2017–18 Watford F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Watford's 120th year in their history and third consecutive season in the Premier League.[1] They also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

Watford

2017–18 season
Owner	Gino Pozzo
Chairman	Scott Duxbury
Manager	Marco Silva (Until 21 January) Javi Gracia (From 21 January)
Stadium	Vicarage Road, Watford
Premier League	14th
FA Cup	Fourth round (knocked out by Southampton)
EFL Cup	Second round (knocked out by Bristol City)
Top goalscorer	League: Abdoulaye Doucoure (7) All: Abdoulaye Doucoure (7)
Home colours Away colours

The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Squad

Current squad

As of 12 July 2018[2][3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRA Heurelho Gomes 2 DF  NED Daryl Janmaat 3 DF  URU Miguel Britos 4 DF  FRA Younès Kaboul 5 DF  AUT Sebastian Prödl 6 DF  JAM Adrian Mariappa 7 FW  ESP Gerard Deulofeu 8 MF  ENG Tom Cleverley 9 FW  ENG Troy Deeney (captain) 11 FW  BRA Richarlison 12 MF  GAB Didier Ndong (on loan from Sunderland) 13 DF  MLI Molla Wagué (on loan from Udinese) 14 MF  ENG Nathaniel Chalobah 15 DF  NIR Craig Cathcart 16 MF  FRA Abdoulaye Doucouré 17 FW  ENG Jerome Sinclair

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  ENG Andre Gray 19 MF  ENG Will Hughes 20 MF  BEL Dodi Lukebakio 21 DF  ESP Kiko Femenía 22 DF  NED Marvin Zeegelaar 25 DF  GRE José Holebas 27 DF  BEL Christian Kabasele 28 MF  PER André Carrillo (on loan from Benfica) 29 MF  FRA Étienne Capoue 30 GK  GRE Orestis Karnezis (on loan from Udinese) 31 DF  IRL Tommie Hoban 33 FW  ITA Stefano Okaka 35 GK  AUT Daniel Bachmann 37 MF  ARG Roberto Pereyra

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	GK		Daniel Bachmann	Stoke City	Free	[4]
1 July 2017	CM		Tom Cleverley	Everton	Undisclosed	[5]
1 July 2017	RB		Kiko Femenía	Alavés	Free	[6]
1 July 2017	CM		Will Hughes	Derby County	£8,000,000	[7]
8 July 2017	ST		Harvey Bradbury	Portsmouth	Free	[8]
8 July 2017	GK		Sam Howes	West Ham United	Free	[8]
14 July 2017	CM		Nathaniel Chalobah	Chelsea	£5,000,000	[9]
8 August 2017	FW		Richarlison	Fluminense	£11,160,000	[10]
9 August 2017	ST		Andre Gray	Burnley	Undisclosed	[11]
31 August 2017	LB		Marvin Zeegelaar	Sporting CP	Undisclosed	[12]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
24 August 2017	RW		André Carrillo	Benfica	30 June 2018	[13]
31 August 2017	GK		Orestis Karnezis	Udinese	30 June 2018	[14]
31 August 2017	CB		Molla Wagué	Udinese	30 June 2018	[15]
29 January 2018	FW		Gerard Deulofeu	Barcelona	30 June 2018	[16]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CF		Ola Adeyemo	Valdres	Released	[17][lower-alpha 1]
1 July 2017	GK		Charlie Bannister	Free agent	Released	[17]
1 July 2017	GK		Rene Gilmartin	Colchester United	Released	[17][lower-alpha 2]
1 July 2017	CF		Ogo Obi	Hemel Hempstead Town	Released	[17]
1 July 2017	CM		Rhyle Ovenden	Free agent	Released	[17]
1 July 2017	CF		Mathias Ranégie	Häcken	Released	[17][lower-alpha 3]
11 July 2017	DM		Mario Suárez	Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng	Undisclosed	[21]
31 July 2017	RW		Steven Berghuis	Feyenoord	Undisclosed	[22]
4 August 2017	RB		Juan Carlos Paredes	Emelec	Free	[23]
15 August 2017	GK		Giedrius Arlauskis	CFR Cluj	Mutual consent	[24][lower-alpha 4]
16 August 2017	DM		Valon Behrami	Udinese	Undisclosed	[26]

