Everton vs Watford

23 October 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Graham Scott

Full time 2 – 5

Half-time: 1–1

Tom Davies 3’
Richarlison 63’

Joshua King 13’, 80’, 86’
Juraj Kucka 78’
Emmanuel Dennis 90+1’

Match summary

Watford came from behind to win 5-2 away at Everton. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Tom Davies put Everton ahead in the 3rd minute, set up by Demarai Gray and Joshua King equalised in the 13th minute, set up by Craig Cathcart. In the second half, Richarlison put Everton back in front with a header in the 63rd minute, set up by Michael Keane, Juraj Kucka equalised with a header in the 78th minute, set up by Juan Camilo Hernández, King put Watford in front in the 80th minute, set up by Emmanuel Dennis, King made it 2-4 in the 86th minute, set up by Emmanuel Dennis, and Emmanuel Dennis made it 2-5 in stoppage time, set up by João Pedro.

The chances backed that up: Watford created 3.10 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Everton's 1.84 from 15.

Match stats

15 Shots 20

4 Shots on Target 8

3 Corners 5

4 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.84 xG 3.10

1.84 Non-penalty xG 3.10

12 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Everton Watford

Kick-off

Tom Davies
Assist: Demarai Gray

1-0

3’

13’

Joshua King
Assist: Craig Cathcart

1-1

Half-time1-1

Richarlison
Assist: Michael Keane

2-1

63’

78’

Juraj Kucka
Assist: Juan Camilo Hernández

2-2

80’

Joshua King
Assist: Emmanuel Dennis

2-3

86’

Joshua King
Assist: Emmanuel Dennis

2-4

90+1’

Emmanuel Dennis
Assist: João Pedro

2-5

Full-time2-5

Bookings

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

Everton

Lucas Digne
Allan
Salomón Rondón
Richarlison

Watford

William Troost-Ekong
Joshua King
Emmanuel Dennis

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.

Everton 1.84 xGWatford 3.10 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Watford attacking Everton 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
Jordan Pickford	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Seamus Coleman	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.17	2
Michael Keane	DEF	90		1	1	0.10	0.24	1
Ben Godfrey	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Digne	DEF	90			3	0.12	0.35	3
Andros Townsend	MID	90			2	0.10	0.00	0
Allan	MID	90			2	0.08	0.01	1
Tom Davies	MID	90	1		2	0.87	0.00	0
Anthony Gordon	MID	64			3	0.33	0.13	2
Demarai Gray	MID	81		1	0	0.00	0.80	3
Salomón Rondón	FWD	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Richarlison	Sub	26	1		1	0.24	0.04	1
Alex Iwobi	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ben Foster	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jeremy Ngakia	DEF	80			0	0.00	0.00	0
William Troost-Ekong	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Craig Cathcart	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.79	1
Adam Masina	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Moussa Sissoko	MID	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Ismaila Sarr	MID	68			2	0.05	0.44	1
Juraj Kucka	MID	90	1		5	0.27	0.10	1
Ozan Tufan	MID	68			0	0.00	0.00	0
Juan Camilo Hernández	MID	90		1	3	0.17	0.32	5
Joshua King	FWD	90	3		6	2.08	0.02	1
João Pedro	Sub	22		1	1	0.07	0.37	1
Emmanuel Dennis	Sub	22	1	2	2	0.46	0.90	4
Nicolas N'Koulou	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Everton win 54% Avg odds 1.79

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.62

Watford win 20% Avg odds 4.84

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

Form going into the game

Everton W L W D L

Watford L W D L L

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Previous and next meeting

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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.