Premiership · Matchday 05
Watford v Manchester United
3–1
HT 1–0
Manchester United lost 1–3 to Watford at Vicarage Road on Sunday 18th September 2016 in the Premiership. Marcus Rashford (62') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 34' Etienne Capoue Assist: Daryl Janmaat 1–0
- 38' Ashley Young for Martial
- Half Time 1–0
- 62' Marcus Rashford 1–1
- 62' Juan Mata for Valencia
- 75' Paul Pogba
- 77' José Holebas
- 77' Miguel Britos
- 78' Jose Holebas
- 83' Juan Camilo Zuniga Assist: Roberto Pereyra 2–1
- 85' Memphis Depay for Shaw
- 86' Troy Deeney
- 88' Marouane Fellaini
- 89' Memphis Depay
- 90' Wayne Rooney
- 90+5' Troy Deeney pen 3–1
- Full Time 3–1
Starting XI
Player
Watford Lineup
5-3-2
Starting XI
1 Heurelho Gomes G
3 Miguel Britos CD-L
5 Sebastian Prödl CD
9 Troy Deeney CF-R ⚽
11 Valon Behrami CM-R
15 Craig Cathcart CD-R
22 Daryl Janmaat RM
24 Odion Ighalo CF-L
25 José Holebas LM
29 Étienne Capoue CM-L ⚽
37 Roberto Pereyra AM
Substitutes
7 Nordin Amrabat on
10 Isaac Success on
12 Kenedy
17 Adlène Guédioura
18 Juan Zúñiga on ⚽
23 Ben Watson
30 Costel Pantilimon
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Jose Mourinho
Manchester United
OPP
Walter Mazzarri
Watford
Match Information
Man Utd
4-2-3-1
Formation
Watford
5-3-2
United vs Watford History
Meeting 27 of 37
37
Played
24
Won
6
Drawn
7
Lost
64
Goals For
34
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 28th January 1950. After this match United had played Watford 27 times: 17W 5D 5L.
14 Apr 2007 W 4–1 FAC 21 Nov 2015 W 2–1 PL 2 Mar 2016 W 1–0 PL
18 Sep 2016 L 1–3 This match
11 Feb 2017 W 2–0 PL 28 Nov 2017 W 4–2 PL 13 May 2018 W 1–0 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 |
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 →