Premiership · Matchday 14

Watford v Manchester United

2–4

HT 0–3

Tuesday 28th November 2017 · Vicarage Road · Att: 20,552

Manchester United beat Watford 4–2 at Vicarage Road on Tuesday 28th November 2017 in the Premiership. Ashley Young (19', 25'), Anthony Martial (32') and Jesse Lingard (86') scored for United. United were captained by Antonio Valencia, and the referee was Jonathan Moss.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
19' Ashley Young Assist: Jesse Lingard 0–1
24' Abdoulaye Doucouré
25' Ashley Young 0–2
32' Anthony Martial Assist: Romelu Lukaku 0–3
38' Marcos Rojo
41' Adrian Mariappa
Half Time 0–3
54' Ander Herrera for Matic
65' Marcus Rashford for Martial
77' Troy Deeney pen 1–3
84' Abdoulaye Doucoure Assist: André Carrillo 2–3
86' Jesse Lingard Assist: Ander Herrera 2–4
88' Zlatan Ibrahimovic for Lingard
Full Time 2–4

Match Facts

41%

Possession

3-4-3

Formation

Jonathan Moss

Referee

Antonio Valencia

Captain

Starting XI

Player

11 Anthony Martial 32'

12 Chris Smalling

14 Jesse Lingard 86'

18 Ashley Young 19', 25'

Substitutes

54' for Matic

65' for Martial

88' for Lingard

Watford Lineup

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

1 Heurelho Gomes G

5 Sebastian Prödl CD

6 Adrian Mariappa CD-R

8 Tom Cleverley CM-L

11 Richarlison CF-L

16 Abdoulaye Doucouré AM ⚽

18 Andre Gray CF-R

19 Will Hughes CM-R

21 Kiko Femenía RM

22 Marvin Zeegelaar LM

27 Christian Kabasele CD-L

Substitutes

2 Daryl Janmaat

9 Troy Deeney on ⚽

13 Molla Wagué

28 André Carrillo on

29 Étienne Capoue

30 Orestis Karnezis

37 Roberto Pereyra on

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Jose Mourinho

Manchester United

OPP

Marco Silva

Watford

Match Information

Man Utd

3-4-2-1

Formation

Watford

3-4-2-1

Man Utd Watford

41%

Possession

59%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.17

Avg Player Rating

6.41

United vs Watford History

Meeting 29 of 37

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Goals For

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 28th January 1950. After this match United had played Watford 29 times: 19W 5D 5L.

2 Mar 2016 W 1–0 PL 18 Sep 2016 L 1–3 PL 11 Feb 2017 W 2–0 PL

28 Nov 2017 W 4–2 This match

13 May 2018 W 1–0 PL 15 Sep 2018 W 2–1 PL 30 Mar 2019 W 2–1 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

All 37 meetings with Watford →

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 →