1. Ola Adeyemo joined Valdres FK following his release.[18]
2. Rene Gilmartin joined Colchester United following his release.[19]
3. Mathias Ranégie joined BK Häcken following his release.[20]
4. Giedrius Arlauskis joined CFR Cluj following his departure.[25]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
6 July 2017	DM		Dennon Lewis	Crawley Town	31 December 2017	[27]
27 July 2017	CF		Obbi Oularé	Royal Antwerp	30 June 2018	[28]
1 September 2017	LW		Nordin Amrabat	Leganés	30 June 2018	[29]
1 September 2017	GK		Costel Pantilimon	Deportivo La Coruña	30 June 2018	[30]
2 October 2017	SS		Mauro Zárate	Al-Nasr	30 June 2018	[31]

Friendlies

As of 8 July 2017, Watford have announced four pre-season friendlies against AFC Wimbledon,[32] Viktoria Plzeň, Eibar[33] and Real Sociedad.[34]

15 July 2017	AFC Wimbledon	3–2	Watford	Kingston upon Thames
15:00 BST	McDonald  46', 49' Egan  90'	Report	Watson  57' Berghuis  77'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,101

18 July 2017	Viktoria Plzeň	0–1	Watford	Kufstein, Austria
TBC CEST		Report	Okaka  80'	Stadium: TBC

22 July 2017	Eibar	0–1	Watford	Kufstein, Austria
16:00 CEST		Report	Capoue  78'	Stadium: TBC

26 July 2017	Watford	1–2	Rangers	London Colney
17:00 BST	Okaka  59'	Report	Candeias  42' Waghorn  90'	Stadium: UCL Sports Ground Attendance: 0

29 July 2017	Aston Villa	0–0	Watford	Aston
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Villa Park

5 August 2017	Watford	0–0	Real Sociedad	Watford
15:00 BST				Stadium: Vicarage Road

1 September 2017	Watford	4–2	Millwall	London Colney
13:00 BST	Gray Capoue Success x2	Report		Stadium: UCL Sports Ground

Competitions

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Bournemouth	38	11	11	16	45	61	−16	44
13	West Ham United	38	10	12	16	48	68	−20	42
14	Watford	38	11	8	19	44	64	−20	41
15	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	9	13	16	34	54	−20	40
16	Huddersfield Town	38	9	10	19	28	58	−30	37

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored. 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[35]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	11	8	19	44	64	−20	41	7	6	6	27	31	−4	4	2	13	17	33	−16

Last updated: 13 May 2018.
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L
Position	10	3	7	4	11	6	5	4	5	7	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	14

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2018. Source: 11v11
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 14 June 2017, Watford's league season fixtures were announced.[36]

12 August 2017 1	Watford	3–3	Liverpool	Watford
12:30 BST	Okaka  8' Doucouré  32' Britos  90+4'	Report	Mané  29'  37' Firmino  55' (pen.) Salah  57' Alexander-Arnold  62' Mignolet  88'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,407 Referee: Anthony Taylor

19 August 2017 2	AFC Bournemouth	0–2	Watford	Boscombe
15:00 BST	S. Cook  61'	Report	Britos  27' Gray  58' Chalobah  63' Richarlison  73' Capoue  86'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 10,501 Referee: Roger East

26 August 2017 3	Watford	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Watford
15:00 BST	Britos  24'	Report	Bruno  17'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Stadium Attendance: 20,181 Referee: Graham Scott

9 September 2017 4	Southampton	0–2	Watford	Southampton
15:00 BST		Report	Doucouré  38' Janmaat  66'	Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,435 Referee: Lee Probert

16 September 2017 5	Watford	0–6	Manchester City	Watford
15:00 BST	Holebas  29' Doucouré  40'	Report	Agüero  27', 31', 81' Jesus  38' Otamendi  63' Sterling  89' (pen.)	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,305 Referee: Anthony Taylor

