Watford vs Man City

4 December 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Simon Hooper

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

  • Juan Camilo Hernández 74’
  • Raheem Sterling 4’
  • Bernardo Silva 31’, 63’

Match summary

Man City won 3-1 away at Watford. Man City led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Raheem Sterling put Man City ahead with a header in the 4th minute, set up by Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva made it 0-2 in the 31st minute. In the second half, Silva made it 0-3 in the 63rd minute, set up by Kyle Walker and Juan Camilo Hernández pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 74th minute.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 4.03 expected goals (xG) from 26 shots to Watford's 0.69 from 11.

Match stats

Watford Man City
11 Shots 26
4 Shots on Target 13
5 Corners 11
3 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0.68 xG 4.03
0.68 Non-penalty xG 4.03
2 Deep Completions 27

Key events

Watford Man City
Kick-off
4’
Raheem Sterling
Assist: Phil Foden0-1 (Man City)
31’
Bernardo Silva0-2 (Man City)
Half-time0-2
63’
Bernardo Silva
Assist: Kyle Walker0-3 (Man City)
Juan Camilo Hernández1-3 (Watford)
74’
Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Watford
  • Craig Cathcart
  • Danny Rose
  • Joshua King

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 0.69 4.03 4’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 0-1 4’ 31’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), 0-2 31’ 63’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), 0-3 63’ 74’ Juan Camilo Hernández (Watford), 1-3 74’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.69 4.03 4’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 0-1 Sterling 4’ 31’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), 0-2 Silva 31’ 63’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), 0-3 Silva 63’ 74’ Juan Camilo Hernández (Watford), 1-3 Hernández 74’
Watford 0.69 xGMan City 4.03 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Man City attacking Watford attacking 
4’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.57 xG, goal 11’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.57 xG, saved 34’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.54 xG, off target 31’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 74’ Juan Camilo Hernández (Watford), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 9’ Jack Grealish (Man City), from a corner, 0.28 xG, saved 9’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.14 xG, off target 62’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 23’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 52’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 67’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 8’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 21’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 28’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 81’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 31’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 70’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 82’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 60’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 48’ João Pedro (Watford), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 63’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 74’ Juan Camilo Hernández (Watford), open play, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 78’ Joshua King (Watford), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 3’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 59’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 89’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 50’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 17’ Emmanuel Dennis (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 30’ Emmanuel Dennis (Watford), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 48’ João Pedro (Watford), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 90+3’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 30’ Moussa Sissoko (Watford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 79’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+4’ Jeremy Ngakia (Watford), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 26’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 73’ Juraj Kucka (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 58’ Moussa Sissoko (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 4’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.57 xG, goal 11’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.57 xG, saved 34’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.54 xG, off target 31’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 74’ Juan Camilo Hernández (Watford), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 9’ Jack Grealish (Man City), from a corner, 0.28 xG, saved 9’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.14 xG, off target 62’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 52’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 67’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 23’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 8’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 21’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 28’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 81’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 31’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 82’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 70’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 60’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 48’ João Pedro (Watford), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 63’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 74’ Juan Camilo Hernández (Watford), open play, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 78’ Joshua King (Watford), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 3’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 59’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 89’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 50’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 17’ Emmanuel Dennis (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 30’ Emmanuel Dennis (Watford), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 90+3’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 48’ João Pedro (Watford), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 26’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 30’ Moussa Sissoko (Watford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 79’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+4’ Jeremy Ngakia (Watford), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 73’ Juraj Kucka (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 58’ Moussa Sissoko (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
Daniel Bachmann GK900 0.000.000
Kiko Femenía DEF900 0.000.071
William Troost-Ekong DEF900 0.000.000
Craig Cathcart DEF900 0.000.000
Danny Rose DEF730 0.000.000
Imran Louza MID480 0.000.001
Emmanuel Dennis MID902 0.080.021
Moussa Sissoko MID902 0.040.000
Tom Cleverley MID480 0.000.041
João Pedro MID902 0.110.000
Joshua King FWD901 0.070.102
Juraj Kucka Sub421 0.020.000
Juan Camilo Hernández Sub4212 0.360.144
Jeremy Ngakia Sub171 0.030.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Watford win 7% Avg odds 13.55
Draw 14% Avg odds 7.10
Man City win 79% Avg odds 1.21

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

Form going into the game

Watford LLWLL
Man City LWWWW

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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.