2018–19 Watford F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Watford's 120th year in their history and fourth consecutive season in the Premier League; their 11th-placed finish in the league was their highest to date in the Premier League era.^[1] They also participated in the EFL Cup and FA Cup, reaching the final of the latter before losing to Man City.

Watford

2018–19 season
Owner	Gino Pozzo
Chairman	Scott Duxbury
Manager	Javi Gracia
Stadium	Vicarage Road
Premier League	11th
FA Cup	Runners-up (lost final to Manchester City)
EFL Cup	Third round (knocked out by Tottenham Hotspur)
Top goalscorer	League: Gerard Deulofeu (10) All: Troy Deeney & Gerard Deulofeu (11)
Highest home attendance	League/All: 20,540 v Liverpool (24 November 2018, PL round 13)
Lowest home attendance	League: 17,301 v Fulham (2 April 2019, PL round 32) All: 18,104 v Crystal Palace (16 March 2019, FA Cup QF)
Average home league attendance	20,016
Biggest win	5–1 v Cardiff City (22 February 2019, PL round 27)
Biggest defeat	0–6 v Manchester City (18 May 2019, FA Cup Final)
Home colours Away colours
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	RW		Gerard Deulofeu	Barcelona	£11,500,000	^[2]
1 July 2018	RB		Marc Navarro	Espanyol	Undisclosed	^[3]
1 July 2018	CB		Ben Wilmot	Stevenage	Undisclosed	^[4]
2 July 2018	LB		Adam Masina	Bologna	Undisclosed	^[5]
5 July 2018	GK		Ben Foster	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed	^[6]
5 July 2018	LW		Ken Sema	Östersunds FK	£1,800,000	^[7]
9 August 2018	CM		Domingos Quina	West Ham United	£1,000,000	^[8]
10 August 2018	CM		Kwasi Sibo	Banants	Undisclosed	^[9]
8 January 2019	CF		Filip Stuparević	Voždovac	£2,000,000	^[10]
23 January 2019	GK		Adam Parkes	Southampton	Undisclosed	^[11]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	GK		Nathan Gartside	Derry City	Released	^[12]^[13]
1 July 2018	LW		Dennon Lewis	Unattached	Released	^[12]
1 July 2018	LB		Brandon Mason	Coventry City	Released	^[14]
1 July 2018	RB		Louis Rogers	Unattached	Released	^[12]
1 July 2018	CB		Charlie Rowan	Queens Park Rangers	Released	^[14]
1 July 2018	LW		Max Ryan	Unattached	Released	^[12]
1 July 2018	RB		David Sesay	Crawley Town	Released	^[12]^[15]
1 July 2018	CB		Connor Stevens	Wealdstone	Released	^[12]
1 July 2018	AM		Carl Stewart	Wingate & Finchley	Released	^[12]^[16]
3 July 2018	GK		Costel Pantilimon	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed	^[17]
6 July 2018	ST		Mauro Zárate	Boca Juniors	Undisclosed	^[18]
16 July 2018	LW		Nordin Amrabat	Al-Nassr	£4,000,000	^[19]
23 July 2018	CM		Eduardo Montenegro	Envigado	Undisclosed	^[20]
24 July 2018	LW		Richarlison	Everton	£40,000,000	^[21]
30 July 2018	CB		Marian Huja	Køge	Undisclosed	^[22]
7 August 2018	CF		Harvey Bradbury	Oxford United	Free transfer	^[23]
20 August 2018	RB		Brice Dja Djédjé	Ankaragücü	Undisclosed	^[24]
21 December 2018	CB		Younès Kaboul	Unattached	Mutual consent	^[25]
7 January 2019	CF		Jubril Adedeji	Køge	Free transfer	^[26]
15 January 2019	LW		Dion Pereira	Atlanta United	Undisclosed	^[27]
18 January 2019	LW		Randell Williams	Exeter City	Free transfer	^[28]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
11 July 2018	CF		Luis Suárez	Gimnàstic de Tarragona	31 May 2019	^[29]
18 July 2018	CM		Jaime Alvarado	Hércules	31 May 2019	^[30]
20 July 2018	CF		Juan Camilo Becerra	Teruel	31 May 2019	^[31]
23 July 2018	RW		Dodi Lukebakio	Fortuna Düsseldorf	31 May 2019	^[32]
24 July 2018	CF		Harvey Bradbury	Hungerford Town	18 August 2018	^[33]
25 July 2018	CB		Tommie Hoban	Aberdeen	31 May 2019	^[34]
25 July 2018	CF		Jerome Sinclair	Sunderland	10 January 2019	^[35]^[36]
27 July 2018	LW		Randell Williams	Wycombe Wanderers	2 January 2019	^[37]^[38]
30 July 2018	AM		Matheus Santana	Ejea	31 May 2019	^[39]
8 August 2018	GK		Daniel Bachmann	Kilmarnock	31 May 2019	^[40]
9 August 2018	CF		Alex Jakubiak	Bristol Rovers	31 May 2019	^[41]
10 August 2018	LB		Pervis Estupiñán	Mallorca	31 May 2019	^[42]
22 August 2018	CF		Matheus Aias	Mirandés	31 May 2019	^[43]
23 August 2018	RB		Kingsley Fobi	UD Ibiza	31 May 2019	^[44]
23 August 2018	RB		Dimitri Foulquier	Getafe	31 May 2019	^[45]
23 August 2018	CF		Obbi Oularé	Standard Liège	31 May 2019	^[46]
27 August 2018	CB		Williams Velásquez	Sabadell	31 December 2018	^[47]
31 August 2018	CM		Sulayman Marreh	Eupen	31 May 2019	^[48]
27 December 2018	CB		Jorge Segura	Atlas	31 May 2019	^[49]
1 January 2019	GK		Sam Howes	Eastbourne Borough	February 2019	^[50]
1 January 2019	CB		Williams Velásquez	JEF United Chiba	2 January 2020	^[51]
5 January 2019	RB		Andrew Eleftheriou	Braintree Town	31 May 2019	^[52]
8 January 2019	CF		Stefano Okaka	Udinese	30 June 2019	^[53]
10 January 2019	LB		Marvin Zeegelaar	Udinese	30 June 2019	^[54]
31 January 2019	DF		Ashley Charles	Barnet	30 June 2019	^[55]
31 January 2019	FW		Michael Folivi	AFC Wimbledon	30 June 2019	^[56]
31 January 2019	CF		Jerome Sinclair	Oxford United	30 June 2019	^[57]
31 January 2019	CB		Ben Wilmot	Udinese	30 June 2019	^[58]

