FMFA Manager, West Bromwich Albion vs. Watford (Sun Jan 31) West Bromwich Albion | Watford 5-3-2 C | 4-1-2-1-2 E Neil Rowley | William Doherty | S_Johnstone GK | GK Pacheco K_Gibbs DF | DF J_Mukena K_Bartley DF | DF C_Soyuncu A_Hegazy DF | DF Filippo_Berra D_O'Shea DF | DF A_Robertson D_Furlong DF | AM G_McEachran K_Grosicki MF | MF D_Poyet+ A_Pereira MF | MF D_Quina R_Sawyers MF | DM D_Zakaria G_Jesus FW | FW K_Balde C_Austin FW | FW M_Antonio | A_Palmer SUB | SUB M_Perin C_Townsend SUB | SUB Joshua_Laws R_Harper SUB | SUB R_Suckling O_Burke SUB | SUB H_Mkhitaryan H_Robson-Kanu SUB | SUB A_Morelos Min. 1 :(wat) D_Poyet+ hits the ball through the heart of the defence ... D_Quina latches onto it! ... D_Quina has time and space on the edge of the box! ... He shoots towards goal! ... But S_Johnstone punches it away ... He was lucky to get to that one Min. 3 :(wba) A_Pereira with a precise ball to C_Austin ... J_Mukena steals the ball of off him Min. 5 :(wat) D_Zakaria curls the ball out wide to M_Antonio ... M_Antonio has time and space! ... He tries the lob! ... OOOOOOHHHHHHHH ... It grazes the post and goes wide Min. 11 :(wba) A_Hegazy retreats under pressure ... He hits the ball up field ... G_Jesus latches onto the end of it ... A skillful effort from G_Jesus ! ... He hits the post ... He follows it up! ... But puts it wide! ... He'll be disappointed with that Min. 14 :(wba) K_Bartley curls the ball out wide to G_Jesus ... From long range G_Jesus bends the ball towards goal! ... But Pacheco tips it behind ... CORNER! ... R_Sawyers swings it in! ... Pacheco makes the catch! Min. 14 :(wat) D_Poyet+ plays it forward to D_Quina ... D_Quina sees S_Johnstone off his line ! ... But it clips the post and goes wide Min. 23 :(wat) G_McEachran skips past a challenge and gets over a cross to K_Balde ... K_Balde is clean through! ... The linesman has his flag raised ... But The Referee waves play on ... He just has to beat S_Johnstone ... He rounds S_Johnstone ... He has been pushed wide! ... He shoots from a tight angle ... Its hit the side netting!! Min. 31 :(wat) G_McEachran with a measured ball to D_Quina ... A glorious effort by D_Quina ! ... It hits the bar!! ... But he picks up the rebound ... OHHHHHHHH !! ... He's put it wide Min. 33 :(wat) Filippo_Berra passes the ball to D_Poyet+ ... The ball hits A_Hegazy in the face! ... And goes clear! Min. 36 :(wat) D_Poyet+ takes on the defender ... He gets past him! ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to D_Quina ... Superbly timed tackle by K_Bartley ... He made it look easy ... But he can't keep it in ... CORNER! ... D_Poyet+ hits it towards the far post! ... K_Bartley gets up well ... And he heads it clear Min. 40 :(wat) D_Zakaria puts in M_Antonio ... M_Antonio hits the shot with the outside of the right foot! ... But S_Johnstone makes a fine save ... Wow!! That was close! ... He had to be at his best to reach that one! Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on Min. 47 :(wba) A_Pereira looks up for support for support ... He spots his team mate making a run now ... He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now! ... G_Jesus receives the pass and heads towards the goal ... A left-footer by G_Jesus ! ... Pacheco fists it away ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Watford Min. 49 :(wba) G_Jesus nutmegs D_Poyet+, he continues to run forward ... G_Jesus with a screamer of a shot ! ... Pacheco makes a comfortable save ... He wasn't troubled there Min. 49 :(wba) K_Gibbs controls the ball with a deft piece of skill ... He plays the ball out to the left! ... G_Jesus gets onto the end of the pass! ... G_McEachran with a late tackle ... Well to be fair he was looking for the foul ... FREE KICK! ... What a silly place to give away a free kick ... C_Austin bends it round the wall ... Pacheco gets up well to catch that one Min. 53 :(wat) D_Poyet+ takes a throw in ... He throws the ball into M_Antonio ... M_Antonio aiming for the bottom corner ! ... It hits off a defender! ... S_Johnstone is wrong footed! ... It drifts just wide! ... CORNER! ... The corner is swung in by D_Quina! ... G_McEachran gets on the end of it ... He has failed to hit the target! ... He looks horrified by that miss! ... He should have buried that! Min. 57 :(wba) C_Austin sidesteps M_Antonio ... He's been running his marker ragged all game ... M_Antonio goes in hard to win the ball back Min. 59 :(wat) Filippo_Berra whips the ball across to M_Antonio ... K_Bartley wins the ball! ... But he caught the player also! ... The ref gives nothing! Min. 60 :(wat) Joshua_Laws will come on for C_Soyuncu and play DF Min. 61 :(wba) Play's been held up due to a cat on the pitch. C_Austin manages to catch it and gives it a cuddle before giving to the steward ... Joshua_Laws robs him of the ball Min. 65 :(wba) R_Harper will come on for K_Grosicki and play MF Min. 65 :(wba) The West Bromwich Albion manager told his side to change to a E strategy Min. 66 :(wat) D_Poyet+ sprints down the wing ... He knocks it past the defender into space! ... He puts in a square ball! ... Filippo_Berra runs onto it ... He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender ... But R_Sawyers wins the ball with a sliding challenge ... CORNER! ... D_Quina floats the ball in! ... A_Hegazy wins the ball ... And he clears the danger Min. 67 :(wat) G_McEachran kills the ball dead ... He sees a team mate making a run! ... He plays the ball across to him! ... K_Balde gets on the end of the pass ... A cracking drive from K_Balde ! ... S_Johnstone turns it behind for a corner ... CORNER! ... D_Poyet+ plays it towards the near post! ... D_Furlong clears the corner Min. 70 :(wba) C_Townsend takes off his tracksuit, he'll replace K_Gibbs ... He'll play as a DF ... The manager will be hoping the substitution pays off Min. 70 :(wat) Watford changed their strategy to play P Min. 73 :(wat) D_Zakaria looks for options ... He sees a man in space! ... He hits the ball up to M_Antonio ... M_Antonio tries to catch the keeper out! ... But S_Johnstone reaches the ball. Good save Min. 75 :(wba) R_Harper runs down the flank ... He threads the ball in to G_Jesus ... A_Robertson intercepts the pass Min. 77 :(wba) G_Jesus controls the ball with a deft piece of skill ... He plays the ball into the middle! ... K_Bartley gets onto the end of the pass! ... K_Bartley with a blistering shot ! ... It takes a deflection! ... But sails wide! ... CORNER! ... D_O'Shea drives it into the box! ... Pacheco easily claims the ball! Min. 77 :(wat) G_McEachran hits in a shot! ... It hits the defender ... D_Poyet+ collects the loose ball! ... D_Poyet+ flicks the header toward the far post! ... S_Johnstone can't get to it! ... OH! It has gone just over the bar! ... S_Johnstone makes a cocky smile ... Did he know that was going over? Min. 81 :(wat) D_Quina has the ball on the wing ... He knocks the ball past A_Hegazy ... He puts in M_Antonio! ... M_Antonio rifles it at the goal ! ... S_Johnstone gets the finger tips to it ... And puts it over ... CORNER! ... G_McEachran plays it towards the near post! ... It comes to Joshua_Laws ... He fires it towards to goal ... He hits the side netting Min. 84 :(wat) Joshua_Laws runs down the flank ... He threads the ball in to D_Quina ... D_Quina hits the ball first time! ... Terrific shot ... It takes a bounce of the defender ... The deflection takes it just wide ... That's unlucky! ... CORNER! ... D_Zakaria drives it into the box! ... M_Antonio tries to place the shot! ... S_Johnstone watches it sail safely wide! Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on Min. 91 :(wat) Filippo_Berra finds M_Antonio with a perfectly weighted pass ... M_Antonio tries to chip the ball over the keeper ! ... He hits the side netting Min. 93 :(wat) J_Mukena works the ball inside ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to D_Poyet+ ... D_Poyet+ with the drive! ... But S_Johnstone palms it behind ... The Referee has given a goal kick ... Unbelievable ! ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : The Hawtorns Attendance : 40,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West Bromwich Albion Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : K_Bartley (Man of the Match) Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Watford Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : D_Poyet+ Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West Bromwich Albion | Watford Attempts on Goal : 6 | 17 Off target : 2 | 11 On target : 4 | 6 Possession : 35 | 65 Corners : 2 | 6 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 0 | 0 Subs Used : 2 | 1 Fouls : 3 | 3 Key Tackles : 4 | 4 Key Passes : 6 | 18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : West Bromwich Albion 0 - 0 Watford ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - West Bromwich Albion Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S_Johnstone GK 29 2 2 1 25 | 95 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 K_Gibbs DF 1 27 10 3 25 | 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 K_Bartley DF 1 25 7 3 27 | 95 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 39 10 1 A_Hegazy DF 1 25 6 3 26 | 95 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 10 0 D_O'Shea DF 1 23 5 2 24 | 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 D_Furlong DF 1 24 5 2 25 | 95 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 K_Grosicki MF 1 2 25 10 26 | 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Pereira MF 1 3 25 10 23 | 95 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 R_Sawyers MF 1 7 24 3 24 | 95 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 G_Jesus FW 1 2 6 28 23 | 95 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 C_Austin FW 1 3 7 26 24 | 95 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 A_Palmer GK 26 2 1 1 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C_Townsend DF 1 24 11 3 23 | 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R_Harper MF 1 6 24 4 23 | 28 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 O_Burke AM 1 3 24 11 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 H_Robson-Kanu FW 1 2 8 25 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Watford Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pacheco GK 31 1 1 1 22 | 95 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 J_Mukena DF 1 26 13 2 18 | 95 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 10 0 C_Soyuncu DF 1 27 9 2 21 | 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Filippo_Berra DF 1 28 10 3 31 | 95 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 30 0 A_Robertson DF 2 27 11 2 24 | 95 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 G_McEachran AM 1 3 25 13 22 | 95 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 40 1 D_Poyet+ MF 2 5 26 11 21 | 95 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 50 4 D_Quina MF 1 2 27 12 21 | 95 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 D_Zakaria DM 1 10 27 3 30 | 95 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 K_Balde FW 1 3 12 27 24 | 95 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 M_Antonio FW 1 8 13 30 27 | 95 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 13 0 13 M_Perin GK 28 1 1 1 20 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joshua_Laws DF 1 27 10 3 29 | 33 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 10 1 R_Suckling DF 1 25 13 3 19 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 H_Mkhitaryan MF 2 3 27 10 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Morelos FW 1 3 11 28 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1612092629 Produced from ESMS+ V3.35