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Watford get their 1st Premier league win against Norwich, Sassuolo tops Bologna in Serie A

Watford was finally able to win themselves their 1st win of the Premier League in their game against Norwich, their relegation rivals by 2-0. With this win, Watford now moves up in the standings of the Premier League.

Watford was able to take the lead in only 2 minutes as possession was won by Gerard Deulofeu during the half of Norwich and then he ran into the goal, area without facing any challenge to score a goal with a low shot.

Norwich was rarely able to threaten their visiting opponents during the 1st half as Watford took the lead in the game early on.

During the 2nd half, Watford was 3-0 with only 6 minutes into the half with Deulofeu and Will Hughes working near the left. Deulofeu made a cross to the substitute player of the team, Andre Gray who then pushed it with a fine right foot as the ball took a deflection past the goalkeeper and into the goal.

After Christian Kabasele of the team drew a foul on Josip Drmic, Watford was left with only 10 players with still 25 minutes to the game.

Still, Norwich was not able to take advantage of having an extra player compared to Watford. With this of the Premier League, Watford now moves up to 18th place as they have now replaced Hornets for the bottom spot.

As for the match of Serie A between Sassuolo against Bologna, it was Sassuolo to win it by 3-1.

Francesco Caputo of Sassuolo scored one goal during each half of the game with the 3rd goal being made by Jeremie Boga.

This win now allows for Jeremie Boga to move up to be at 11th place with one point lead over Bologna for the next weeks’ all match fixtures.

In their last 6 matches both away and at home has only won 1 match. Their last victory was back on September 22nd at the Mapei Stadium.

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