23 September 2017 6	Swansea City	1–2	Watford	Swansea
15:00 BST	Abraham  56'	Report	Gray  13' Richarlison  90'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,372 Referee: Lee Mason

30 September 2017 7	West Bromwich Albion	2–2	Watford	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Rondón  18' Evans  21',  88' Livermore  87' McClean  90'	Report	Doucouré  37' Richarlison  90+5'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,606 Referee: Michael Oliver

14 October 2017 8	Watford	2–1	Arsenal	Watford
17:30 BST	Kabasele  64' Deeney  71' (pen.) Cleverley  90+2'	Report	Mertesacker  39'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,384 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

21 October 2017 9	Chelsea	4–2	Watford	Fulham
12:30 BST	Pedro  12' Rüdiger  23' Morata  56' Batshuayi  71', 90+5' Azpilicueta  87'	Report	Holebas  12' Mariappa  19' Doucoure  45+2' Pereyra  49' Femenía  78'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,467 Referee: Jonathan Moss

28 October 2017 10	Watford	0–1	Stoke City	Watford
15:00 BST	Femenía  57' Richarlison  76' Doucouré  87' Deeney  90+5'	Report	Fletcher  16' Choupo-Moting  62' Shaqiri  85' Diouf  87' Allen  90+5'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,087 Referee: Michael Oliver

5 November 2017 11	Everton	3–2	Watford	Liverpool
16:30 GMT	Niasse  67' Calvert-Lewin  74' Baines  90+1' (pen.)	Report	Richarlison  46' Kabasele  64' Britos  69' Holebas  90' Cleverley 90+11'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,609 Referee: Graham Scott

19 November 2017 12	Watford	2–0	West Ham United	Watford
16:00 GMT	Hughes  11' Britos  29' Richarlison  64'	Report	Carroll  28' Arnautović  35' Obiang  41' Noble  83'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,018 Referee: Andre Marriner

25 November 2017 13	Newcastle United	0–3	Watford	Newcastle Upon Tyne
15:00 GMT	Shelvey  15'	Report	Hughes  19' Zeegelaar  24' Yedlin  45+1' (o.g.) Gray  62' Prödl  90+2'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,188 Referee: Christopher Kavanagh

28 November 2017 14	Watford	2–4	Manchester United	Watford
20:00 GMT	Doucouré  24'  84' Mariappa  41' Deeney  77' (pen.)	Report	Young  19', 25' Martial  32' Rojo  38' Lingard  86'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,552 Referee: Jonathan Moss

2 December 2017 15	Watford	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Watford
15:00 GMT	Kabasele  13'	Report	Son  25'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,278 Referee: Martin Atkinson

9 December 2017 16	Burnley	1–0	Watford	Burnley
15:00 GMT	Arfield  45' Bardsley  86'	Report	Zeegelaar  39'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 19,479 Referee: Lee Probert

12 December 2017 17	Crystal Palace	2–1	Watford	Selhurst
20:00 GMT	Milivojević  63' Van Aanholt  85' Sako  89' McArthur  90+1'	Report	Janmaat  3' Cleverly  78'  87' Prödl  80' Pereyra  90+1'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Referee: Lee Mason

16 December 2017 18	Watford	1–4	Huddersfield Town	Watford
15:00 GMT	Deeney  33' Doucouré  68'	Report	Kachunga  6' Mooy  23', 89' (pen.) Depoitre  50' Hogg	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,026 Referee: Michael Oliver

23 December 2017 19	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Watford	Falmer
15:00	Groß  64'	Report		Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 30,473 Referee: Paul Tierney

26 December 2017 20	Watford	2–1	Leicester City	Watford
15:00 GMT	Wagué  45+2' Schmeichel  62' (o.g.)	Report	Mahrez  37'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,308 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

30 December 2017 21	Watford	1–2	Swansea City	Watford
15:00 GMT	Carrillo  11'	Report	Ayew  86' Narsingh  90'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,002 Referee: Martin Atkinson

