Watford vs Arsenal

6 March 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–2

Juan Camilo Hernández 11’
Moussa Sissoko 87’

Martin Odegaard 5’
Bukayo Saka 30’
Gabriel Martinelli 52’

Match summary

Arsenal beat Watford 3-2 on the road. Arsenal led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Martin Odegaard put Arsenal ahead in the 5th minute, set up by Bukayo Saka, Juan Camilo Hernández equalised in the 11th minute, set up by Kiko Femenía, and Bukayo Saka put Arsenal back in front in the 30th minute, set up by Alexandre Lacazette. In the second half, Gabriel Martinelli made it 1-3 in the 52nd minute, set up by Alexandre Lacazette and Moussa Sissoko pulled one back to make it 2-3 in the 87th minute, set up by Juan Camilo Hernández.

There was little between the sides on chances: Watford created 1.30 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots, Arsenal 1.00 from 16.

Match stats

13 Shots 16

7 Shots on Target 4

1 Corners 5

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.30 xG 1.00

1.30 Non-penalty xG 1.00

6 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Watford Arsenal

Kick-off

5’

Martin Odegaard
Assist: Bukayo Saka

0-1

Juan Camilo Hernández
Assist: Kiko Femenía

1-1

11’

30’

Bukayo Saka
Assist: Alexandre Lacazette

1-2

Half-time1-2

52’

Gabriel Martinelli
Assist: Alexandre Lacazette

1-3

Moussa Sissoko
Assist: Juan Camilo Hernández

2-3

87’

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Watford

Juan Camilo Hernández

Arsenal

Cédric Soares
Eddie Nketiah

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.

Watford 1.30 xGArsenal 1.00 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Arsenal attacking Watford 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
Ben Foster	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kiko Femenía	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.44	2
Samir	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Craig Cathcart	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Hassane Kamara	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.01	1
Moussa Sissoko	MID	90	1		2	0.33	0.16	3
Tom Cleverley	MID	90			1	0.07	0.00	0
Imran Louza	MID	66			1	0.05	0.00	0
Juan Camilo Hernández	FWD	90	1	1	3	0.16	0.43	2
Emmanuel Dennis	FWD	90			4	0.60	0.07	1
João Pedro	FWD	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Edo Kayembe	Sub	24			0	0.00	0.00	0
Samuel Kalu	Sub	1			1	0.02	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Aaron Ramsdale	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cédric Soares	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.04	1
Gabriel	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Ben White	DEF	90			2	0.13	0.00	0
Kieran Tierney	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.12	2
Thomas Partey	MID	90			2	0.06	0.06	1
Granit Xhaka	MID	90			1	0.05	0.05	1
Bukayo Saka	MID	90	1	1	1	0.07	0.16	2
Martin Odegaard	MID	90	1		1	0.10	0.34	4
Gabriel Martinelli	MID	75	1		3	0.15	0.05	1
Alexandre Lacazette	FWD	82		2	2	0.21	0.13	2
Nicolas Pepe	Sub	15			1	0.06	0.00	0
Eddie Nketiah	Sub	8			1	0.10	0.00	0
Rob Holding	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Watford win 14% Avg odds 6.65

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.26

Arsenal win 63% Avg odds 1.54

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

Form going into the game

Watford L L W L D

Arsenal L D W W W

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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.