Friendlies

Watford confirmed pre-season friendlies with 1. FC Köln, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Stevenage, Brentford and Sampdoria.^[59]

1. FC Köln v Watford

17 July 2018 (2018-07-17) Friendly	1. FC Köln	1–1	Watford	Kitzbühel, Austria
18:30 CEST	Córdoba   56'	Report	Gray   6'	Stadium: Sportplatz Kitzbühel-Langau

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Watford

21 July 2018 (2018-07-21) Friendly	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–3	Watford	Kitzbühel, Austria
15:30 CEST	Hennings   25'	Report	Success   20' Deeney   64' Sinclair   86'	Stadium: Sportplatz Kitzbühel-Langau

Stevenage v Watford

27 July 2018 (2018-07-27) Friendly	Stevenage	0–1	Watford	Stevenage
19:30 BST		Report	Gray   88'	Stadium: Broadhall Way

Brentford v Watford

28 July 2018 (2018-07-28) Friendly	Brentford	1–2	Watford	Brentford
15:00 BST	Watkins   5'	Report	Dalsgaard   25' (o.g.) Gray   36'	Stadium: Griffin Park

Watford v Sampdoria

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) Friendly	Watford	1–1	Sampdoria	Watford
15:00 BST	Deeney   53'	https://www.watfordfc.com/teams/first-team/GT Matchday: Watford 1-1 Sampdoria	Colley   8'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 6,332

Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2018–19 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Leicester City	38	15	7	16	51	48	+3	52
10	West Ham United	38	15	7	16	52	55	−3	52
11	Watford	38	14	8	16	52	59	−7	50
12	Crystal Palace	38	14	7	17	51	53	−2	49
13	Newcastle United	38	12	9	17	42	48	−6	45

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).

