2017–18 Watford F.C. season

Watford
2017–18 season
Owner	Gino Pozzo
Chairman	Scott Duxbury
Manager	Marco Silva; (until 21 January); Javi Gracia; (from 21 January)
Stadium	Vicarage Road
Premier League	14th
FA Cup	Fourth round; (knocked out by Southampton)
EFL Cup	Second round; (knocked out by Bristol City)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Abdoulaye Doucouré (7); All: ; Abdoulaye Doucouré (7)
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2017–18 season was the 120th season in the history of Watford and their third consecutive season in the Premier League.^[1] They also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Marco Silva replaced Walter Mazzarri despite resigning as the manager at Hull City who were relegated last season, but after just 26 games in charge, he was sacked and was immediately replaced by Javi Gracia.^[2]

Squad

First team squad

As of 12 July 2018^[3]^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BRA	Heurelho Gomes
2	DF	NED	Daryl Janmaat
3	DF	URU	Miguel Britos
4	DF	FRA	Younès Kaboul
5	DF	AUT	Sebastian Prödl
6	DF	JAM	Adrian Mariappa
7	FW	ESP	Gerard Deulofeu
8	MF	ENG	Tom Cleverley
9	FW	ENG	Troy Deeney (captain)
11	FW	BRA	Richarlison
12	MF	GAB	Didier Ndong (on loan from Sunderland)
13	DF	MLI	Molla Wagué (on loan from Udinese)
14	MF	ENG	Nathaniel Chalobah
15	DF	NIR	Craig Cathcart
16	MF	FRA	Abdoulaye Doucouré
17	FW	ENG	Jerome Sinclair


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	ENG	Andre Gray
19	MF	ENG	Will Hughes
20	MF	BEL	Dodi Lukebakio
21	DF	ESP	Kiko Femenía
22	DF	NED	Marvin Zeegelaar
25	DF	GRE	José Holebas
27	DF	BEL	Christian Kabasele
28	MF	PER	André Carrillo (on loan from Benfica)
29	MF	FRA	Étienne Capoue
30	GK	GRE	Orestis Karnezis (on loan from Udinese)
31	DF	IRL	Tommie Hoban
33	FW	ITA	Stefano Okaka
35	GK	AUT	Daniel Bachmann
37	MF	ARG	Roberto Pereyra

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	GK	Daniel Bachmann	Stoke City	Free	^[5]
1 July 2017	CM	Tom Cleverley	Everton	Undisclosed	^[6]
1 July 2017	RB	Kiko Femenía	Alavés	Free	^[7]
1 July 2017	CM	Will Hughes	Derby County	£8,000,000	^[8]
8 July 2017	ST	Harvey Bradbury	Portsmouth	Free	^[9]
8 July 2017	GK	Sam Howes	West Ham United	Free	^[9]
14 July 2017	CM	Nathaniel Chalobah	Chelsea	£5,000,000	^[10]
8 August 2017	FW	Richarlison	Fluminense	£11,160,000	^[11]
9 August 2017	ST	Andre Gray	Burnley	Undisclosed	^[12]
31 August 2017	LB	Marvin Zeegelaar	Sporting CP	Undisclosed	^[13]

Loans in

Date	Position	Player	From	End date	Ref.
24 August 2017	RW	André Carrillo	Benfica	30 June 2018	^[14]
31 August 2017	GK	Orestis Karnezis	Udinese	30 June 2018	^[15]
31 August 2017	CB	Molla Wagué	Udinese	30 June 2018	^[16]
29 January 2018	FW	Gerard Deulofeu	Barcelona	30 June 2018	^[17]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CF	Ola Adeyemo	Valdres	Released	^[18]^[a]
1 July 2017	GK	Charlie Bannister	Free agent	Released	^[18]
1 July 2017	GK	Rene Gilmartin	Colchester United	Released	^[18]^[b]
1 July 2017	CF	Ogo Obi	Hemel Hempstead Town	Released	^[18]
1 July 2017	CM	Rhyle Ovenden	Free agent	Released	^[18]
1 July 2017	CF	Mathias Ranégie	BK Häcken	Released	^[18]^[c]
11 July 2017	DM	Mario Suárez	Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng	Undisclosed	^[22]
31 July 2017	RW	Steven Berghuis	Feyenoord	Undisclosed	^[23]
4 August 2017	RB	Juan Carlos Paredes	Emelec	Free	^[24]
15 August 2017	GK	Giedrius Arlauskis	CFR Cluj	Mutual consent	^[25]^[d]
16 August 2017	DM	Valon Behrami	Udinese	Undisclosed	^[27]

