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Chelsea vs Watford

Premier League · Round 18 · Sat 26 Dec 2015, 15:00

Chelsea
22 Full time
Watford

Chelsea and Watford drew 2–2 on 26 December 2015 (Premier League 2015-2016, Round 18). Goals – Chelsea: Diego Costa 32', 65'; Watford: Troy Deeney 42' (pen), Gary Cahill 56' (og). In 14 Premier League meetings since 2000-01, Chelsea have won 11, Watford 1 and 2 matches have been drawn.

Summary

Key events

  1. 32' Diego Costa Chelsea 1–0
  2. 42' Troy Deeney Watford · Penalty 1–1
  3. Half time · 1–1
  4. 56' Gary Cahill Watford · Own goal 1–2
  5. 65' Diego Costa Chelsea · assist Willian 2–2
  6. Full time · 2–2

Lineups

Chelsea

  1. 13 Thibaut Courtois
  2. 2 Branislav Ivanovic
  3. 24 Gary Cahill
  4. 26 John Terry (c)
  5. 28 Cesar Azpilicueta
  6. 4 Cesc Fabregas
  7. 21 Nemanja Matic
  8. 22 Willian
  9. 8 Oscar
  10. 17 Pedro
  11. 19 Diego Costa

Substitutes used

Unused

Abdul Baba, Asmir Begovic, Ramires, Loic Remy, Kurt Zouma

Watford

  1. 1 Heurelho Gomes
  2. 2 Allan Nyom
  3. 15 Craig Cathcart
  4. 3 Miguel Angel Britos Cabrera
  5. 25 Jose Holebas
  6. 22 Almen Abdi
  7. 29 Etienne Capoue
  8. 23 Ben Watson
  9. 7 Jose Manuel Jurado
  10. 24 Odion Ighalo
  11. 9 Troy Deeney (c)

Substitutes used

Unused

Giedrius Arlauskis, Steven Berghuis, Alessandro Diamanti, Sebastian Prodl

Head-to-head & form

Head-to-head since 2000-01

Full head-to-head
11Chelsea wins2Draws1Watford win

14 meetings · goals Chelsea 32–16 Watford

Previous meetings

31 Mar 2007 Watford0–1FT · 17:15Chelsea
11 Nov 2006 Chelsea4–0FT · 15:00Watford

Form before the match

Last five Premier League matches, oldest to newest.

Final table 2015-2016

Full table
# Team P W D L GD Pts
10 Chelsea 38 12 14 12 +6 50
13 Watford 38 12 9 17 −10 45

Top scorers 2015-2016

All scorers

Chelsea

  1. Diego Costa 12
  2. Pedro 7
  3. Willian 5

Watford

  1. Odion Ighalo 15
  2. Troy Deeney 13
  3. Sebastian Prodl 2