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	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L
Position	4	3	4	3	5	4	6	9	7	7	8	7	9	10	11	12	10	7	10	9	8	7	7	9	8	8	7	8	8	8	10	8	10	7	8	9	10	11

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2019. Source:^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 14 June 2018, the Premier League fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[60][61]

Watford v Brighton & Hove Albion

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 1	Watford	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Watford
15:00 BST	Pereyra   35', 54' Capoue   64' Holebas   73'	Report	Stephens   18' Bernardo   81'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,051 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Burnley v Watford

19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) 2	Burnley	1–3	Watford	Burnley
13:30 BST	Tarkowski   6' Ward   53'	Report	Gray   3' Hughes   41',   51' Deeney   48' Janmaat   90+3'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 18,822 Referee: Paul Tierney

Watford v Crystal Palace

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 3	Watford	2–1	Crystal Palace	Watford
13:30 BST	Capoue   4' Janmaat   37' Pereyra   53',   86' Holebas   71',   84'	Report	Zaha   7',   78' Meyer   80'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,014 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Watford v Tottenham Hotspur

2 September 2018 (2018-09-02) 4	Watford	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Watford
16:00 BST	Capoue   52' Deeney   69' Cathcart   76' Success   90+3'	Report	Doucouré   54' (o.g.) Dembélé   68'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,141 Referee: Andre Marriner

Watford v Manchester United

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 5	Watford	1–2	Manchester United	Watford
17:30 BST	Capoue   34' Holebas   36' Gray   65'	Report	Lukaku   35' Smalling   38' Valencia   81' Matić   70'   90+4'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,537 Referee: Mike Dean

Fulham v Watford

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 6	Fulham	1–1	Watford	Fulham
12:45 BST	Mawson   30' Fosu-Mensah   32' Mitrović   78'	Report	Gray   2' Holebas   58'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 23,418 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Arsenal v Watford

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 7	Arsenal	2–0	Watford	Holloway
15:00 BST	Torreira   45' Mustafi   62' Cathcart   81' (o.g.) Özil   83'	Report	Deeney   31' Doucouré   79'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,019 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Watford v Bournemouth

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 8	Watford	0–4	Bournemouth	Watford
15:00 BST	Cathcart   22' Kabasele   11'   32' Holebas   68' Doucouré   89'	Report	Brooks   14' King   33' (pen.), 45' Wilson   47' Surman   87'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,139 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Watford

20 October 2018 9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–2	Watford	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Neves   35' Jota   73' Bennett   90'	Report	Capoue   20' Pereyra   21' Hughes   69'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 31,144 Referee: Lee Mason

Watford v Huddersfield Town

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 10	Watford	3−0	Huddersfield Town	Watford
15:00 BST	Pereyra   10' Deulofeu   19' Masina   67' Success   80'	Report	Billing   34' Mooy   86'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,457 Referee: Mike Dean

Newcastle United v Watford

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 11	Newcastle United	1–0	Watford	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT	Pérez   65' Schär   90+2'	Report	Capoue   38' Hughes   64' Okaka   84' Holebas   90+2' Gray   90+4'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 49,157 Referee: Craig Pawson

Southampton v Watford

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 12	Southampton	1–1	Watford	Southampton
15:00 GMT	Gabbiadini   20' Bertrand   38' Cédric   64' Højbjerg   88'	Report	Chalobah   55' Deulofeu   80' Holebas   82'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 28,153 Referee: Simon Hooper

Watford v Liverpool

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 13	Watford	0–3	Liverpool	Watford
15:00 GMT		Report	Henderson   60'   82' Salah   67' Alexander-Arnold   76' Firmino   89'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,540 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Leicester City v Watford

1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) 14	Leicester City	2–0	Watford	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Vardy   12' (pen.) Maddison   23',   90+4' Albrighton   62'	Report	Success   85' Capoue   90'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,353 Referee: Graham Scott

