Man City vs Watford

23 April 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Kevin Friend

Full time 5 – 1

Half-time: 3–1

  • Gabriel Jesus 4’, 23’, 49’ (pen), 53’
  • Rodri 34’
  • Hassane Kamara 28’

Match summary

Man City won comfortably, 5-1 at home to Watford. Man City led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Gabriel Jesus put Man City ahead in the 4th minute, set up by Oleksandr Zinchenko, Jesus made it 2-0 with a header in the 23rd minute, set up by Kevin De Bruyne, Hassane Kamara pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 28th minute, set up by Emmanuel Dennis, and Rodri made it 3-1 in the 34th minute, set up by Gabriel Jesus. In the second half, Jesus made it 4-1 from the penalty spot in the 49th minute and Jesus made it 5-1 in the 53rd minute, set up by Kevin De Bruyne.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 3.69 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Watford's 0.43 from 5.

Match stats

Man City Watford
21 Shots 5
8 Shots on Target 2
11 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
3.68 xG 0.43
2.92 Non-penalty xG 0.43
20 Deep Completions 0

Key events

Man City Watford
Kick-off
Gabriel Jesus
Assist: Oleksandr Zinchenko1-0 (Man City)
4’
Gabriel Jesus
Assist: Kevin De Bruyne2-0 (Man City)
23’
28’
Hassane Kamara
Assist: Emmanuel Dennis2-1 (Watford)
Rodri
Assist: Gabriel Jesus3-1 (Man City)
34’
Half-time3-1
Gabriel Jesus
Penalty4-1 (Man City)
49’
Gabriel Jesus
Assist: Kevin De Bruyne5-1 (Man City)
53’
Full-time5-1

Bookings

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

Man City
  • João Cancelo

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 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.69 0.43 4’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), 1-0 4’ 23’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), 2-0 23’ 28’ Hassane Kamara (Watford), 2-1 28’ 34’ Rodri (Man City), 3-1 34’ 49’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), 4-1 49’ 53’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), 5-1 53’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.69 0.43 4’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), 1-0 Jesus 4’ 23’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), 2-0 Jesus 23’ 28’ Hassane Kamara (Watford), 2-1 Kamara 28’ 34’ Rodri (Man City), 3-1 Rodri 34’ 49’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), 4-1 Jesus 49’ 53’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), 5-1 Jesus 53’
Man City 3.69 xGWatford 0.43 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Watford attacking Man City attacking 
49’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 23’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 4’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 37’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.50 xG, off target 62’ Emmanuel Dennis (Watford), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 82’ João Pedro (Watford), set piece, 0.15 xG, off target 53’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 87’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 90’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 60’ Rodri (Man City), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 60’ Rúben Dias (Man City), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 11’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90+3’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 11’ Fernandinho (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 15’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 28’ Hassane Kamara (Watford), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 8’ Fernandinho (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 60’ Rúben Dias (Man City), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 18’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 72’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 85’ Moussa Sissoko (Watford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 32’ Fernandinho (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 47’ Ismaila Sarr (Watford), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 32’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 34’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, goal 49’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 23’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 4’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 37’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.50 xG, off target 82’ João Pedro (Watford), set piece, 0.15 xG, off target 62’ Emmanuel Dennis (Watford), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 53’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 87’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 90’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 60’ Rodri (Man City), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 60’ Rúben Dias (Man City), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 11’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90+3’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 11’ Fernandinho (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 15’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 28’ Hassane Kamara (Watford), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 8’ Fernandinho (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 60’ Rúben Dias (Man City), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 18’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 72’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 85’ Moussa Sissoko (Watford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 32’ Fernandinho (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 47’ Ismaila Sarr (Watford), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 32’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 34’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ederson GK900 0.000.000
João Cancelo DEF902 0.090.000
Rúben Dias DEF902 0.160.121
Aymeric Laporte DEF650 0.000.111
Oleksandr Zinchenko DEF9010 0.000.591
Fernandinho MID903 0.150.131
Rodri MID7313 0.230.051
Gabriel Jesus MID90416 2.160.583
Kevin De Bruyne MID5921 0.050.834
Raheem Sterling MID901 0.500.000
Jack Grealish FWD902 0.230.000
Ilkay Gündogan Sub310 0.000.163
Nathan Aké Sub250 0.000.000
Riyad Mahrez Sub171 0.130.141

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 86% Avg odds 1.11
Draw 10% Avg odds 10.03
Watford win 4% Avg odds 24.75

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

Form going into the game

Man City WDWDW
Watford LWLLL

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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.