2 January 2018 22	Manchester City	3–1	Watford	Manchester
20:00 GMT	Sterling  1' Kabasele  13' (o.g.) D. Silva  24' Agüero  63'	Report	Gray  82' Pereyra  83'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 53,556 Referee: Lee Mason

13 January 2018 23	Watford	2–2	Southampton	Watford
15:00 GMT	Gray  58' Doucouré  90'	Report	Ward-Prowse  20', 44'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,018 Referee: Roger East

20 January 2018 24	Leicester City	2–0	Watford	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Vardy  39' (pen.) Mahrez  90+1'	Report		Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,891 Referee: Lee Probert

31 January 2018 25	Stoke City	0–0	Watford	Stoke
20:00 GMT	Adam  21' Bauer  35' Diouf  52' Pieters  59'	Report	Kabasele  18' Holebas  47' Doucouré  90'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 27,458 Referee: Jonathan Moss

5 February 2018 26	Watford	4–1	Chelsea	Watford
20:00 GMT	Deeney  42' (pen.) Richarlison  45' Prödl  50' Janmaat  84' Deulofeu  88' Pereyra  90+1'	Report	Bakayoko  25'  30' David Luiz  58' Fàbregas  62' Hazard  82'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,157 Referee: Mike Dean

10 February 2018 27	West Ham United	2–0	Watford	Stratford, London
15:00 GMT	Hernández  38' Zabaleta  44' Arnautović  78'	Report	Prödl  90'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 56,197 Referee: Graham Scott

24 February 2018 28	Watford	1–0	Everton	Watford
17:30 GMT	Deeney  79'	Report		Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,430 Referee: Anthony Taylor

3 March 2018 29	Watford	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	Watford
15:00 GMT	Capoue  25' Mariappa  72' Deeney  77'	Report		Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,022 Referee: Paul Tierney

11 March 2018 30	Arsenal	3–0	Watford	Holloway, London
13:30 GMT	Mustafi  8',  55' Aubameyang  59' Mkhitaryan  77' Xhaka  90'	Report	Deeney 62' Holebas  66'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,131 Referee: Martin Atkinson

17 March 2018 31	Liverpool	5–0	Watford	Liverpool
17:30 GMT	Salah  4', 43', 77', 85' Firmino  49' Gomez  52'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 53,287 Referee: Anthony Taylor

31 March 2018 32	Watford	2–2	AFC Bournemouth	Watford
15:00 BST	Femenía  13' Holebas  42' Pereyra  49' Prödl  56' Doucouré  78' Okaka  90'	Report	King  43' Defoe  90+2'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,393 Referee: Andy Madley

7 April 2018 33	Watford	1–2	Burnley	Watford
15:00 BST	Pereyra  61'	Report	Vokes  70' Cork  73'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,044 Referee: Paul Tierney

14 April 2018 34	Huddersfield Town	1–0	Watford	Huddersfield
15:00 GMT	Jørgensen  45' Pritchard  73' Ince  90+1'	Report	Janmaat  20' Pereyra  33'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 23,961 Referee: Craig Pawson

21 April 2018 35	Watford	0–0	Crystal Palace	Watford
15:00 BST	Doucouré  29' Mariappa  60' Cathcart  89'	Report	Ward  21' Van Aanholt  45' Zaha  64' Loftus-Cheek  78' Tomkins  88'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,041 Referee: Chris Kavanaugh

30 April 2018 36	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Watford	Wembley
20:00 BST	Alli  16' Kane  48' Wanyama  64'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 52,675 Referee: Michael Oliver

5 May 2018 37	Watford	2–1	Newcastle United	Watford
15:00 BST	Pereyra  2' Gray  28' Deeney 39' Kabasele  58' Holebas  72'	Report	Pérez  42',  55'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,375 Referee: Roger East

13 May 2018 38	Manchester United	1–0	Watford	Manchester
15:00 BST	Rashford  34'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,049 Referee: Lee Mason

FA Cup

Watford entered the competition in the third round and were handed a home tie against Bristol City.[37]

