Manchester United vs Watford (2-1)
Since seizing as interim manager back in Dec (now on a three-year deal), Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has hit his initial real rough patch of results this month.
It started with a poor showing in an exceedingly 2-0 loss to Arsenal simply days when their historic result away to PSG. They followed this by obtaining knocked out of the solfa syllable Cup at the hands of Wolves, and everybody at the club can are glad to require a while to regroup throughout the international break.
The Red Devils’ defeat to Arsenal pushed them back out of the highest four because the Gunners leapfrogged them, however with eight games remaining within the season the race for Champions League soccer is much from over. However, it’s vital that they retreat to winning ways that as presently as attainable to avoid slippery to any extent further down the ladder.
It’s not possible to ignore the turnaround in results since Solskjaer took charge. Man Utd has won ten of their twelve league games below the Norwegian, losing just the once and even denting arch-rivals Liverpool’s title challenge with a scoreless draw at previous Trafford.
The reception they need to win four of their six games below his teaching, though their undefeated league run stretches back to August at previous Trafford. Watford isn’t a dirty team by any stretch of the imagination.
The Hornets are up in eighth position and appearance set to challenge for the possible Galilean satellite League qualifying position of seventh this season.
They need to be lost simply 3 of their last eleven league outings. However, it’s their record against the large groups that let them down. Watford has lost their previous thirteen away games in an exceeding row against Premier League large Six groups and that they have lost twenty of their twenty-two journeys to the large boys since returning to the highest flight in 2015.
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Goals Manchester United
| 28′ | Manchester United | M. Rashford |
| 73′ | Manchester United | A. Martial |
Goals Watford
| 90′ | Watford | A. Doucoure |
Manchester United Lineups
| 1 | David De Gea |
| 18 | Ashley Young |
| 12 | Chris Smalling |
| 4 | Phil Jones |
| 23 | Luke Shaw |
| 21 | Ander Herrera |
| 31 | Nemanja Matić |
| 6 | Paul Pogba |
| 8 | Juan Mata |
| 10 | Marcus Rashford |
| 11 | Anthony Martial |
Watford Lineups
| 26 | Ben Foster |
| 2 | Daryl Janmaat |
| 27 | Christian Kabasele |
| 3 | Miguel Britos |
| 11 | Adam Masina |
| 16 | Abdoulaye Doucouré |
| 29 | Étienne Capoue |
| 19 | Will Hughes |
| 37 | Roberto Pereyra |
| 7 | Gerard Deulofeu |
| 9 | Troy Deeney |
Manchester United – Watford Match Statistics
Manchester United |
Watford |
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| 8 | Shots Total | 20 |
| 5 | Shots on goal | 8 |
| 1 | Shots off goal | 6 |
| 2 | Shots blocked | 6 |
| 5 | Shots inside box | 11 |
| 3 | Shots outside box | 9 |
| 14 | Fouls | 9 |
| 3 | Corners | 5 |
| 4 | Offsides | 3 |
| 7 | Saves | 3 |
| 51% | Possession Time | 49% |
| 430 | Passes Total | 397 |
| 340 | Accurate Passes | 322 |
| 79% | Accurate Passes% | 81% |