^ Ola Adeyemo joined Valdres FK following his release.^[19]
^ Rene Gilmartin joined Colchester United following his release.^[20]
^ Mathias Ranégie joined BK Häcken following his release.^[21]
^ Giedrius Arlauskis joined CFR Cluj following his departure.^[26]

Loans out

Date	Position	Player	To	End date	Ref.
6 July 2017	DM	Dennon Lewis	Crawley Town	31 December 2017	^[28]
27 July 2017	CF	Obbi Oularé	Antwerp	30 June 2018	^[29]
1 September 2017	LW	Nordin Amrabat	Leganés	30 June 2018	^[30]
1 September 2017	GK	Costel Pantilimon	Deportivo La Coruña	30 June 2018	^[31]
2 October 2017	SS	Mauro Zárate	Al-Nasr	30 June 2018	^[32]

Friendlies

Watford played the following pre-season friendlies.^[33]^[34]^[35]

15 July 2017	AFC Wimbledon	3–2	Watford	Kingston upon Thames
15:00 BST	McDonald 46', 49' Egan 90'	Report	Watson 57' Berghuis 77'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,101

18 July 2017	Viktoria Plzeň	0–1	Watford	Kufstein, Austria
CEST		Report	Okaka 80'

22 July 2017	Eibar	0–1	Watford	Kufstein, Austria
16:00 CEST		Report	Capoue 78'

26 July 2017	Watford	1–2	Rangers	London Colney
17:00 BST	Okaka 59'	Report	Candeias 42' Waghorn 90'	Stadium: UCL Sports Ground Attendance: 0

29 July 2017	Aston Villa	0–0	Watford	Aston
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Villa Park

5 August 2017	Watford	0–0	Real Sociedad	Watford
15:00 BST				Stadium: Vicarage Road

1 September 2017	Watford	4–2	Millwall	London Colney
13:00 BST	Gray Capoue Success x2	Report		Stadium: UCL Sports Ground

Competitions

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Bournemouth	38	11	11	16	45	61	−16	44
13	West Ham United	38	10	12	16	48	68	−20	42
14	Watford	38	11	8	19	44	64	−20	41
15	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	9	13	16	34	54	−20	40
16	Huddersfield Town	38	9	10	19	28	58	−30	37

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).^[36]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	11	8	19	44	64	−20	41	7	6	6	27	31	−4	4	2	13	17	33	−16

Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L
Position	10	3	7	4	11	6	5	4	5	7	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	14

Source: 11v11
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 14 June 2017, Watford's league season fixtures were announced.^[37]

12 August 2017 1	Watford	3–3	Liverpool	Watford
12:30 BST	Okaka 8' Doucouré 32' Britos 90+4'	Report	Mané 29', 37' Firmino 55' (pen.) Salah 57' Alexander-Arnold 62' Mignolet 88'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,407 Referee: Anthony Taylor

19 August 2017 2	Bournemouth	0–2	Watford	Boscombe
15:00 BST	S. Cook 61'	Report	Britos 27' Gray 58' Chalobah 63' Richarlison 73' Capoue 86'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 10,501 Referee: Roger East

26 August 2017 3	Watford	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Watford
15:00 BST	Britos 24'	Report	Bruno 17'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Stadium Attendance: 20,181 Referee: Graham Scott

9 September 2017 4	Southampton	0–2	Watford	Southampton
15:00 BST		Report	Doucouré 38' Janmaat 66'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,435 Referee: Lee Probert

16 September 2017 5	Watford	0–6	Manchester City	Watford
15:00 BST	Holebas 29' Doucouré 40'	Report	Agüero 27', 31', 81' Gabriel Jesus 38' Otamendi 63' Sterling 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,305 Referee: Anthony Taylor

23 September 2017 6	Swansea City	1–2	Watford	Swansea
15:00 BST	Abraham 56'	Report	Gray 13' Richarlison 90'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,372 Referee: Lee Mason

