart
16 Nathan Aké
18 Costel Pantilimon
21 Ikechi Anya on

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC
Louis van Gaal
Manchester United
OPP
Quique Flores
Watford

Match Information

Man Utd
4-2-3-1
Formation
Watford
4-4-2
Man Utd Watford
62%
Possession
38%
8
Shots
13
3
Shots on Target
4
9
Corners
7
7
Fouls
17
2
Offsides
0

United vs Watford History

Meeting 26 of 37
37
Played
24
Won
6
Drawn
7
Lost
64
Goals For
34
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 28th January 1950. After this match United had played Watford 26 times: 17W 5D 4L.
All-timePWDLFAWin%
Home 171241 33970.6
Away 181026 252455.6
Neutral 2200 61100.0
All 37 meetings with Watford →

Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →