League Play-Off

Match date: 21-09-2024 13:00

Match length: 97 Minutes

Watford FC
vs.
Buxton FC

Match date: 21-09-2024 13:00

Match length: 97 Minutes

Watford FC vs. Buxton FC: 4-2

Watford FC

 
No Po Pl R
28 1 Gk T. Baldwin       3.16
29 2 De S. Fordham       4.28
26 3 De G. Jefferson       2.81
27 4 De J. Atkins       4.98
25 5 De J. Tate       4.49
24 6 Mf A. Iymperopoulou       4.76
22 7 Mf A. Hustaz     1 9.86
21 8 Mf P. Berryman       4.99
23 9 Mf 冯坤枫 3 14.46
No: Shirt number
Po: Position
Gk: Goalkeeper
De: Defender
Mf: Midfielder
St: Striker
Su: Substitute
Pl: Player name
Yellow card
Second yellow card
Red card
Injury
Goals
Own Goal
R: Rating

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Match Facts WFFC Bun
Goals 4 2
Injuries 0 0
Yellow cards 1 1
Red cards 0 0
Free kicks 2 3
Penalty kicks 0 0
Corners 1 0
Shots on target 13 2
Possession 66% 34%
 
No Po Pl R
1 1 Gk G. Brown       2.68
5 2 De N. Coyle       0.58
4 3 De N. Stride       0.79
2 4 De O. Whiteley       0.58
3 5 De N. Lister       0.58
9 6 Mf R. Strongman       3.96
8 7 Mf D. Bridgeman   3.06
6 8 Mf C. Gough       3.12
7 9 Mf E. Cook       4.75
11 10 St D. Ainsworth     1 5.23
10 11 St R. Digby     1 5.23
No: Shirt number
Po: Position
Gk: Goalkeeper
De: Defender
Mf: Midfielder
St: Striker
Su: Substitute
Pl: Player name
Yellow card
Second yellow card
Red card
Injury
Goals
Own Goal
R: Rating

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Match Report

Ninfield Park
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0)
In the 10thth minute of the game Arsenio Hustaz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Buxton FC's Graham Brown was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Dave Ainsworth sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Arsenio Hustaz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 16th minute of the match, but Graham Brown made a huge save. In the 17th minute, Arsenio Hustaz got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Pat Berryman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Pat Berryman recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 27th minute, Arsenio Hustaz got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Stevie Fordham kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. After recieving a nice pass, Buxton FC's Ollie Whiteley tried to score from far away in the 30th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. 32 minutes into the game, Dave Ainsworth cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Tristan Baldwin was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Anestis Iymperopoulou fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Graham Brown having to interfere. When Arsenio Hustaz came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Watford FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Arsenio Hustaz couldn't finish the play. In the 39th minute, Watford FC's 冯坤枫 ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Graham Brown. Graham Brown yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by 冯坤枫 in the 44th minute of play forced Buxton FC's goalkeeper Graham Brown to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arsenio Hustaz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Graham Brown tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Anestis Iymperopoulou came up free with the goalie in the 47th minute, the Watford FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Anestis Iymperopoulou couldn't finish the play. After the first half Buxton FC were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

MVP
冯坤枫

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Richard Digby was the one to do the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 51st minute, 冯坤枫 managed to get in a good position for a shot. Watford FC's supporters rose to their feet, but 冯坤枫 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Graham Brown breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Richard Digby fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tristan Baldwin having to interfere. When 冯坤枫 came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the Watford FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that 冯坤枫 couldn't finish the play. Arsenio Hustaz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 冯坤枫 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Graham Brown didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Arsenio Hustaz went, in the 65th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. After having played for 69 minutes, Arsenio Hustaz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Watford FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Arsenio Hustaz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Camron Gough hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. 冯坤枫 struck a weak shot in the 74th minute. Graham Brown didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Watford FC. In the 77th minute, 冯坤枫 ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Graham Brown was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. 冯坤枫 hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. When the match clock showed 85 minutes, the score became 4-2 when 冯坤枫 sped through Buxton FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Graham Brown. 冯坤枫 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Graham Brown tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 94th minute of the match Watford FC got a corner. Buxton FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Joe Tate ran over to the corner to take the kick. Watford FC's Joe Tate was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Graham Brown in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Graham Brown showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 冯坤枫 in the 96th minute of the match. There was no doubt that Watford FC were the better team. Watford FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.

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Watford FC

No  Pl Po G Sh SOT Pa   Ta   SV In
28  T. Baldwin
28.  T. Baldwin (Gk)
G 0
Sh 0
SOT 0
Pa 5   (40%)
Ta 0
SV 1
In 0
Gk 0 0 0 5 40% 0 1 0
29  S. Fordham
29.  S. Fordham (De)
G 0
Sh 0
SOT 0
Pa 8   (88%)
Ta 1   (100%)
SV 0
In 7
De 0 0 0 8 88% 1 100% 0 7
26  G. Jefferson
26.  G. Jefferson (De)
G 0
Sh 0
SOT 0
Pa 1   (100%)
Ta 1   (0%)
SV 0
In 0
De 0 0 0 1 100% 1 0% 0 0
27  J. Atkins
27.  J. Atkins (De)
G 0
Sh 0
SOT 0
Pa 8   (50%)
Ta 4   (50%)
SV 0
In 5
De 0 0 0 8 50% 4 50% 0 5
25  J. Tate
25.  J. Tate (De)
G 0
Sh 1
SOT 1
Pa 8   (38%)
Ta 2   (0%)
SV 0
In 8
De 0 1 1 8 38% 2 0% 0 8
24  A. Iymperopoulou
24.  A. Iymperopoulou (Mf)
G 0
Sh 3
SOT 0
Pa 3   (67%)
Ta 3   (0%)
SV 0
In 4
Mf 0 3 0 3 67% 3 0% 0 4
22  A. Hustaz
22.  A. Hustaz (Mf)
G 1
Sh 10
SOT 5
Pa 9   (56%)
Ta 4   (25%)
SV 0
In 7
Mf 1 10 5 9 56% 4 25% 0 7
21  P. Berryman
21.  P. Berryman (Mf)
G 0
Sh 2
SOT 1
Pa 2   (100%)
Ta 3   (0%)
SV 0
In 4
Mf 0 2 1 2 100% 3 0% 0 4
23  冯坤枫
23.  冯坤枫 (Mf)
G 3
Sh 13
SOT 6
Pa 10   (70%)
Ta 8   (25%)
SV 0
In 13
Mf 3 13 6 10 70% 8 25% 0 13
  Total
G 4
Sh 29
SOT 13
Pa 54 (61%)
Ta 26 (23%)
SV 1
In 48
Total   4 29 13 54 61% 26 23% 1 48
No: Shirt number
Pl: Player name
Po: Position
Gk: Goalkeeper
De: Defender
Mf: Midfielder
St: Striker
Su: Substitute
G: Goals
Sh: Shots
SOT: Shots on target
Pa: Passes
Ta: Tackles
SV: Saves
In: Interceptions

Buxton FC

No  Pl Po G Sh SOT Pa   Ta   SV In
1  G. Brown
1.  G. Brown (Gk)
G 0
Sh 0
SOT 0
Pa 20   (10%)
Ta 0
SV 6
In 0
Gk 0 0 0 20 10% 0 6 0
5  N. Coyle
5.  N. Coyle (De)
G 0
Sh 0
SOT 0
Pa 0
Ta 0
SV 0
In 0
De 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  N. Stride
4.  N. Stride (De)
G 0
Sh 0
SOT 0
Pa 5   (40%)
Ta 0
SV 0
In 1
De 0 0 0 5 40% 0 0 1
2  O. Whiteley
2.  O. Whiteley (De)
G 0
Sh 1
SOT 0
Pa 1   (0%)
Ta 0
SV 0
In 0
De 0 1 0 1 0% 0 0 0
3  N. Lister
3.  N. Lister (De)
G 0
Sh 0
SOT 0
Pa 3   (100%)
Ta 1   (0%)
SV 0
In 0
De 0 0 0 3 100% 1 0% 0 0
9  R. Strongman
9.  R. Strongman (Mf)
G 0
Sh 0
SOT 0
Pa 9   (22%)
Ta 3   (33%)
SV 0
In 6
Mf 0 0 0 9 22% 3 33% 0 6
8  D. Bridgeman
8.  D. Bridgeman (Mf)
G 0
Sh 0
SOT 0
Pa 13   (23%)
Ta 14   (36%)
SV 0
In 7
Mf 0 0 0 13 23% 14 36% 0 7
6  C. Gough
6.  C. Gough (Mf)
G 0
Sh 0
SOT 0
Pa 3   (33%)
Ta 4   (25%)
SV 0
In 2
Mf 0 0 0 3 33% 4 25% 0 2
7  E. Cook
7.  E. Cook (Mf)
G 0
Sh 0
SOT 0
Pa 10   (50%)
Ta 4   (0%)
SV 0
In 4
Mf 0 0 0 10 50% 4 0% 0 4
11  D. Ainsworth
11.  D. Ainsworth (St)
G 1
Sh 2
SOT 1
Pa 3   (67%)
Ta 3   (33%)
SV 0
In 1
St 1 2 1 3 67% 3 33% 0 1
10  R. Digby
10.  R. Digby (St)
G 1
Sh 4
SOT 1
Pa 1   (0%)
Ta 0
SV 0
In 0
St 1 4 1 1 0% 0 0 0
  Total
G 2
Sh 7
SOT 2
Pa 68 (29%)
Ta 29 (28%)
SV 6
In 21
Total   2 7 2 68 29% 29 28% 6 21
No: Shirt number
Pl: Player name
Po: Position
Gk: Goalkeeper
De: Defender
Mf: Midfielder
St: Striker
Su: Substitute
G: Goals
Sh: Shots
SOT: Shots on target
Pa: Passes
Ta: Tackles
SV: Saves
In: Interceptions