Watford vs Man City

4 December 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Abdoulaye Doucouré 85’
  • Leroy Sané 40’
  • Riyad Mahrez 51’

Match summary

Man City took a 2-1 win at Watford. Man City led 1-0 at half-time.

Leroy Sané put Man City ahead in the 40th minute, set up by Riyad Mahrez, Riyad Mahrez made it 0-2 in the 51st minute, set up by Gabriel Jesus, and Abdoulaye Doucouré pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 85th minute.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 2.56 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Watford's 2.16 from 11.

Match stats

Watford Man City
11 Shots 15
7 Shots on Target 7
3 Corners 11
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.67 xG 2.52
1.67 Non-penalty xG 2.52
7 Deep Completions 14

Key events

Watford Man City
Kick-off
40’
Leroy Sané
Assist: Riyad Mahrez0-1 (Man City)
Half-time0-1
51’
Riyad Mahrez
Assist: Gabriel Jesus0-2 (Man City)
Abdoulaye Doucouré1-2 (Watford)
85’
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Man City
  • Ederson

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 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.16 2.56 40’ Leroy Sané (Man City), 0-1 40’ 51’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), 0-2 51’ 85’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), 1-2 85’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.16 2.56 40’ Leroy Sané (Man City), 0-1 Sané 40’ 51’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), 0-2 Mahrez 51’ 85’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), 1-2 Doucouré 85’
Watford 2.16 xGMan City 2.56 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Man City attacking Watford attacking 
85’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.80 xG, goal 85’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.61 xG, blocked 19’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 69’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.41 xG, off target 51’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 32’ Troy Deeney (Watford), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 11’ Leroy Sané (Man City), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 40’ Leroy Sané (Man City), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 31’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.21 xG, saved 42’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 87’ Troy Deeney (Watford), from a corner, 0.11 xG, saved 19’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 74’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 82’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 60’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 9’ Roberto Pereyra (Watford), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+3’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 2’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 63’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 31’ John Stones (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 2’ David Silva (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 68’ Isaac Success (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 37’ Kyle Walker (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 71’ Isaac Success (Watford), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 22’ Nathaniel Chalobah (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 85’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.80 xG, goal 85’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.61 xG, blocked 19’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 69’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.41 xG, off target 51’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 32’ Troy Deeney (Watford), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 11’ Leroy Sané (Man City), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 40’ Leroy Sané (Man City), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 31’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.21 xG, saved 42’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 87’ Troy Deeney (Watford), from a corner, 0.11 xG, saved 19’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 74’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 82’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 9’ Roberto Pereyra (Watford), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 60’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90+3’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 2’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 63’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 31’ John Stones (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 68’ Isaac Success (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 2’ David Silva (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 37’ Kyle Walker (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 71’ Isaac Success (Watford), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 22’ Nathaniel Chalobah (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
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 0.000.000
Christian Kabasele DEF900 0.000.000
Craig Cathcart DEF900 0.000.000
José Holebas DEF900 0.000.132
Nathaniel Chalobah MID641 0.010.000
Isaac Success MID762 0.040.021
Abdoulaye Doucouré MID9015 1.600.341
Will Hughes MID530 0.000.000
Roberto Pereyra MID901 0.070.000
Troy Deeney FWD902 0.450.162
Domingos Quina Sub370 0.000.000
Gerard Deulofeu Sub260 0.000.000
Andre Gray Sub140 0.000.682

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Watford win 9% Bet365 odds 11.00
Draw 16% Bet365 odds 6.00
Man City win 75% Bet365 odds 1.30

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Watford WLDLL
Man City WWWWW

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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.