Watford vs Brighton

12 February 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Neal Maupay 44’
  • Adam Webster 83’

Match summary

Brighton won 2-0 away at Watford. Brighton led 1-0 at half-time.

Neal Maupay put Brighton ahead in the 44th minute, set up by Tariq Lamptey and Adam Webster made it 0-2 from a corner in the 83rd minute.

The chances backed that up: Brighton created 2.15 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Watford's 0.53 from 9.

Match stats

Watford Brighton
9 Shots 11
1 Shots on Target 6
4 Corners 5
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.53 xG 1.80
0.53 Non-penalty xG 1.80
5 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Watford Brighton
Kick-off
44’
Neal Maupay
Assist: Tariq Lamptey0-1 (Brighton)
Half-time0-1
83’
Adam Webster0-2 (Brighton)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Watford
  • Hassane Kamara
  • Emmanuel Dennis
  • Imran Louza
Brighton
  • Lewis Dunk
  • Tariq Lamptey

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.53 2.15 44’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), 0-1 44’ 83’ Adam Webster (Brighton), 0-2 83’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.53 2.15 44’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), 0-1 Maupay 44’ 83’ Adam Webster (Brighton), 0-2 Webster 83’
Watford 0.53 xGBrighton 2.15 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brighton attacking Watford attacking 
83’ Adam Webster (Brighton), from a corner, 0.73 xG, goal 82’ Adam Webster (Brighton), from a corner, 0.45 xG, blocked 17’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 27’ Emmanuel Dennis (Watford), direct free kick, 0.12 xG, off target 63’ Emmanuel Dennis (Watford), set piece, 0.12 xG, hit the woodwork 66’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), set piece, 0.12 xG, blocked 81’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 73’ Marc Cucurella (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 41’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 66’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), set piece, 0.09 xG, blocked 7’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 13’ Joshua King (Watford), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 44’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 90+2’ Craig Cathcart (Watford), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+2’ Imran Louza (Watford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 76’ Ismaila Sarr (Watford), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 88’ Ismaila Sarr (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 19’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 61’ Ismaila Sarr (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Joshua King (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 83’ Adam Webster (Brighton), from a corner, 0.73 xG, goal 82’ Adam Webster (Brighton), from a corner, 0.45 xG, blocked 17’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 27’ Emmanuel Dennis (Watford), direct free kick, 0.12 xG, off target 63’ Emmanuel Dennis (Watford), set piece, 0.12 xG, hit the woodwork 66’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), set piece, 0.12 xG, blocked 81’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 73’ Marc Cucurella (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 41’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 66’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), set piece, 0.09 xG, blocked 7’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 13’ Joshua King (Watford), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 44’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 90+2’ Craig Cathcart (Watford), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+2’ Imran Louza (Watford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 88’ Ismaila Sarr (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 76’ Ismaila Sarr (Watford), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 19’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 61’ Ismaila Sarr (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Joshua King (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ben Foster GK900 0.000.000
Kiko Femenía DEF900 0.000.102
Samir DEF900 0.000.000
Craig Cathcart DEF901 0.060.000
Hassane Kamara DEF900 0.000.000
Juraj Kucka MID470 0.000.092
Moussa Sissoko MID900 0.000.072
Edo Kayembe MID470 0.000.000
Tom Cleverley MID710 0.000.000
Emmanuel Dennis FWD902 0.240.000
Joshua King FWD902 0.090.000
Imran Louza Sub431 0.050.000
Ismaila Sarr Sub433 0.090.000
João Pedro Sub190 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Watford win 25% Avg odds 3.82
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.30
Brighton win 46% Avg odds 2.11

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

Form going into the game

Watford LDLDL
Brighton DWDDD

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Previous and next meeting

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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.