Premiership · Matchday 27

Manchester United v Watford

3–0

HT 1–0

Sunday 23rd February 2020 · Old Trafford · Att: 73,347

Manchester United beat Watford 3–0 at Old Trafford on Sunday 23rd February 2020 in the Premiership. Bruno Fernandes (42'), Anthony Martial (58') and Mason Greenwood (75') scored for United. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Martin Atkinson.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
42' Bruno Fernandes pen 1–0
Half Time 1–0
58' Anthony Martial 2–0
67' Craig Cathcart
69' Scott McTominay for Fred
75' Mason Greenwood Assist: Bruno Fernandes 3–0
80' Tahith Chong for Greenwood
80' Odion Ighalo for Martial
Full Time 3–0

Match Facts

57%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Martin Atkinson

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

1 David de Gea

2 Victor Lindelof

5 Harry Maguire

9 Anthony Martial 58'

17 Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

18 Bruno Fernandes 42'

21 Daniel James

23 Luke Shaw

26 Mason Greenwood 75'

Substitutes

69' for Fred

80' for Greenwood

80' for Martial

Watford Lineup

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

4 Craig Dawson RB

7 Gerard Deulofeu AM-L

9 Troy Deeney F

11 Adam Masina LB

15 Craig Cathcart CD-L

16 Abdoulaye Doucouré AM

19 Will Hughes RM

26 Ben Foster G

27 Christian Kabasele CD-R

29 Étienne Capoue LM

37 Roberto Pereyra AM-R

Substitutes

1 Heurelho Gomes

6 Adrian Mariappa

8 Tom Cleverley on

10 Danny Welbeck on

14 Nathaniel Chalobah

18 Andre Gray

23 Ismaïla Sarr 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

57%

Possession

43%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.37

Avg Player Rating

5.68

United vs Watford History

Meeting 34 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 34 times: 23W 5D 6L.

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

23 Feb 2020 W 3–0 This match

9 Jan 2021 W 1–0 FAC 20 Nov 2021 L 1–4 PL 26 Feb 2022 D 0–0 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 →