Watford v Manchester City

4 December 2018 (2018-12-04) 15	Watford	1–2	Manchester City	Watford
20:00 GMT	Doucouré   85'	Report	Sané   40' Mahrez   51' Ederson   90'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,389 Referee: Paul Tierney

Everton v Watford

10 December 2018 (2018-12-10) 16	Everton	2–2	Watford	Liverpool
20:00 GMT	Richarlison   15' Digne   90+6'	Report	Coleman   63' (o.g.) Doucouré   65'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,400 Referee: Kevin Friend

Watford v Cardiff City

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 17	Watford	3–2	Cardiff City	Watford
15:00 GMT	Deulofeu   16' Holebas   52' Quina   68'	Report	Hoilett   80' Reid   82'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,032 Referee: Andrew Madley

West Ham United v Watford

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 18	West Ham United	0–2	Watford	Stratford
15:00 GMT	Balbuena   27' Antonio   69' Diop   90+3'	Report	Deeney   30' (pen.) Kabasele   55' Holebas   60' Deulofeu   87'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 56,833 Referee: Lee Mason

Watford v Chelsea

26 December 2018 19	Watford	1–2	Chelsea	Watford
19:30 GMT	Pereyra   45+3' Foster   58'	Report	Hazard   45+1', 58' (pen.)	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,415 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Watford v Newcastle United

29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 20	Watford	1–1	Newcastle United	Watford
15:00 GMT	Doucouré   82'	Report	Rondón   29'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,336 Referee: Roger East

Bournemouth v Watford

2 January 2019 (2019-01-02) 21	Bournemouth	3–3	Watford	Boscombe
19:45 GMT	Aké   34' Wilson   37' Fraser   40' Gosling   60'	Report	Deeney   14', 27',   33' Doucouré   29' Sema   38' Capoue   50' Holebas   89'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 10,261 Referee: David Coote

Crystal Palace v Watford

12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 22	Crystal Palace	1–2	Watford	Selhurst
15:00 GMT	Cathcart   38' (o.g.) Milivojević   84'	Report	Femenía   61' Sema   65' Cathcart   67' Cleverley   74',   90+4' Pereyra   90+1'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,010 Referee: Paul Tierney

Watford v Burnley

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 23	Watford	0–0	Burnley	Watford
15:00 GMT	Deulofeu   79'	Report	Mee   63' Bardsley   82'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,510 Referee: Michael Oliver

Tottenham Hotspur v Watford

30 January 2019 (2019-01-30) 24	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Watford	Wembley
20:00 GMT	Son   80' Llorente   87'	Report	Cathcart   38' Mariappa   46' Capoue   74' Holebas   90+1' Success   90+3'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 29,164 Referee: Graham Scott

Brighton & Hove Albion v Watford

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 25	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–0	Watford	Falmer
15:00 GMT	Pröpper   33'	Report		Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 30,414 Referee: Simon Hooper

Watford v Everton

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 26	Watford	1–0	Everton	Watford
15:00 GMT	Gray   65' Deeney   70' Holebas   83'	Report	Zouma   90+5'   90+5'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,333 Referee: Lee Probert

Cardiff City v Watford

22 February 2019 (2019-02-22) 27	Cardiff City	1–5	Watford	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Bamba   82' Paterson   85'	Report	Deulofeu   18', 61', 63' Capoue   30' Pereyra   55' Deeney   73', 90+1'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 30,387 Referee: Simon Hooper

Liverpool v Watford

27 February 2019 (2019-02-27) 28	Liverpool	5–0	Watford	Liverpool
20:00 GMT	Mané   9', 20' Origi   66' Van Dijk   79', 82'	Report	Cathcart   79' Masina   82'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 53,316 Referee: Graham Scott

Watford v Leicester City

3 March 2019 (2019-03-03) 29	Watford	2–1	Leicester City	Watford
12:00 GMT	Deeney   5'   62' Mariappa   13' Capoue   60' Doucouré   61' Gray   90+2',   90+3'	Report	Vardy   75' Pereira   84'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,062 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Manchester City v Watford