30 September 2017 7	West Bromwich Albion	2–2	Watford	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Rondón 18' Evans 21', 88' Livermore 87' McClean 90'	Report	Doucouré 37' Richarlison 90+5'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,606 Referee: Michael Oliver

14 October 2017 8	Watford	2–1	Arsenal	Watford
17:30 BST	Kabasele 64' Deeney 71' (pen.) Cleverley 90+2'	Report	Mertesacker 39'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,384 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

21 October 2017 9	Chelsea	4–2	Watford	Fulham
12:30 BST	Pedro 12' Rüdiger 23' Morata 56' Batshuayi 71', 90+5' Azpilicueta 87'	Report	Holebas 12' Mariappa 19' Doucoure 45+2' Pereyra 49' Femenía 78'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,467 Referee: Jon Moss

28 October 2017 10	Watford	0–1	Stoke City	Watford
15:00 BST	Femenía 57' Richarlison 76' Doucouré 87' Deeney 90+5'	Report	Fletcher 16' Choupo-Moting 62' Shaqiri 85' Diouf 87' Allen 90+5'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,087 Referee: Michael Oliver

5 November 2017 11	Everton	3–2	Watford	Liverpool
16:30 GMT	Niasse 67' Calvert-Lewin 74' Baines 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Richarlison 46' Kabasele 64' Britos 69' Holebas 90' Cleverley 90+11'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,609 Referee: Graham Scott

19 November 2017 12	Watford	2–0	West Ham United	Watford
16:00 GMT	Hughes 11' Britos 29' Richarlison 64'	Report	Carroll 28' Arnautović 35' Obiang 41' Noble 83'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,018 Referee: Andre Marriner

25 November 2017 13	Newcastle United	0–3	Watford	Newcastle Upon Tyne
15:00 GMT	Shelvey 15'	Report	Hughes 19' Zeegelaar 24' Yedlin 45+1' (o.g.) Gray 62' Prödl 90+2'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,188 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

28 November 2017 14	Watford	2–4	Manchester United	Watford
20:00 GMT	Doucouré 24', 84' Mariappa 41' Deeney 77' (pen.)	Report	Young 19', 25' Martial 32' Rojo 38' Lingard 86'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,552 Referee: Jon Moss

2 December 2017 15	Watford	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Watford
15:00 GMT	Kabasele 13'	Report	Son 25'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,278 Referee: Martin Atkinson

9 December 2017 16	Burnley	1–0	Watford	Burnley
15:00 GMT	Arfield 45' Bardsley 86'	Report	Zeegelaar 39'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 19,479 Referee: Lee Probert

12 December 2017 17	Crystal Palace	2–1	Watford	Selhurst
20:00 GMT	Milivojević 63' Van Aanholt 85' Sako 89' McArthur 90+1'	Report	Janmaat 3' Cleverley 78' 87' Prödl 80' Pereyra 90+1'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 23,566 Referee: Lee Mason

16 December 2017 18	Watford	1–4	Huddersfield Town	Watford
15:00 GMT	Deeney 33' Doucouré 68'	Report	Kachunga 6' Mooy 23', 89' (pen.) Depoitre 50' Hogg 37' 61'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,026 Referee: Michael Oliver

23 December 2017 19	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Watford	Falmer
15:00 GMT	Groß 64'	Report		Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 30,473 Referee: Paul Tierney

26 December 2017 20	Watford	2–1	Leicester City	Watford
15:00 GMT	Watson 8' Kabasele 13' Wagué 45' Schmeichel 65' (o.g.) Zeegelaar 88'	Report	Maguire 4' Dragović 30' Mahrez 37' King 81'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,308 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

30 December 2017 21	Watford	1–2	Swansea City	Watford
15:00 GMT	Carrillo 11', 30' Doucouré 80' Prödl 82' Zeegelaar 89'	Report	Fernández 3' Carroll 34' Ayew 86' Narsingh 90'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,002 Referee: Martin Atkinson

2 January 2018 22	Manchester City	3–1	Watford	Manchester
20:00 GMT	Sterling 1' Kabasele 13' (o.g.) D. Silva 24' Agüero 63'	Report	Gray 82' Pereyra 83'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 53,556 Referee: Lee Mason

