Manchester United Data
Premiership · Matchday 18

Watford v Manchester United

2–0
HT 0–0
Sunday 22nd December 2019 · Vicarage Road · Att: 21,488

Manchester United lost 0–2 to Watford at Vicarage Road on Sunday 22nd December 2019 in the Premiership. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Lee Mason.

Timeline

Running score
  1. Kick Off
  2. 36' Étienne Capoue
  3. 38' Luke Shaw
  4. Half Time 0–0
  5. 50' Ismaila Sarr Assist: Christian Kabasele 1–0
  6. 51' Abdoulaye Doucouré
  7. 54' Troy Deeney pen 2–0
  8. 58' Mason Greenwood for James
  9. 64' Paul Pogba for Lingard
  10. 72' Juan Mata for McTominay
  11. 90' Craig Cathcart
  12. Full Time 2–0
63%
Possession
4-2-3-1
Formation
Lee Mason
Referee
Harry Maguire
Captain

Starting XI

Watford Lineup

4-2-3-1
Starting XI
6 Adrian Mariappa RB
7 Gerard Deulofeu AM-L
9 Troy Deeney F ⚽
15 Craig Cathcart CD-L
16 Abdoulaye Doucouré AM
19 Will Hughes LM
21 Kiko Femenía LB
23 Ismaïla Sarr AM-R ⚽
26 Ben Foster G
27 Christian Kabasele CD-R
29 Étienne Capoue RM
Substitutes
1 Heurelho Gomes
4 Craig Dawson
11 Adam Masina
14 Nathaniel Chalobah on
18 Andre Gray
22 Isaac Success on
37 Roberto Pereyra on

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

Managers

MUFC
Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer
Manchester United
OPP
Nigel Pearson
Watford

Match Information

Man Utd
4-2-3-1
Formation
Watford
4-2-3-1
Man Utd Watford
63%
Possession
37%
17
Shots
11
8
Shots on Target
3
10
Shots Inside Box
8
7
Shots Outside Box
3
3
Big Chances
1
5
Corners
3
11
Fouls
16
4
Offsides
5
1
Saves
8
6.30
Avg Player Rating
7.07

United vs Watford History

Meeting 33 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 33 times: 22W 5D 6L.
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 →