6 January 2018 Third round	Watford	3–0	Bristol City	Watford
15:00 GMT	Carrillo  37' Deeney  57' Capoue  85'	Report		Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 13,269 Referee: Craig Pawson

27 January 2018 Fourth round	Southampton	1–0	Watford	Southampton
15:00 GMT	Stephens  4'	Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 25,195 Referee: Bobby Madley

EFL Cup

Watford entered the EFL Cup in the second round and were drawn at home to Bristol City.[38]

22 August 2017 Second round	Watford	2–3	Bristol City	Watford
19:45 BST	Capoue  35'  47' Holebas  52'  88' Mariappa  90+5'	Report	Hinds  59' Reid  67' Eliasson  90+3'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 9,003 Referee: Tim Robinson

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 08 May 2018.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		EFL Cup		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Heurelho Gomes	26	0	24	0	1	0	1	0
30	GK		Orestis Karnezis	16	0	14+1	0	0	0	1	0
35	GK		Daniel Bachmann	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Daryl Janmaat	25	3	21+2	3	0	0	2	0
3	DF		Miguel Britos	12	1	10+2	1	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Younès Kaboul	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF		Sebastian Prödl	21	0	17+4	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Adrian Mariappa	30	1	24+4	0	1	1	1	0
13	DF		Molla Wagué	7	1	5+1	1	0	0	1	0
15	DF		Craig Cathcart	7	0	5+2	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF		Kiko Femenía	23	1	19+4	1	0	0	0	0
22	DF		Marvin Zeegelaar	13	0	12	0	0	0	1	0
25	DF		José Holebas	31	0	26+2	0	1	0	1+1	0
27	DF		Christian Kabasele	31	2	27+1	2	1	0	2	0
31	DF		Tommie Hoban	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF		Tom Cleverley	25	1	22+1	1	0+1	0	1	0
14	MF		Nathaniel Chalobah	6	0	5+1	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Abdoulaye Doucouré	39	7	37	7	0	0	2	0
19	MF		Will Hughes	16	2	11+4	2	1	0	0	0
20	MF		Dodi Lukebakio	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Étienne Capoue	26	3	18+5	1	1	1	2	1
37	MF		Roberto Pereyra	34	5	18+14	5	0	0	1+1	0
Forwards
7	FW		Gerard Deulofeu	7	1	5+2	1	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Troy Deeney	31	6	20+9	5	1	0	1	1
11	FW		Richarlison	41	5	32+6	5	1	0	1+1	0
17	FW		Jerome Sinclair	5	0	0+4	0	0	0	0+1	0
18	FW		Andre Gray	33	5	16+15	5	0+1	0	1	0
28	FW		André Carrillo	30	2	16+12	1	0	0	2	1
33	FW		Stefano Okaka	16	1	3+12	1	0	0	0+1	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
7	MF		Nordin Amrabat	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
10	FW		Isaac Success	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
20	FW		Mauro Zárate	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Ben Watson	11	0	6+2	0	1	0	1+1	0
30	GK		Costel Pantilimon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Cards

Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 18 December 2017.

No.	Pos.	Name
2	DF	Daryl Janmaat	1	0
3	DF	Miguel Britos	3	1
5	DF	Sebastian Prödl	1	0
6	DF	Adrian Mariappa	2	0
8	MF	Tom Cleverley	1	1
9	FW	Troy Deeney	1	1
11	MF	Richarlison	3	0
14	MF	Nathaniel Chalobah	1	0
16	MF	Abdoulaye Doucouré	5	0
18	FW	Andre Gray	1	0
21	DF	Kiko Femenía	2	0
22	DF	Marvin Zeegelaar	2	1
25	DF	José Holebas	3	0
27	DF	Christian Kabasele	2	0
29	MF	Étienne Capoue	1	0
37	MF	Roberto Pereyra	1	0

Clean sheets

Last updated on 18 December 2017.

Number	Nation	Name	Matches Played	Premier League	EFL Cup	FA Cup	Total
1		Heurelho Gomes	19	5	0	0	5
30		Orestis Karnezis	1	0	0	0	0
35		Daniel Bachmann	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS				5	0	0	5

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