Premiership · Matchday 18
Watford v Manchester United
2–0
HT 0–0
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
- Kick Off
- 36' Étienne Capoue
- 38' Luke Shaw
- Half Time 0–0
- 50' Ismaila Sarr Assist: Christian Kabasele 1–0
- 51' Abdoulaye Doucouré
- 54' Troy Deeney pen 2–0
- 58' Mason Greenwood for James
- 64' Paul Pogba for Lingard
- 72' Juan Mata for McTominay
- 90' Craig Cathcart
- Full Time 2–0
63%
Possession
4-2-3-1
Formation
Lee Mason
Referee
Harry Maguire
Captain
Starting XI
Player
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
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.
13 May 2018 W 1–0 PL 15 Sep 2018 W 2–1 PL 30 Mar 2019 W 2–1 PL
22 Dec 2019 L 0–2 This match
23 Feb 2020 W 3–0 PL 9 Jan 2021 W 1–0 FAC 20 Nov 2021 L 1–4 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 |
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 →