Season 2026-27

Watford vs Aston Villa

Premier League · Round 36 · Sat 30 Apr 2016, 15:00

Watford
32 Full time
Aston Villa

Watford beat Aston Villa 3–2 on 30 April 2016 (Premier League 2015-2016, Round 36). Goals – Watford: Almen Abdi 45+2', Troy Deeney 90', 90+3'; Aston Villa: Ciaran Clark 28', Jordan Ayew 48'. In 8 Premier League meetings since 2000-01, Watford have won 5, Aston Villa 2 and 1 match has been drawn.

Summary

Key events

  1. 28' Ciaran Clark Aston Villa · assist Ashley Westwood 0–1
  2. 45+2' Almen Abdi Watford 1–1
  3. Half time · 1–1
  4. 48' Jordan Ayew Aston Villa · assist Rudy Gestede 1–2
  5. 73' Aly Cissokho Aston Villa · Red card · Tripping
  6. 90' Troy Deeney Watford · assist Steven Berghuis 2–2
  7. 90+3' Troy Deeney Watford 3–2
  8. Full time · 3–2

Lineups

Watford

  1. 1 Heurelho Gomes
  2. 14 Juan Carlos Paredes
  3. 15 Craig Cathcart
  4. 3 Miguel Angel Britos Cabrera
  5. 21 Ikechi Anya
  6. 22 Almen Abdi
  7. 4 Mario Suarez
  8. 23 Ben Watson
  9. 7 Jose Manuel Jurado
  10. 9 Troy Deeney (c)
  11. 24 Odion Ighalo

Substitutes used

Unused

Nathan Ake, Adlene Guedioura, Allan Nyom, Costel Pantilimon, Sebastian Prodl

Aston Villa

  1. 31 Mark Bunn
  2. 21 Alan Hutton
  3. 6 Ciaran Clark
  4. 16 Joleon Lescott (c)
  5. 46 Kevin Toner
  6. 43 Aly Cissokho
  7. 15 Ashley Westwood
  8. 7 Leandro Bacuna
  9. 8 Idrissa Gueye
  10. 19 Jordan Ayew
  11. 39 Rudy Gestede

Substitutes used

Unused

Carles Gil, Jack Grealish, Brad Guzan, Micah Richards, Jordan Veretout

Head-to-head & form

Head-to-head since 2000-01

Full head-to-head
5Watford wins1Draw2Aston Villa wins

8 meetings · goals Watford 14–10 Aston Villa

Previous meetings

28 Nov 2015 Aston Villa2–3FT · 15:00Watford
20 Jan 2007 Aston Villa2–0FT · 15:00Watford
16 Sep 2006 Watford0–0FT · 17:15Aston Villa

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
13 Watford 38 12 9 17 −10 45
20 Aston Villa 38 3 8 27 −49 17

Top scorers 2015-2016

All scorers

Watford

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

Aston Villa

  1. Jordan Ayew 7
  2. Rudy Gestede 5
  3. Carles Gil 2