Match Report
Watford, 19th on 23 points, faced a 28-point deficit to Brighton & Hove Albion (9th, 51). Brighton & Hove Albion ranked 4th in the league on five-round form, well above their 9th table position. Per game in the league, Watford were scoring 0.89 and conceding 2.03, Brighton & Hove Albion 1.11 and 1.16, against a competition average of 1.41 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Watford for 11 matches.
Across 16 recorded meetings, Watford have 5 wins to Brighton & Hove Albion's 5, with 6 draws, at 1.81 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 31% of those meetings. Historically tight: 19% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The match was played at Vicarage Road in Watford (capacity 21,400). On the scoreboard, Brighton & Hove Albion led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-2.