Liverpool vs Watford

2 April 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Stuart Attwell

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Diogo Jota 22’
  • Fabinho 89’ (pen)

Match summary

Liverpool won 2-0 at home to Watford. Liverpool led 1-0 at half-time.

Diogo Jota put Liverpool ahead with a header in the 22nd minute, set up by Joseph Gomez and Fabinho made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 89th minute.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.24 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Watford's 0.75 from 5.

Match stats

Liverpool Watford
20 Shots 5
3 Shots on Target 2
9 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.24 xG 0.75
1.48 Non-penalty xG 0.75
7 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Liverpool Watford
Kick-off
Diogo Jota
Assist: Joseph Gomez1-0 (Liverpool)
22’
Half-time1-0
Fabinho
Penalty2-0 (Liverpool)
89’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Joseph Gomez
Watford
  • Juan Camilo Hernández

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.24 0.75 22’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), 1-0 22’ 89’ Fabinho (Liverpool), 2-0 89’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.24 0.75 22’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), 1-0 Jota 22’ 89’ Fabinho (Liverpool), 2-0 Fabinho 89’
Liverpool 2.24 xGWatford 0.75 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Watford attacking Liverpool attacking 
89’ Fabinho (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 22’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 57’ João Pedro (Watford), open play, 0.36 xG, off target 22’ Juraj Kucka (Watford), open play, 0.26 xG, saved 79’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 85’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 6’ Ismaila Sarr (Watford), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 60’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 84’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 32’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 61’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 38’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 66’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 47’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 38’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 20’ Juan Camilo Hernández (Watford), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 38’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 56’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 1’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 42’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 52’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 47’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 13’ Juan Camilo Hernández (Watford), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 16’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 89’ Fabinho (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 22’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 57’ João Pedro (Watford), open play, 0.36 xG, off target 22’ Juraj Kucka (Watford), open play, 0.26 xG, saved 79’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 85’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 6’ Ismaila Sarr (Watford), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 60’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 84’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 32’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 61’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 38’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 66’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 47’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 38’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 20’ Juan Camilo Hernández (Watford), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 56’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 1’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 38’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 52’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 42’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 47’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 13’ Juan Camilo Hernández (Watford), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 16’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alisson GK900 0.000.000
Joseph Gomez DEF9010 0.000.551
Joel Matip DEF901 0.050.000
Virgil van Dijk DEF901 0.030.000
Andrew Robertson DEF901 0.030.051
Thiago Alcántara MID901 0.070.123
Jordan Henderson MID900 0.000.162
Curtis Jones MID642 0.040.133
Mohamed Salah FWD713 0.110.041
Roberto Firmino FWD903 0.220.000
Diogo Jota FWD9016 0.810.253
Fabinho Sub2611 0.760.061
Sadio Mané Sub191 0.120.000
James Milner Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 83% Avg odds 1.16
Draw 12% Avg odds 8.32
Watford win 5% Avg odds 17.96

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

Form going into the game

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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.