Watford vs Man United

20 November 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Joshua King 28’
Ismaila Sarr 44’
João Pedro 90+2’
Emmanuel Dennis 90+6’

Donny van de Beek 50’

Match summary

Watford won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Man United. Watford led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Joshua King put Watford ahead in the 28th minute, set up by Emmanuel Dennis and Ismaila Sarr made it 2-0 in the 44th minute, set up by Kiko Femenía. In the second half, Donny van de Beek pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in the 50th minute, set up by Cristiano Ronaldo, João Pedro made it 3-1 in stoppage time, set up by Emmanuel Dennis, and Emmanuel Dennis made it 4-1 in stoppage time, set up by Ben Foster.

The chances backed that up: Watford created 2.76 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Man United's 1.67 from 9. Ismaila Sarr had a penalty saved for Watford. Man United had a player sent off.

Match stats

20 Shots 9

7 Shots on Target 3

9 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 1

2.73 xG 1.67

1.97 Non-penalty xG 1.67

7 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Watford Man United

Kick-off

Joshua King
Assist: Emmanuel Dennis

1-0

28’

Ismaila Sarr
Assist: Kiko Femenía

2-0

44’

Half-time2-0

50’

Donny van de Beek
Assist: Cristiano Ronaldo

2-1

João Pedro
Assist: Emmanuel Dennis

3-1

90+2’

Emmanuel Dennis
Assist: Ben Foster

4-1

90+6’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Watford

Imran Louza
Emmanuel Dennis

Man United

Harry Maguire
Scott McTominay

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 2.76 xGMan United 1.67 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Man United attacking Watford attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ben Foster	GK	90		1	0	0.00	0.07	1
Kiko Femenía	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.07	1
Craig Cathcart	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolas N'Koulou	DEF	67			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adam Masina	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.33	1
Moussa Sissoko	MID	90			2	0.11	0.00	0
Ismaila Sarr	MID	71	1		3	0.91	0.03	1
Tom Cleverley	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Imran Louza	MID	80			1	0.05	0.24	3
Emmanuel Dennis	MID	90	1	2	4	0.25	0.54	2
Joshua King	FWD	90	1		6	1.10	0.03	1
William Troost-Ekong	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Juan Camilo Hernández	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.25	3
João Pedro	Sub	10	1		4	0.33	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Harry Maguire	DEF	72			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luke Shaw	DEF	88			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nemanja Matic	MID	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Scott McTominay	MID	49			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jadon Sancho	MID	90			0	0.00	0.16	2
Bruno Fernandes	MID	90			2	0.13	0.28	1
Marcus Rashford	MID	49			1	0.28	0.00	0
Cristiano Ronaldo	FWD	90		1	4	0.55	0.73	2
Anthony Martial	Sub	41			0	0.00	0.00	0
Donny van de Beek	Sub	41	1		1	0.67	0.39	3
Diogo Dalot	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jesse Lingard	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Watford win 15% Avg odds 6.42

Draw 21% Avg odds 4.62

Man United win 64% Avg odds 1.50

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

Form going into the game

Watford L L W L L

Man United D L L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Man United 3-0 Watford, 23 Feb 20 Next meeting: Man United 0-0 Watford, 26 Feb 22 All Watford vs Man United 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.