Chelsea vs Watford

4 July 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Kevin Friend

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

Olivier Giroud 28’
Willian 43’ (pen)
Ross Barkley 90+2’

Match summary

Chelsea won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Watford. Chelsea led 2-0 at half-time.

Olivier Giroud put Chelsea ahead in the 28th minute, set up by Ross Barkley, Willian made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 43rd minute, and Ross Barkley made it 3-0 in stoppage time, set up by César Azpilicueta.

The chances backed that up: Chelsea created 2.79 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Watford's 0.61 from 7.

Match stats

21 Shots 7

9 Shots on Target 3

5 Corners 3

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.79 xG 0.61

2.03 Non-penalty xG 0.61

9 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Chelsea Watford

Kick-off

Olivier Giroud
Assist: Ross Barkley

1-0

28’

Willian
Penalty

2-0

43’

Half-time2-0

Ross Barkley
Assist: César Azpilicueta

3-0

90+2’

Full-time3-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Watford

Adrian Mariappa
Etienne Capoue

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Chelsea 2.79 xGWatford 0.61 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Watford attacking Chelsea attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Kepa	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Reece James	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.45	1
Andreas Christensen	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kurt Zouma	DEF	90			1	0.08	0.00	0
César Azpilicueta	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.35	4
Ross Barkley	MID	90	1	1	2	0.15	0.16	2
N'Golo Kanté	MID	81			1	0.01	0.00	0
Mason Mount	MID	79			2	0.08	0.00	0
Willian	FWD	79	1		5	0.97	0.08	1
Olivier Giroud	FWD	79	1		6	0.83	0.00	0
Christian Pulisic	FWD	90			3	0.21	0.12	2
Tammy Abraham	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Callum Hudson-Odoi	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ruben Loftus-Cheek	Sub	11			1	0.45	0.00	0
Billy Gilmour	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ben Foster	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Adrian Mariappa	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Christian Kabasele	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Craig Dawson	DEF	90	3	0.18	0.00	0
Kiko Femenía	DEF	67	0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathaniel Chalobah	MID	90	1	0.09	0.30	2
Etienne Capoue	MID	61	0	0.00	0.00	0
Ismaila Sarr	MID	86	0	0.00	0.00	0
Abdoulaye Doucouré	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Will Hughes	MID	90	0	0.00	0.12	1
Troy Deeney	FWD	67	0	0.00	0.01	1
Danny Welbeck	Sub	29	1	0.28	0.00	0
Adam Masina	Sub	23	2	0.06	0.00	0
Tom Cleverley	Sub	23	0	0.00	0.00	0
Roberto Pereyra	Sub	4	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Chelsea win 70% Avg odds 1.37

Draw 19% Avg odds 5.06

Watford win 11% Avg odds 8.84

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Chelsea D W W W L

Watford W L D L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Watford 1-2 Chelsea, 02 Nov 19 Next meeting: Watford 1-2 Chelsea, 01 Dec 21 All Chelsea vs Watford meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.