Man City vs Watford

9 March 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Raheem Sterling 46’, 50’, 59’
  • Gerard Deulofeu 66’

Match summary

Man City beat Watford 3-1. It was goalless at half-time.

Raheem Sterling put Man City ahead in the 46th minute, Sterling made it 2-0 in the 50th minute, set up by Riyad Mahrez, Sterling made it 3-0 in the 59th minute, set up by David Silva, and Gerard Deulofeu pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 66th minute, set up by Troy Deeney.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 3.76 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Watford's 0.41 from 2.

Match stats

Man City Watford
19 Shots 2
9 Shots on Target 1
9 Corners 1
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3.76 xG 0.41
3.76 Non-penalty xG 0.41
22 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Man City Watford
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Raheem Sterling1-0 (Man City)
46’
Raheem Sterling
Assist: Riyad Mahrez2-0 (Man City)
50’
Raheem Sterling
Assist: David Silva3-0 (Man City)
59’
66’
Gerard Deulofeu
Assist: Troy Deeney3-1 (Watford)
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Man City
  • Kyle Walker
Watford
  • Tom Cleverley

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 3.76 0.41 46’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 1-0 46’ 50’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 2-0 50’ 59’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 3-0 59’ 66’ Gerard Deulofeu (Watford), 3-1 66’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.76 0.41 46’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 1-0 Sterling 46’ 50’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 2-0 Sterling 50’ 59’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 3-0 Sterling 59’ 66’ Gerard Deulofeu (Watford), 3-1 Deulofeu 66’
Man City 3.76 xGWatford 0.41 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Watford attacking Man City attacking 
50’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.96 xG, goal 84’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.73 xG, blocked 79’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.48 xG, saved 66’ Gerard Deulofeu (Watford), set piece, 0.35 xG, goal 8’ David Silva (Man City), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 29’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 79’ Leroy Sané (Man City), open play, 0.23 xG, off target 59’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 31’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 78’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 46’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 90+4’ Gerard Deulofeu (Watford), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 17’ David Silva (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 68’ Leroy Sané (Man City), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 26’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 46’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 46’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 85’ Nicolás Otamendi (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 88’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 12’ Vincent Kompany (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 2’ Nicolás Otamendi (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 50’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.96 xG, goal 84’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.73 xG, blocked 79’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.48 xG, saved 66’ Gerard Deulofeu (Watford), set piece, 0.35 xG, goal 8’ David Silva (Man City), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 29’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 79’ Leroy Sané (Man City), open play, 0.23 xG, off target 59’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 31’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 78’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 46’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 90+4’ Gerard Deulofeu (Watford), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 17’ David Silva (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 68’ Leroy Sané (Man City), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 26’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 46’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 46’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 85’ Nicolás Otamendi (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 88’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 12’ Vincent Kompany (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 2’ Nicolás Otamendi (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ederson GK900 0.000.000
Kyle Walker DEF900 0.000.011
Nicolás Otamendi DEF902 0.040.000
Vincent Kompany DEF901 0.010.000
Oleksandr Zinchenko DEF900 0.000.000
Ilkay Gündogan MID901 0.020.814
Bernardo Silva MID901 0.480.432
David Silva MID9012 0.380.463
Riyad Mahrez FWD9011 0.041.773
Sergio Agüero FWD813 0.450.000
Raheem Sterling FWD6635 1.340.051
Leroy Sané Sub242 0.280.000
Gabriel Jesus Sub91 0.730.000
Phil Foden Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 84% Bet365 odds 1.16
Draw 11% Bet365 odds 9.00
Watford win 5% Bet365 odds 19.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Watford 1-2 Man City, 04 Dec 18 Next meeting: Man City 8-0 Watford, 21 Sep 19  All Man City 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.