Premiership · Matchday 38

Manchester United v Watford

1–0

HT 1–0

Sunday 13th May 2018 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,049

Manchester United beat Watford 1–0 at Old Trafford on Sunday 13th May 2018 in the Premiership. Marcus Rashford (34') scored for United. United were captained by Michael Carrick, and the referee was Lee Mason.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
9' Marcos Rojo
34' Marcus Rashford Assist: Juan Mata 1–0
Half Time 1–0
58' Ashley Young
60' Luke Shaw for Young
68' Scott McTominay
77' Ander Herrera for Blind
85' Paul Pogba for Carrick
90' Luke Shaw
Full Time 1–0

Match Facts

Marcus Rashford's 13th goal of 2017-2018, and his 32nd for United.

52%

Possession

4-3-3

Formation

Lee Mason

Referee

Michael Carrick

Captain

Starting XI

Player

19 Marcus Rashford 34'

Substitutes

60' for Young

77' for Blind

85' for Carrick

Watford Lineup

4-1-4-1

Starting XI

1 Heurelho Gomes G

2 Daryl Janmaat RB

7 Gerard Deulofeu RM

11 Richarlison LM

15 Craig Cathcart CD-R

16 Abdoulaye Doucouré DM

18 Andre Gray F

19 Will Hughes CM-R

25 José Holebas LB

27 Christian Kabasele CD-L

37 Roberto Pereyra CM-L

Substitutes

5 Sebastian Prödl

6 Adrian Mariappa on

9 Troy Deeney on

14 Nathaniel Chalobah on

17 Jerome Sinclair

20 Dodi Lukebakio

35 Daniel Bachmann

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

Managers

MUFC

Jose Mourinho

Manchester United

OPP

Javi Gracia

Watford

Match Information

Man Utd

4-3-3

Formation

Watford

4-1-4-1

Man Utd Watford

52%

Possession

48%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.16

Avg Player Rating

6.22

United vs Watford History

Meeting 30 of 37

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Goals For

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 28th January 1950. After this match United had played Watford 30 times: 20W 5D 5L.

18 Sep 2016 L 1–3 PL 11 Feb 2017 W 2–0 PL 28 Nov 2017 W 4–2 PL

13 May 2018 W 1–0 This match

15 Sep 2018 W 2–1 PL 30 Mar 2019 W 2–1 PL 22 Dec 2019 L 0–2 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	17	12	4	1	33	9	70.6
Away	18	10	2	6	25	24	55.6
Neutral	2	2	0	0	6	1	100.0

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 →