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8¹ A useful ball from LAWRENCE on the left bobbled toward RODRIGO who sliced his shot just beyond the near post. 12¹ SARR played the ball to GIROUD who nodded it over the bar. 15¹ GOAL!! A great solo effort from MIKEL who beat two defenders before rocketing the ball in off the post. (1-0 Watford) 17¹ LAWRENCE stabbed an easy chance past the far post. 20¹ TAYLOR dummied LECKIE but drove the ball into the arms of the Leyton Orient 'keeper. 21¹ GIROUD headed just beyond the near post. 23¹ LAWRENCE made space on the right and dragged the ball to FEKIR who fired the ball wide. 26¹ FEKIR's shot was well saved by the 'keeper. 30¹ GOAL!! A perfect ball from MOUKOKO left TAYLOR in the clear, he made the Leyton Orient 'keeper commit himself before touching the ball to MIKEL to score. (2-0 Watford) 31¹ A penalty box scramble resulted in FEKIR cracking a low shot over. 32¹ The referee books DI LORENZO for a cynical foul. 33¹ BUUR booked. 34¹ A cross from TAYLOR left DI LORENZO in lots of space but he rushed his shot. 36¹ GRAVENBERCH hoofed the ball wide of the lefthand post from the edge of the box. 10² A corner was collected by GUERREIRO who nodded the ball inches wide. 13² GOAL!! A quick-witted MIKEL pounced on a loose ball on the left and made no mistake. (3-0 Watford) 16² GUERREIRO waltzed round COATES and stroked a poor shot into the crowd. 27² The motionless ARRIZABALAGA could only watch as a backpass from GEIS dropped just wide. 35² GIROUD ran onto a delightful ball from MIKEL but dragged his shot wide. 38² A poor shot from GIROUD trickled agonisingly wide. 42² GIROUD fluffed an easy chance. 44² A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper. 47² A great effort from MIKEL scraped the outside of the lefthand post.

Watford   League position: 11 Home league form: WXLX Overall league form: LWWXWLWX Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Péter GULÁCSI 7  1 7½ Kepa ARRIZABALAGA Giovanni DI LORENZO 6½ 2 6½ Oskar BUUR Raphaël GUERREIRO 7  3 6½ Federico DIMARCO Ryan GRAVENBERCH 7½ 4 6½ Johannes GEIS Tanguy NIANZOU 5½ 5 8  Cristian ROMERO Sergiño DEST 6½ 6 6  Sebastián COATES(c) Kenneth TAYLOR 7  7 5½ Matthew LECKIE MIKEL Oyarzabal 7½ 8 6½ Tom LAWRENCE (c,p)Olivier GIROUD 7  9 7½ Nabil FEKIR(p) (f)Youssoufa MOUKOKO 6  10 5½ Michael MELLON(f) Ismaïla SARR 6½ 11 7  RODRIGO Moreno Manager Luca OYEN    12    Warren O'HORA Maarten VANDEVOORDT    13    Gavin BAZUNU Luka SUCIC 6  14    James McCLEAN Hassane KAMARA    15    Rob HUNT Ken SEMA    16 6½ Darren PRATLEY

Leyton Orient   League position: 17 Away league form: XLWL Overall league form: XLLLWWLL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Watford 3 Leyton Orient 0 (Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 20,653, Stadium: Vicarage Road, Referee: Barry Knight 5½) Mikel 15¹, Mikel 30¹, Mikel 13² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession   NianzouóSucic 39² LawrenceóPratley 13²     di Lorenzo 32¹ Buur 33¹ 2 6 12 10 4 5 4 2 11 4 15 6 0 2 55% 45% ¶ Man of the match: Cristian Romero ¶