2017–18 Watford F.C. season

Watford 2017–18
Club information
Manager	Marco Silva
League Season information
Cup placements
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Second round
Season statistics
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The 2017–18 season is Watford's 137th year in their history and third consecutive season in the Premier League. Watford will also participate in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

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

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2017	GK		Daniel Bachmann	Stoke City	Free
1 July 2017	CM		Tom Cleverley	Everton	Undisclosed
1 July 2017	RB		Kiko Femenía	Deportivo Alavés	Free
1 July 2017	CM		Will Hughes	Derby County	£8,000,000

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2017	CF		Ola Adeyemo	Free agent	Released
1 July 2017	GK		Charlie Bannister	Free agent	Released
1 July 2017	GK		Rene Gilmartin	Free agent	Released
1 July 2017	CB		Ogo Obi	Free agent	Released
1 July 2017	CM		Rhyle Ovenden	Free agent	Released
1 July 2017	CF		Mathias Ranégie	Free agent	Released

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date
6 July 2017	DM		Dennon Lewis	Crawley Town	31 December 2017

Friendlies

As of 8 July 2017, Watford have announced five pre-season friendlies against AFC Wimbledon, Woking, Viktoria Plzeň, Eibar and Real Sociedad.

8 July 2017	Woking	v	Watford	Woking
15:00 BST				Stadium: Kingfield Stadium

15 July 2017	AFC Wimbledon	v	Watford	Kingston upon Thames
15:00 BST				Stadium: Kingsmeadow

18 July 2017	Viktoria Plzeň	v	Watford	TBC, Austria
TBC CEST				Stadium: TBC

22 July 2017	Eibar	v	Watford	TBC, Austria
TBC CEST				Stadium: TBC

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

Competitions

Premier League

League table

2017–18 Premier League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester City  (C)	38	32	4	2	106	27	+79	100	Qualification for the  Champions League group stage
2	Manchester United  (Q)	38	25	6	7	68	28	+40	81
3	Tottenham Hotspur  (Q)	38	23	8	7	74	36	+38	77
4	Liverpool  (Q)	38	21	12	5	84	38	+46	75
5	Chelsea  (Q)	38	21	7	10	62	38	+24	70	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Arsenal  (Q)	38	19	6	13	74	51	+23	63
7	Burnley  (Q)	38	14	12	12	36	39	−3	54	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
8	Everton	38	13	10	15	44	58	−14	49
9	Leicester City	38	12	11	15	56	60	−4	47
10	Newcastle United	38	12	8	18	39	47	−8	44
11	Crystal Palace	38	11	11	16	45	55	−10	44
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
17	Southampton	38	7	15	16	37	56	−19	36
18	Swansea City  (R)	38	8	9	21	28	56	−28	33	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Stoke City  (R)	38	7	12	19	35	68	−33	33
20	West Bromwich Albion  (R)	38	6	13	19	31	56	−25	31

Updated to games played on 13 May 2018
Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: pre-season
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
Result
Position

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 14 June 2017, Watford's 17/18 season fixtures were announced.

1 12 August 2017	Watford	v	Liverpool	Watford
15:00 BST				Stadium: Vicarage Road Stadium

2 19 August 2017	AFC Bournemouth	v	Watford	Boscombe
15:00 BST				Stadium: Dean Court

3 26 August 2017	Watford	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	Watford
15:00 BST				Stadium: Vicarage Road Stadium