Set-piece situations can define a team's season and secure vital points, which can be the difference between staying up and relegation, or between continental qualification and mid-table obscurity. As a result, like everything in football, more focus and detail are being put into set-pieces, with different strategies and trends used...
Before the game, both managers would have thought three points is a realistic outcome for their team. Similarly, at the final whistle, both managers might have felt that with a bit of fine-tuning at both ends of the field, they could have walked away with three points. However, for this...
Watford's start to this new Premier League season had not been easy. After gaining only one point, an away draw against Newcastle, in the first four games, and being at the bottom of the Premier League, the board of Watford fired Javi Gracia and his staff after more than a...
Maurizio Sarri's Chelsea clinched a top-four finish in the Premier League by beating Watford 3-0 at Stamford Bridge. However, Watford provided a much tougher opponent than the scoreline suggests. Two set-pieces at the beginning of the second half gave Chelsea a comfortable lead which Gonzalo Higuaín added to despite Watford creating...
After a convincing win against Napoli in the first leg of the Europa League, Premier League action beckoned for Arsenal in the form of an away match at Vicarage Road. Their opponents, Watford, had just come off the back of a stunning comeback against Wolves in the semi-finals of the FA...
Coming into the quarter-final of the FA Cup at Vicarage Road, Watford and Crystal Palace were not in their best shapes. Both teams have had inconsistent runs in the Premier League since late February, with the away side worse off only able to sit just a few places above the...
Halfway into the season and Sarri's men are still caught vulnerable in the defensive phases. Being offensively flexible tactically led to their win over Watford, but lacking was defensive discipline. This tactical analysis explains how Chelsea were very exposed when defending in transitions due to their lack of defensive discipline. Chelsea's...
This tactical analysis originally featured on a site in our analysis network, wearethearsenal.uk It was an intensive Saturday for Arsenal once again as the team earned a seventh consecutive win in all competitions after beating Watford 2-0 at home in the Premier League. It all came in late as it...