13 January 2018 23	Watford	2–2	Southampton	Watford
15:00 GMT	Gray 58' Doucouré 90'	Report	Ward-Prowse 20', 44' Højbjerg 31' Romeu 79' McCarthy 81' Tadić 87' Cédric 90'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,018 Referee: Roger East

20 January 2018 24	Leicester City	2–0	Watford	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Vardy 39' (pen.) Mahrez 90+1'	Report		Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,891 Referee: Lee Probert

31 January 2018 25	Stoke City	0–0	Watford	Stoke-on-Trent
20:00 GMT	Adam 21' Bauer 35' Diouf 52' Pieters 59'	Report	Kabasele 18' Holebas 47' Doucouré 90'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 27,458 Referee: Jon Moss

5 February 2018 26	Watford	4–1	Chelsea	Watford
20:00 GMT	Deeney 42' (pen.) Richarlison 45' Prödl 50' Janmaat 84' Deulofeu 88' Pereyra 90+1'	Report	Bakayoko 25' 30' David Luiz 58' Fàbregas 62' Hazard 82'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,157 Referee: Mike Dean

10 February 2018 27	West Ham United	2–0	Watford	Stratford, London
15:00 GMT	Hernández 38' Zabaleta 44' Arnautović 78'	Report	Prödl 90'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 56,197 Referee: Graham Scott

24 February 2018 28	Watford	1–0	Everton	Watford
17:30 GMT	Capoue 53' Deeney 79' Janmaat 88' Carrillo 90+2'	Report	Gueye 64'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,430 Referee: Anthony Taylor

3 March 2018 29	Watford	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	Watford
15:00 GMT	Capoue 25' Mariappa 72' Deeney 77'	Report		Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,022 Referee: Paul Tierney

11 March 2018 30	Arsenal	3–0	Watford	Holloway, London
13:30 GMT	Mustafi 8', 55' Aubameyang 59' Mkhitaryan 77' Xhaka 90'	Report	Deeney 62' Holebas 66'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,131 Referee: Martin Atkinson

17 March 2018 31	Liverpool	5–0	Watford	Liverpool
17:30 GMT	Salah 4', 43', 77', 85' Firmino 49' Gomez 52'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 53,287 Referee: Anthony Taylor

31 March 2018 32	Watford	2–2	Bournemouth	Watford
15:00 BST	Femenía 13' Holebas 42' Pereyra 49' Prödl 56' Doucouré 78' Okaka 90'	Report	King 43' Defoe 90+2'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,393 Referee: Andrew Madley

7 April 2018 33	Watford	1–2	Burnley	Watford
15:00 BST	Doucouré 56' Pereyra 61' Okaka 90+3'	Report	Nkoudou 33' Vokes 70' Cork 73' Lowton 90+1'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,044 Referee: Paul Tierney

14 April 2018 34	Huddersfield Town	1–0	Watford	Huddersfield
15:00 GMT	Jørgensen 45' Pritchard 73' Ince 90+1'	Report	Janmaat 20' Pereyra 33'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 23,961 Referee: Craig Pawson

21 April 2018 35	Watford	0–0	Crystal Palace	Watford
15:00 BST	Doucouré 29' Mariappa 60' Cathcart 89'	Report	Ward 21' Van Aanholt 45' Zaha 64' Loftus-Cheek 78' Tomkins 88'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,041 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

30 April 2018 36	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Watford	Wembley
20:00 BST	Alli 16' Kane 48' Wanyama 64'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 52,675 Referee: Michael Oliver

5 May 2018 37	Watford	2–1	Newcastle United	Watford
15:00 BST	Pereyra 2' Gray 28' Deeney 39' Kabasele 58' Holebas 72'	Report	Pérez 42', 55'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,375 Referee: Roger East

13 May 2018 38	Manchester United	1–0	Watford	Manchester
15:00 BST	Rojo 9' Rashford 34' Young 58' McTominay 68' Shaw 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,049 Referee: Lee Mason

FA Cup

Watford entered the competition in the third round and were handed a home tie against Bristol City.^[38]

6 January 2018 Third round	Watford	3–0	Bristol City	Watford
15:00 GMT	Kabasele 30' Carrillo 37' Deeney 57' Capoue 85'	Report		Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 13,269 Referee: Craig Pawson

