Watford vs Aston Villa

14 August 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Mike Dean

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–0

Emmanuel Dennis 10’
Ismaila Sarr 42’
Juan Camilo Hernández 67’

John McGinn 70’
Danny Ings 90+7’ (pen)

Match summary

Watford won 3-2 at home to Aston Villa. Watford led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Emmanuel Dennis put Watford ahead in the 10th minute and Ismaila Sarr made it 2-0 in the 42nd minute, set up by Emmanuel Dennis. In the second half, Juan Camilo Hernández made it 3-0 in the 67th minute, set up by Tom Cleverley, John McGinn pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 70th minute, set up by Leon Bailey, and Danny Ings made it 3-2 from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

There was little between the sides on chances: Watford created 1.36 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots, Aston Villa 1.14 from 11.

Match stats

13 Shots 11

7 Shots on Target 2

2 Corners 4

3 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.35 xG 1.14

1.35 Non-penalty xG 0.38

4 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Watford Aston Villa

Kick-off

Emmanuel Dennis

1-0

10’

Ismaila Sarr
Assist: Emmanuel Dennis

2-0

42’

Half-time2-0

Juan Camilo Hernández
Assist: Tom Cleverley

3-0

67’

70’

John McGinn
Assist: Leon Bailey

3-1

90+7’

Danny Ings
Penalty

3-2

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Watford

Oghenekaro Etebo
Juraj Kucka
Ken Sema

Aston Villa

Tyrone Mings

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 1.36 xGAston Villa 1.14 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Aston Villa 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
Daniel Bachmann	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Craig Cathcart	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christian Kabasele	DEF	90			1	0.42	0.00	0
William Troost-Ekong	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adam Masina	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Oghenekaro Etebo	MID	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Ismaila Sarr	MID	90	1		3	0.17	0.37	4
Tom Cleverley	MID	81		1	0	0.00	0.04	1
Juraj Kucka	MID	71			2	0.10	0.00	0
Ken Sema	MID	90			0	0.00	0.56	2
Emmanuel Dennis	FWD	68	1	1	5	0.59	0.21	3
Juan Camilo Hernández	Sub	22	1		2	0.08	0.00	0
Dan Gosling	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Troy Deeney	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Emiliano Martinez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthew Cash	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.08	1
Tyrone Mings	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matt Targett	DEF	48			0	0.00	0.02	1
Marvelous Nakamba	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
John McGinn	MID	90	1		3	0.08	0.00	0
Anwar El Ghazi	MID	62			0	0.00	0.00	0
Emiliano Buendía	MID	74			1	0.03	0.00	0
Ashley Young	MID	90			1	0.02	0.06	2
Danny Ings	FWD	90	1		1	0.76	0.00	0
Jacob Ramsey	Sub	42			1	0.03	0.08	1
Leon Bailey	Sub	28		1	2	0.13	0.03	1
Bertrand Traoré	Sub	16			1	0.08	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Watford win 28% Avg odds 3.49

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.30

Aston Villa win 43% Avg odds 2.22

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

Form going into the game

Watford W W L L L

Aston Villa L D L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Aston Villa 2-1 Watford, 21 Jan 20 Next meeting: Aston Villa 0-1 Watford, 19 Feb 22 All Watford vs Aston Villa 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.