Watford vs Man City

21 July 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 0 – 4

Half-time: 0–2

  • Raheem Sterling 31’, 40’
  • Phil Foden 63’
  • Aymeric Laporte 66’

Match summary

Man City won comfortably, 4-0 away at Watford. Man City led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Raheem Sterling put Man City ahead in the 31st minute, set up by Kyle Walker and Sterling made it 0-2 in the 40th minute. In the second half, Phil Foden made it 0-3 in the 63rd minute and Aymeric Laporte made it 0-4 with a header in the 66th minute, set up by Kevin De Bruyne.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 4.40 expected goals (xG) from 26 shots to Watford's 0.13 from 2. Raheem Sterling had a penalty saved for Man City.

Match stats

Watford Man City
2 Shots 26
0 Shots on Target 10
0 Corners 8
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0.13 xG 3.74
0.13 Non-penalty xG 2.82
2 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Watford Man City
Kick-off
31’
Raheem Sterling
Assist: Kyle Walker0-1 (Man City)
40’
Raheem Sterling0-2 (Man City)
Half-time0-2
63’
Phil Foden0-3 (Man City)
66’
Aymeric Laporte
Assist: Kevin De Bruyne0-4 (Man City)
Full-time0-4

Bookings

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

Watford
  • Adrian Mariappa
  • Will Hughes

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 6 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.13 4.40 31’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 0-1 31’ 40’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 0-2 40’ 63’ Phil Foden (Man City), 0-3 63’ 66’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), 0-4 66’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.13 4.40 31’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 0-1 Sterling 31’ 40’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 0-2 Sterling 40’ 63’ Phil Foden (Man City), 0-3 Foden 63’ 66’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), 0-4 Laporte 66’
Watford 0.13 xGMan City 4.40 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Man City attacking Watford attacking 
40’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 63’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.66 xG, goal 40’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), set piece, 0.65 xG, goal 66’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), set piece, 0.53 xG, goal 70’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 63’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.23 xG, saved 46’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 46’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 75’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 90+2’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 75’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 22’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 49’ Ismaila Sarr (Watford), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 22’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 46’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 43’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 52’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 11’ Will Hughes (Watford), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 31’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 61’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 47’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 81’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 76’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 22’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 29’ Phil Foden (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 22’ Phil Foden (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 11’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 26’ Rodri (Man City), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 40’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 40’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), set piece, 0.65 xG, goal 63’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.66 xG, goal 66’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), set piece, 0.53 xG, goal 70’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 63’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.23 xG, saved 46’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 46’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 90+2’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 75’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 75’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 22’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 22’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 49’ Ismaila Sarr (Watford), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 46’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 43’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 52’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 11’ Will Hughes (Watford), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 31’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 61’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 47’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 81’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 22’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 76’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 29’ Phil Foden (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 22’ Phil Foden (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 11’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 26’ Rodri (Man City), from a corner, 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
Adrian Mariappa DEF900 0.000.000
Christian Kabasele DEF900 0.000.000
Craig Dawson DEF900 0.000.000
Kiko Femenía DEF900 0.000.000
Ismaila Sarr MID901 0.080.000
Will Hughes MID901 0.050.000
Tom Cleverley MID900 0.000.000
Abdoulaye Doucouré MID840 0.000.000
Roberto Pereyra MID890 0.000.000
Troy Deeney FWD690 0.000.081
Danny Welbeck Sub210 0.000.000
Nathaniel Chalobah Sub60 0.000.000
Adam Masina Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Watford win 10% Avg odds 9.13
Draw 16% Avg odds 6.01
Man City win 74% Avg odds 1.30

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

Form going into the game

Watford LLWWL
Man City WLWWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Man City 8-0 Watford, 21 Sep 19 Next meeting: Watford 1-3 Man City, 04 Dec 21  All Watford vs Man City 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.