The home side showed promises more so in the second half as they scored three times against Liverpool.
The stage was set for the Reds to continue their unbeaten run in the season but it went the other way round as Liverpool‘s unbeaten run to the season was halted.
Goals from Ismailia Sarr and Club Skipper Troy Deeney was enough as the host piled more misery on the Athletico Madrid bound Liverpool side.
Following the 3-0 defeat of Liverpool at the Vicarage Road, we evaluate the interesting match features and the statistical analysis from the match.
Shots On Target:
Watford – 5
Liverpool – 1
The Anfield side was overrun here as they recorded 1 shot on target in the encounter. The match produced a lot of shots on target 6 in total.
This got the home side registered 5 shots from which they got their three goals from in the tie.
Shots Off Target:
Watford – 5
Liverpool – 5
The fervency of the attacking threat that ensued in the game produced about 10 shots off target.
Both sides produced 5 shots off target apiece in the entire duration while the Reds deficiency in terms of accuracy in front of goal cost them in the match.
Possession:
Watford – 30%
Liverpool – 70%
The total share of the possession ranged from 70% to 30% in the fixture as the competition was highly competitive in the field of play.
However, the Reds could not maximize the full import of their ball possession despite having 70% of the ball.
Corners:
Watford – 3
Liverpool – 0
The match produced about 8 corner-kicks as recorded by the match statistics.
Watford had 3 corners while the Liverpool side had 5 corner-kicks in the game.
This may be due to increased pressure from the Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool side during the entire 90 minutes duration of the match.
Offsides:
Watford – 5
Liverpool – 1
The home side may have won the match but they achieved this on a low scale of team maturity.
This got them (Watford) concede about 5 offside’s in the match compared Liverpool’s lone offside call during the match.
Fouls:
Watford – 4
Liverpool – 8
The physical contest that existed between both sides in the contest ensured that foul’s was committed in essence.
The match produced 12 fouls with Watford having 4 of the fouls committed to the Reds 8 fouls in the entire 90 minutes.
Goal Kicks:
Watford – 15
Liverpool – 7
The match has shown increased pressure at both ends of the pitch as Watford and the Reds squared up against each other.
The total number of goal-kicks produced is 22 as indicated from the match statistics.
This got Liverpool to culminate 7 goal-kicks compared to Watford’s 15 goal-kicks in the match.
