Saturday 15th August 2015,
Barclays Premier League, Vicarage Road, Kick-Off 3:00pm |
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Watford |
0 - 0 |
West Bromwich Albion |
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0 - 0 |
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Managers |
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Quique Sánchez Flores |
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Tony Pulis |
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Starting XI |
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Heurelho Gomes |
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Boaz Myhill |
Allan Nyom |
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Craig Dawson |
Craig Cathcart |
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Gareth McAuley |
Sebastian Prödl |
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Jonas Olsson |
Ikechi Anya |
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Chris Brunt |
Valon Behrami |
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Craig Gardner (Rondón 62) |
Étienne Capoue |
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Darren Fletcher (c) |
Odion Ighalo |
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Claudio Yacob |
(Berghuis 84) José Manuel Jurado |
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James Morrison |
(Abdi 55) Miguel Layún |
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Saido Berahino (McManaman 90) |
(c) Troy Deeney |
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Rickie Lambert (McClean 69) |
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Substitutes |
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Steven Berghuis |
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Salomón Rondón |
Almen Abdi |
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Callum McManaman |
(gk) Rene Gilmartin |
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James McClean |
Gabriele Angella |
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Jack Rose (gk) |
José Holebas |
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James Chester |
Ben Watson |
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Joleon Lescott |
Matěj Vydra |
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Victor Anichebe |
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Bookings |
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(foul 90+1) Nyom |
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Olsson (foul 31) |
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Lambert (foul 66) |
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Attendance:
20,011 (2,045
Albion fans) |
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Referee:
Paul Tierney (Lancashire) |
Assistant 01:
Peter Kirkup (Northamptonshire) |
Assistant 02:
David Bryan (Lincolnshire) |
Fourth Official:
Mike Dean (Wirral) |
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Official Matchday
Programme |
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Salomón Rondón makes his Albion debut. |
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Boaz Myhill makes his 400th career start. |
MATCH REPORT
West Brom registered their first
point of the season by frustrating
Watford in a goalless stalemate at
Vicarage Road. Tony Pulis' side
put their 3-0 opening defeat by
Manchester
City
behind them with a typically belligerent display against the newly-promoted
Hornets. They very nearly nicked all three points towards the end but Saido
Berahino, still being linked with a move away before the end of the month,
fluffed his lines in front of goal. But that would have been harsh on
Watford, who were for long periods the only team interested in
attacking. Sadly, for all Watford's style there was very little substance as
time and again, following some neat build-up play, the final ball or finish was
lacking.
Albion keeper Boaz Myhill was
kept on his toes from early on, forced into saves to keep out long-range efforts
from Odion Ighalo and Troy Deeney. Deeney then nodded a cross from Miguel Layun
wide and Jose Manuel Jurado was off target with an acrobatic volley from Etienne
Capoue's centre. Ighalo was denied from close range by a combination of Myhill
and Gareth McAuley before crashing a rising drive narrowly over after being teed
up by Deeney. Allan Nyom,
Watford's new
Cameroon right-back, looks set
to become a huge crowd favourite with his exploits at both ends of the field.
The summer signing from Udinese took Darren Fletcher's cross off the foot of
Rickie Lambert as the Albion striker was about to tuck in their only chance of
the first half. And from the Baggies' corner, Nyom broke away and ran the length
of the field before stinging Myhill's palms with a ferocious drive from the edge
of the area. Yet Watford's display probably was best summed up by Jurado, who left two
West Brom defenders for dead
with some superb footwork, only to then curl his shot high into the stands.
Deeney had another chance to open his Premier League account moments later when
he met Ikechi Anya's cross at the far post, but Myhill was able to block the
header and Jonas Olsson completed the clearance.
Pulis threw on new £12million
striker Salomon Rondon with half an hour to go and the Venezuelan's introduction
briefly sparked West Brom into life. Rondon's first action was a powerful run into the
Watford box, but this time his
finish was poor as his shot sailed into the stands. Berahino could have won it
with 10 minutes left when McAuley headed Chris Brunt's cross back across goal,
but the Tottenham target headed wide at the far post.
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