Watford 2-1 Derby County · Championship
Watford beat Derby County 2-1 in the Championship. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Watford and Derby County met in the Championship at Vicarage Road in Watford on Saturday, 24 August 2024.
Goalscorers
Watford: V. Bayo 31'; M. Sissoko 76'. Derby County: E. Adams 2'.
How the match went
The referee showed 5 yellow cards (2 for Watford, 3 for Derby County).
Line-ups
Watford started in a 3-4-2-1: Daniel Bachmann, Matthew Pollock, Francisco Sierralta, James Morris, Ryan Andrews, Moussa Sissoko, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Yasser Larouci, Edo Kayembe, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Vakoun Issouf Bayo.
Derby County started in a 4-2-3-1: Jacob Widell Zetterström, Ryan Nyambe, Curtis Nelson, Sonny Bradley, Callum Elder, David Ozoh, Ebou Adams, Kayden Jackson, Kenzo Goudmijn, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Jerry Yates.
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Minute by minute
- 2'Goal! Watford 0-1 Derby County. E. Adams (Derby County) scores, assisted by K. Jackson.
- 31'Goal! Watford 1-1 Derby County. V. Bayo (Watford) scores, assisted by M. Pollock.
- 45'Half-time. Watford 1-1 Derby County.
- 76'Goal! Watford 2-1 Derby County. M. Sissoko (Watford) scores.
- 90'Full-time. Watford 2-1 Derby County.
Full commentary (40 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Watford vs Derby County.
- 2'Goal! Watford 0-1 Derby County. E. Adams (Derby County) scores, assisted by K. Jackson.
- 7'Attempt missed. M. Pollock (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 23'Attempt saved. M. Pollock (Watford), header. xG 0.01.
- 24'Attempt blocked. Y. Larouci (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 26'Attempt missed. F. Sierralta (Watford), header from a corner. xG 0.06.
- 29'Attempt missed. G. Chakvetadze (Watford), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.07.
- 31'Goal! Watford 1-1 Derby County. V. Bayo (Watford) scores, assisted by M. Pollock.
- 42'Attempt blocked. E. Adams (Derby County), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 45'Yellow card for G. Chakvetadze (Watford) for foul.
- 45'3 minutes of added time.
- 45+2'Attempt missed. V. Bayo (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.23.
- 45'Half-time. Watford 1-1 Derby County.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 48'Attempt missed. E. Adams (Derby County), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.01.
- 50'Yellow card for E. Adams (Derby County) for foul.
- 52'Attempt blocked. T. Dele-Bashiru (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 57'Substitution, Watford: K. Sema comes on for Y. Larouci.
- 65'Substitution, Derby County: L. Thompson comes on for K. Goudmijn.
- 65'Substitution, Derby County: C. Forsyth comes on for C. Elder.
- 68'Attempt blocked. D. Ozoh (Derby County), header from a corner. xG 0.01.
- 68'Attempt saved. D. Ozoh (Derby County), left-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.04.
- 69'Attempt missed. E. Adams (Derby County), header from a set piece. xG 0.22.
- 71'Attempt missed. V. Bayo (Watford), header. xG 0.30.
- 73'Substitution, Watford: K. Baah comes on for E. Kayembe.
- 74'Substitution, Derby County: T. Barkhuizen comes on for N. Méndez-Laing.
- 74'Substitution, Watford: R. Porteous comes on for J. Morris.
- 76'Goal! Watford 2-1 Derby County. M. Sissoko (Watford) scores.
- 76'Attempt blocked. G. Chakvetadze (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.13.
- 83'Substitution, Derby County: J. Collins comes on for J. Yates.
- 84'Substitution, Derby County: J. Ward comes on for R. Nyambe.
- 85'Substitution, Watford: M. Rajović comes on for V. Bayo.
- 88'Attempt missed. G. Chakvetadze (Watford), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 89'Yellow card for M. Rajović (Watford) for argument.
- 89'Yellow card for S. Bradley (Derby County) for argument.
- 90'5 minutes of added time.
- 90+2'Attempt saved. S. Bradley (Derby County), header. xG 0.21.
- 90+4'Attempt missed. T. Barkhuizen (Derby County), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.10.
- 90+5'Yellow card for C. Nelson (Derby County) for foul.
- 90'Full-time. Watford 2-1 Derby County.