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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
OwnerGino Pozzo
ChairmanScott Duxbury
ManagerJavi Gracia
StadiumVicarage Road
Premier League11th
FA CupRunners-up
(lost final to Manchester City)
EFL CupThird round
(knocked out by Tottenham Hotspur)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Gerard Deulofeu (10)
All:
Troy Deeney & Gerard Deulofeu (11)
Highest home attendanceLeague/All: 20,540 v Liverpool
(24 November 2018, PL round 13)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 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 attendance20,016
Biggest win5–1 v Cardiff City
(22 February 2019, PL round 27)
Biggest defeat0–6 v Manchester City
(18 May 2019, FA Cup Final)

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

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

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 edit

Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref.

Transfers out edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

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

Premier League edit

Main article: 2018–19 Premier League

League table edit

Pos Team
 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 edit

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHHHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAAHAAHAAHAAHHAHHAH
ResultWWWWLDLLWWLDLLLDWWLDDWDLDWWLWLLWLWDLLL
Position43435469778791011121071098779887888108107891011
Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2019. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

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

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

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]

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
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
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
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
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
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 edit

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]

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
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 edit

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

References edit

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