Watford season review

Stats, quotes and expert opinion on Watford’s 2015/16 Premier League season…

Finishing position: 13th 

Total points: 45

FA Cup: Semi-finals

Capital One Cup: Second round

Top scorer: Odion Ighalo (15)

WhoScored Top Rating: Troy Deeney 7.28

Season review

After having one of the busiest summers among Premier League clubs, Watford’s season was one of two halves.

Having been promoted from the Championship, the Hornets were one of the favourites to go straight back down. Certainly it seemed as though new manager Quique Sanchez Flores had a challenging job on his hands, with 16 signings made over the summer and a squad of 22 different nationalities.

Watford had never survived in the Premier League before but, by the time Christmas rolled around, they had gone a long way to ensuring they would be staying in the top flight. Backed by the impressive goal-scoring form of Odion Ighalo, who finished 2015 as the top scorer in English league football, the Hornets beat Swansea, Newcastle, Stoke and West Ham before a four-match winning run culminated in a 3-0 victory over Liverpool.

At Christmas the Hornets were seventh in the league, only a point outside the top four. But the New Year brought with …

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