27 January 2018 Fourth round	Southampton	1–0	Watford	Southampton
15:00 GMT	Stephens 4' Cédric 62'	Report	Watson 61'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 25,195 Referee: Bobby Madley

EFL Cup

Watford entered the EFL Cup in the second round and were drawn at home to Bristol City.^[39]

22 August 2017 Second round	Watford	2–3	Bristol City	Watford
19:45 BST	Capoue 35', 47' Holebas 52' 88' Mariappa 90+5'	Report	Hinds 59' Reid 67' Eliasson 90+3'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 9,003 Referee: Tim Robinson

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 8 May 2018.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		EFL Cup		FA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	BRA	Heurelho Gomes	26	0	24	0	1	0	1	0
30	GK	GRE	Orestis Karnezis	16	0	14+1	0	0	0	1	0
35	GK	AUT	Daniel Bachmann	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	NED	Daryl Janmaat	25	3	21+2	3	0	0	2	0
3	DF	URU	Miguel Britos	12	1	10+2	1	0	0	0	0
4	DF	FRA	Younès Kaboul	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF	AUT	Sebastian Prödl	21	0	17+4	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	JAM	Adrian Mariappa	30	1	24+4	0	1	1	1	0
13	DF	MLI	Molla Wagué	7	1	5+1	1	0	0	1	0
15	DF	NIR	Craig Cathcart	7	0	5+2	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	ESP	Kiko Femenía	23	1	19+4	1	0	0	0	0
22	DF	NED	Marvin Zeegelaar	13	0	12	0	0	0	1	0
25	DF	GRE	José Holebas	31	0	26+2	0	1	0	1+1	0
27	DF	BEL	Christian Kabasele	31	2	27+1	2	1	0	2	0
31	DF	IRL	Tommie Hoban	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF	ENG	Tom Cleverley	25	1	22+1	1	0+1	0	1	0
14	MF	ENG	Nathaniel Chalobah	6	0	5+1	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	FRA	Abdoulaye Doucouré	39	7	37	7	0	0	2	0
19	MF	ENG	Will Hughes	16	2	11+4	2	1	0	0	0
20	MF	BEL	Dodi Lukebakio	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	FRA	Étienne Capoue	26	3	18+5	1	1	1	2	1
37	MF	ARG	Roberto Pereyra	34	5	18+14	5	0	0	1+1	0
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	Gerard Deulofeu	7	1	5+2	1	0	0	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Troy Deeney	31	6	20+9	5	1	0	1	1
11	FW	BRA	Richarlison	41	5	32+6	5	1	0	1+1	0
17	FW	ENG	Jerome Sinclair	5	0	0+4	0	0	0	0+1	0
18	FW	ENG	Andre Gray	33	5	16+15	5	0+1	0	1	0
28	FW	PER	André Carrillo	30	2	16+12	1	0	0	2	1
33	FW	ITA	Stefano Okaka	16	1	3+12	1	0	0	0+1	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
7	MF	MAR	Nordin Amrabat	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
10	FW	NGA	Isaac Success	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
20	FW	ARG	Mauro Zárate	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	ENG	Ben Watson	11	0	6+2	0	1	0	1+1	0
30	GK	ROU	Costel Pantilimon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Cards

Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 18 December 2017.

No.	Pos.	Player
2	DF	Daryl Janmaat	1	0
3	DF	Miguel Britos	3	1
5	DF	Sebastian Prödl	1	0
6	DF	Adrian Mariappa	2	0
8	MF	Tom Cleverley	1	1
9	FW	Troy Deeney	1	1
11	MF	Richarlison	3	0
14	MF	Nathaniel Chalobah	1	0
16	MF	Abdoulaye Doucouré	5	0
18	FW	Andre Gray	1	0
21	DF	Kiko Femenía	2	0
22	DF	Marvin Zeegelaar	2	1
25	DF	José Holebas	3	0
27	DF	Christian Kabasele	2	0
29	MF	Étienne Capoue	1	0
37	MF	Roberto Pereyra	1	0

Clean sheets

Last updated on 18 December 2017.