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 30	Manchester City	3–1	Watford	Manchester
17:30 GMT	Walker   6' Sterling   46', 50', 59'	Report	Cleverley   18' Deulofeu   66'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 54,104 Referee: Paul Tierney

Manchester United v Watford

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 31	Manchester United	2–1	Watford	Trafford
15:00 GMT	Rashford   28' Martial   72' Pereira   90+2'	Report	Hughes   17' Masina   82' Doucouré   90'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 74,543 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Watford v Fulham

2 April 2019 (2019-04-02) 32	Watford	4–1	Fulham	Watford
19:45 BST	Doucouré   23' Mariappa   44' Janmaat   47' Hughes   63' Deeney   69' Femenía   75' Holebas   90'	Report	Babel   33' Chambers   66' Christie   90+1'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 17,301 Referee: Roger East

Watford v Arsenal

15 April 2019 (2019-04-15) 33	Watford	0–1	Arsenal	Watford
20:00 BST	Deeney   11' Capoue   54' Hughes   86'	Report	Aubameyang   10'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,480 Referee: Craig Pawson

Huddersfield Town v Watford

20 April 2019 (2019-04-20) 34	Huddersfield Town	1–2	Watford	Huddersfield
15:00 BST	Hogg   19' Bacuna   24' Grant   90+3'	Report	Deulofeu   5', 80' Capoue   17' Doucouré   90+1'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 23,957 Referee: Roger East

Watford v Southampton

23 April 2019 (2019-04-23) 35	Watford	1–1	Southampton	Watford
19:45 BST	Capoue   26' Doucouré   40' Deulofeu   57' Kabasele   75' Masina   80' Gray   90'	Report	Long   1' Romeu   17' Bednarek   45+2'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,170 Referee: Mike Dean

Watford v Wolverhampton Wanderers

27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 36	Watford	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Watford
15:00 BST	Gray   49' Holebas   62' Success   85' Capoue   90+6'	Report	Jiménez   41' Moutinho   61' Jota   77',   84'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,323 Referee: Simon Hooper

Chelsea v Watford

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) 37	Chelsea	3–0	Watford	Fulham
14:00 BST	Loftus-Cheek   48' David Luiz   51' Higuaín   75'	Report	Doucouré   90'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,650 Referee: Paul Tierney

Watford v West Ham United

12 May 2019 (2019-05-12) 38	Watford	1–4	West Ham United	Watford
15:00 BST	Deulofeu   46' Holebas   48' Capoue   90+1'	Report	Noble   15', 78' (pen.) Lanzini   39' Arnautović   71'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,067 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.^[62] The fourth round draw was made live on BBC by Robbie Keane and Carl Ikeme from Wolverhampton on 7 January 2019.^[63] The fifth round draw was broadcast on 28 January 2019 live on BBC, Alex Scott and Ian Wright conducted the draw.^[64] The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 18 February by Darren Fletcher & Wayne Bridge.^[65]

Woking v Watford

6 January 2019 (2019-01-06) Third round	Woking	0–2	Watford	Woking
14:00 GMT	Gerring   29'	Report	Hughes   13' Success   14' Deeney   74'	Stadium: Kingfield Stadium Attendance: 5,717 Referee: Graham Scott

Newcastle United v Watford

26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) Fourth round	Newcastle United	0–2	Watford	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT	Longstaff   90+3'	Report	Wilmot   56' Gray   61' Chalobah   64' Britos   75' Success   90'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 34,604 Referee: David Coote

Queens Park Rangers v Watford

15 February 2019 (2019-02-15) Fifth round	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	Watford	Shepherd's Bush
19:45 GMT	Luongo   73'	Report	Capoue   45+1' Mariappa   76' Doucouré   86' Janmaat   90+1'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,212 Referee: Michael Oliver

Watford v Crystal Palace

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) Quarter-finals	Watford	2–1	Crystal Palace	Watford
12:15 GMT	Capoue   27' Gray   79'	Report	Batshuayi   62'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 18,104 Referee: Kevin Friend

