Norwich vs Watford

21 September 2024 · Championship · 2024/25 · Referee A Backhouse

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

Callum Doyle 3’
Borja Sainz 45+3’
Marcelino Núñez 54’
Ben Chrisene 89’

Ryan Andrews 26’

Match summary

Norwich won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Watford. Norwich led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Callum Doyle put Norwich ahead in the 3rd minute, Ryan Andrews equalised in the 26th minute, and Borja Sainz put Norwich back in front in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Marcelino Núñez made it 3-1 in the 54th minute and Ben Chrisene made it 4-1 in the 89th minute.

The chances backed that up: Norwich created 2.72 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Watford's 1.67 from 11.

Match stats

19 Shots 11

8 Shots on Target 3

3 Corners 5

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

2.72 xG 1.67

2.72 Non-penalty xG 1.67

Key events

Norwich Watford

Kick-off

Callum Doyle

1-0

3’

26’

Ryan Andrews

1-1

Borja Sainz

2-1

45+3’

Half-time2-1

Marcelino Núñez

3-1

54’

Ben Chrisene

4-1

89’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Norwich

Kellen Fisher
Ben Chrisene

Watford

Daniel Jebbison

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.

Norwich 2.72 xGWatford 1.67 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Watford attacking Norwich attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Players16 players


Angus Gunn	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kellen Fisher Taken off	78′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Shane Duffy	90′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–	–
José Córdoba	90′	–	–	1	0.08	–	–	–
Callum Doyle	90′	1	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Marcelino Núñez	90′	1	–	3	0.40	–	–	–
Kenny McLean	90′	–	–	1	0.09	–	–	–
Ante Crnac Taken off	78′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Oscar Schwartau Taken off	63′	–	–	1	0.08	–	–	–
Borja Sainz Taken off	85′	1	–	2	0.36	–	–	–
Josh Sargent	90′	–	–	5	0.81	–	–	–
Forson Amankwah Came on as a substitute	27′	–	–	1	0.06	–	–	–
Jack Stacey Came on as a substitute	12′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Onel Hernández Came on as a substituteTaken off	12′	–	–	1	0.07	–	–	–
Ben Chrisene Came on as a substitute	5′	1	–	1	0.68	–	–
Kaide Gordon Came on as a substitute	5′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Players16 players


Daniel Bachmann Taken off	13′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matthew Pollock	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Francisco Sierralta Taken off	10′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
James Morris	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Andrews	90′	1	–	1	0.07	–	–	–
Tom Dele-Bashiru	90′	–	–	1	0.07	–	–	–
Moussa Sissoko	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ken Sema Taken off	68′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Giorgi Chakvetadze	90′	–	–	4	0.14	–	–	–
Rocco Vata Taken off	68′	–	–	1	0.07	–	–	–
Daniel Jebbison Taken off	68′	–	–	2	0.67	–	–
Ryan Porteous Came on as a substitute	80′	–	–	1	0.10	–	–	–
Jonathan Bond Came on as a substitute	77′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Yasser Larouci Came on as a substitute	22′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Vakoun Issouf Bayo Came on as a substitute	22′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kwadwo Baah Came on as a substitute	22′	–	–	1	0.55	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Norwich win 46% Avg odds 2.05

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.66

Watford win 28% Avg odds 3.41

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

Form going into the game

Norwich L D D W L

Watford W W W L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Norwich 4-2 Watford, 13 Feb 24 Next meeting: Watford 0-1 Norwich, 01 Feb 25 All Norwich vs Watford meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.