No.	Player	Matches played	Premier League	Total
1	Heurelho Gomes	19	5	5
30	Orestis Karnezis	1	0	0
35	Daniel Bachmann	0	0	0
Totals			5	5

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^ "Official | Carrillo Comes To Watford". Watford Official Site. 24 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 November 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
^ "Official | Karnezis Signs". Watford Official Site. 31 August 2017. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
^ "Official | Wague Joins On Loan". Watford Official Site. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
^ "Gerard Deulofeu: Watford sign former Everton winger on loan from Barcelona". BBC Sport. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Confirmed | Retained List". Watford Official Site. 8 June 2017. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
^ "Norwegian Club Valdres FK Sign Ola Adeyemo From Watford". Eagleseye Sport. 1 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
^ "Rene Gilmartin: Colchester United sign goalkeeper as Dean Brill leaves". BBC. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
^ "Celik och Ranégie till BK Häcken" (in Swedish). BK Hacken Official Site. 11 August 2017. Archived from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
^ "Official | Suárez Departs For China". Watford Official Site. 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
^ "Official | Berghuis Departs". Watford Official Site. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
^ "Official | Paredes Departs". Watford Official Site. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
^ "Official | Arlauskis Departs". Watford Official Site. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
^ "Giedrius Arlauskis A Semnat CU CFR!" (in Romanian). CFR Cluj Official Site. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
^ "Official | Behrami Exits". Watford Official Site. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
^ "Official | Lewis Loaned To Crawley". Watford Official Site. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
^ "Official | Antwerp Loan For Oularé". Watford Official Site. 27 July 2017. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
^ "Official | Amrabat Leaves On Loan". Watford Official Site. 1 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
^ "Loan | Pantilimon To Deportivo La Coruña". Watford Official Site. 1 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
^ "Official | Zárate Leaves On Loan". Watford Official Site. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
^ "Pre-Season | Dons Friendly Lined Up". Watford F.C. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
^ "Official | Hornets Confirm Austria Friendlies". Watford F.C. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
^ "Fixtures | Liverpool On TV & Sociedad Confirmed". Watford F.C. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
^ "Premier League Handbook 2017/18" (PDF). Premier League. 11 August 2017. pp. 103–104. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
^ "Fixtures 17/18 | Liverpool First Up". Watford F.C. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
^ "FA Cup | Watford To Host Bristol City". Watford F.C. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
^ "Carabao Cup | Hornets Host Robins". Watford F.C. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.

[20] Ola Adeyemo joined Valdres FK following his release.^[19]

[22] Rene Gilmartin joined Colchester United following his release.^[20]

[24] Mathias Ranégie joined BK Häcken following his release.^[21]

[30] Giedrius Arlauskis joined CFR Cluj following his departure.^[26]

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[16] "Official | Wague Joins On Loan". Watford Official Site. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

[17] "Gerard Deulofeu: Watford sign former Everton winger on loan from Barcelona". BBC Sport. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.

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[19] "Norwegian Club Valdres FK Sign Ola Adeyemo From Watford". Eagleseye Sport. 1 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

[21] "Rene Gilmartin: Colchester United sign goalkeeper as Dean Brill leaves". BBC. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

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[26] "Official | Berghuis Departs". Watford Official Site. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.

[27] "Official | Paredes Departs". Watford Official Site. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.

[28] "Official | Arlauskis Departs". Watford Official Site. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.

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[31] "Official | Behrami Exits". Watford Official Site. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.

[32] "Official | Lewis Loaned To Crawley". Watford Official Site. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

[33] "Official | Antwerp Loan For Oularé". Watford Official Site. 27 July 2017. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

[34] "Official | Amrabat Leaves On Loan". Watford Official Site. 1 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

[35] "Loan | Pantilimon To Deportivo La Coruña". Watford Official Site. 1 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

[36] "Official | Zárate Leaves On Loan". Watford Official Site. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.

[37] "Pre-Season | Dons Friendly Lined Up". Watford F.C. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

[38] "Official | Hornets Confirm Austria Friendlies". Watford F.C. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2017.

[39] "Fixtures | Liverpool On TV & Sociedad Confirmed". Watford F.C. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

[40] "Premier League Handbook 2017/18" (PDF). Premier League. 11 August 2017. pp. 103–104. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2017.

[41] "Fixtures 17/18 | Liverpool First Up". Watford F.C. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.

[42] "FA Cup | Watford To Host Bristol City". Watford F.C. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.

[43] "Carabao Cup | Hornets Host Robins". Watford F.C. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.

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