SCORE: 1st Half

MANCHESTER UNITED (Mata) 1-0 WATFORD

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Premier League Tie between Manchester United and Watford

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Date: February 11th, 2017

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Kick off BST: 19:00

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Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester

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Starting XI's:

Manchester United F.C.	Watford F.C.
De Gea	Gomes
Valencia	Cathcart
Smalling	Prodl
Bailly	Kaboul
Blind	Britos
Herrera	Cleverley
Pogba	Capoue
Mata	Niang
Mkhitaryan	Zarate
Martial	Holebas
Ibrahimovic	Deeney

Man Utd F.C. SUBS: Romero, Darmian, Lingard, Carrick, Fellaini, Rashford, Rooney

Watford F.C. SUBS: Arlauskis, Janmaat, Mariappa, Behrami, Douceur, Success, Chuka

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Team news:

• Martial returns to the starting 11

• Blind starts at LB over Rojo. No Shaw and Rojo's out.

• Rashford, Fellaini, and Rooney are our attacking firepower off the bench.

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UPDATES:

FIRST HALF UPDATES:

0' KICK OFF

0' United kick off in red! Watford in white!

5' Good play from United in the early minutes. Good passing on the right hand side and Martial is looking dangerous going forward on the left.

10' Mkhitaryan and Mata have looked very bright early on with both Mkhi and Mata getting involved in the centre of the field. Ibra and Pogba are both dropping very deep. Pogba almost as a third CB at times and Ibra as a midfielder. Watford aren't scared to fly forward too in attack, but there shots/crosses have all been high and wide.

12' Martial's shot is deflected wide! Ibra muscles a defender off the ball in midfield before laying it off to Martial who's hows quick feet while darting to the edge of the box and wins a corner. Blind's corner is cleared easily though.

15' We're playing very good football and our passing has been crisp between our midfield and attack. Hopefully we can turn it into goals soon.

18' Holebas has a thunderous left-footed shot curl away from De Gea's goal and on the subsequent United attack, Pogba forces a good save from Gomes and wins a corner. Nothing comes from that attack though.

23' Watford have grown into the game greatly and are putting pressure on the United defence, even if their shots are from distance. We're also being a bit sloppy with our passing out of defence now.

24' UNITED HAVE THE BALL IN THE NET! We take a very quick free kick and eventually pass the ball into the back of the net but the ref calls it back and says he didn't give us permission to take it.

25' United starting to dominate again and create chances but we're wasting them and not hitting the target and the crowd is beginning to get frustrated.

26' GOMES IS FORCED INTO ANOTHER GREAT SAVE! Pogba gets on the end of a Valencia cross but Gomes gets down low and manages to gather the ball at the second attempt. Very good save.

29' This is unbelievable. We're getting in behind the Watford defence and we're getting great chances to get shots on goal but we're skying and missing a ridiculous number of shots.

30' GOMES SAVES FROM A YARD OUT! Mata crosses and Ibra is all of a yard out as he heads towards goal but Gomes is there to save and Holebas clears before Mkhi can get to the rebound. Come on.

31' MANCHESTER UNITED GOAL WE GET THE BREAKTHROUGH! MATA GETS IT AND HE DESERVES IT! MARTIAL DOWN THE WING CROSSES THE BALL LOW AND IBRA MISSES HIS BACKHEEL BUT MATA IS THERE TO TAP IT HOME! EASY!