Watford v Wolverhampton Wanderers

7 April 2019 (2019-04-07) Semi-finals	Watford	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wembley
16:00 BST	Cathcart   54' Holebas   61' Deulofeu   79', 104' Deeney   90+4' (pen.) Capoue   101'	Report	Saïss   10' Neves   25' Doherty   36' Jiménez   62'	Stadium: Wembley Attendance: 80,092 Referee: Michael Oliver

Manchester City v Watford

18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) Final	Manchester City	6–0	Watford	Wembley
17:00 BST	D. Silva   26',   60' Jesus   38', 68' De Bruyne   61' Sterling   81', 87'	Report	Doucouré   22' Femenía   80'	Stadium: Wembley Attendance: 85,854 Referee: Kevin Friend

EFL Cup

The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.^[66] The third round draw was made on 30 August 2018 by David Seaman and Joleon Lescott.^[67]

Reading v Watford

29 August 2018 (2018-08-29) Second round	Reading	0–2	Watford	Reading
20:00 BST	Méïté   89'	Report	Success   37' Quina   62' Navarro   90+3'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 9,265 Referee: Andy Davies

Tottenham Hotspur v Watford

26 September 2018 (2018-09-26) Third round	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2 (4–2 p)	Watford	Milton Keynes
20:00 BST	Alli   82' (pen.) Lamela   86',   87'	Report	Success   46' Kabasele   81' Capoue   89'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 23,650 Referee: Lee Mason
	Penalties
	Son   Lamela   Llorente   Alli		Success   Capoue   Hughes   Quina
Note: This match was moved to Stadium MK in Milton Keynes, as neither Wembley Stadium nor Tottenham Hotspur Stadium were available to host.^[68]

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	BRA	Heurelho Gomes	8	0	0	0	6	0	2	0
26	GK	ENG	Ben Foster	38	0	38	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	NED	Daryl Janmaat	22	0	17+1	0	3+1	0	0	0
3	DF	URU	Miguel Britos	6	0	2+1	0	3	0	0	0
5	DF	AUT	Sebastian Prödl	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	JAM	Adrian Mariappa	32	0	20+6	0	3+1	0	2	0
11	DF	ITA	Adam Masina	20	0	11+3	0	2+2	0	2	0
15	DF	NIR	Craig Cathcart	41	3	35+1	3	4	0	1	0
21	DF	ESP	Kiko Femenía	34	1	22+7	1	3	0	2	0
23	DF	ESP	Marc Navarro	5	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	2	0
25	DF	GRE	José Holebas	32	3	27+1	3	4	0	0	0
27	DF	BEL	Christian Kabasele	23	0	19+2	0	1	0	0+1	0
Midfielders
8	MF	ENG	Tom Cleverley	17	1	4+9	1	2+2	0	0	0
12	MF	SWE	Ken Sema	22	1	9+8	1	1+2	0	2	0
14	MF	ENG	Nathaniel Chalobah	13	0	3+6	0	2	0	2	0
16	MF	FRA	Abdoulaye Doucouré	40	5	34+1	5	3+1	0	0+1	0
19	MF	ENG	Will Hughes	40	3	31+1	2	6	1	0+2	0
20	MF	POR	Domingos Quina	13	2	3+5	1	2+1	0	2	1
29	MF	FRA	Étienne Capoue	39	4	33	1	4+1	2	0+1	1
37	MF	ARG	Roberto Pereyra	36	6	33	6	3	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	Gerard Deulofeu	33	12	26+4	10	2+1	2	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Troy Deeney	37	11	28+4	9	4+1	2	0	0
10	FW	NGA	Isaac Success	35	4	9+21	1	2+1	1	2	2
17	FW	VEN	Adalberto Peñaranda	2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
18	FW	ENG	Andre Gray	34	9	13+16	7	3+2	2	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
24	DF	ENG	Ben Wilmot	6	0	0+2	0	2	0	2	0
33	FW	ITA	Stefano Okaka	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0

Last updated: 18 May 2019
Source: Competitions

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