Watford vs Norwich

21 January 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Mike Dean

Full time 0 – 3

Half-time: 0–0

  • Joshua Sargent 51’, 74’
  • Juraj Kucka 90+2’ (og)

Match summary

Norwich won comfortably, 3-0 away at Watford. It was goalless at half-time.

Joshua Sargent put Norwich ahead in the 51st minute, set up by Teemu Pukki, Sargent made it 0-2 with a header in the 74th minute, set up by Milot Rashica, and Kucka's own goal made it 0-3 in stoppage time.

Watford can feel hard done by, creating 1.33 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Norwich's 0.93 from 7. Watford had a player sent off.

Match stats

Watford Norwich
15 Shots 7
4 Shots on Target 2
5 Corners 1
0 Yellow Cards 1
1 Red Cards 0
1.31 xG 0.93
1.31 Non-penalty xG 0.93
9 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Watford Norwich
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
51’
Joshua Sargent
Assist: Teemu Pukki0-1 (Norwich)
74’
Joshua Sargent
Assist: Milot Rashica0-2 (Norwich)
90+2’
Juraj Kucka
Own goal0-3 (Norwich)
Full-time0-3

Bookings

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

Watford
  • Emmanuel Dennis
Norwich
  • Kenny McLean

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.33 0.93 51’ Joshua Sargent (Norwich), 0-1 51’ 74’ Joshua Sargent (Norwich), 0-2 74’ 90+2’ Juraj Kucka (Norwich) own goal, 0-3 90+2’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.33 0.93 51’ Joshua Sargent (Norwich), 0-1 Sargent 51’ 74’ Joshua Sargent (Norwich), 0-2 Sargent 74’ 90+2’ Juraj Kucka (Norwich) own goal, 0-3 Kucka 90+2’
Watford 1.33 xGNorwich 0.93 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Norwich attacking Watford attacking 
51’ Joshua Sargent (Norwich), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 47’ Moussa Sissoko (Watford), open play, 0.43 xG, off target 81’ Juan Camilo Hernández (Watford), set piece, 0.42 xG, blocked 46’ João Pedro (Watford), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 3’ Milot Rashica (Norwich), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, blocked 9’ Adam Idah (Norwich), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 29’ Moussa Sissoko (Watford), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 80’ Grant Hanley (Norwich), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 12’ Milot Rashica (Norwich), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 81’ Juan Camilo Hernández (Watford), set piece, 0.05 xG, saved 74’ Joshua Sargent (Norwich), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 90+9’ João Pedro (Watford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 23’ João Pedro (Watford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 30’ Emmanuel Dennis (Watford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 47’ João Pedro (Watford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 29’ Joshua King (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 32’ Samir (Watford), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 79’ Joshua Sargent (Norwich), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 86’ João Pedro (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 19’ Tom Cleverley (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+8’ Juan Camilo Hernández (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, hit the woodwork 90+6’ Joshua King (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+2’ Juraj Kucka (Watford), own goal 51’ Joshua Sargent (Norwich), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 47’ Moussa Sissoko (Watford), open play, 0.43 xG, off target 81’ Juan Camilo Hernández (Watford), set piece, 0.42 xG, blocked 46’ João Pedro (Watford), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 3’ Milot Rashica (Norwich), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, blocked 9’ Adam Idah (Norwich), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 29’ Moussa Sissoko (Watford), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 80’ Grant Hanley (Norwich), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 12’ Milot Rashica (Norwich), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 81’ Juan Camilo Hernández (Watford), set piece, 0.05 xG, saved 74’ Joshua Sargent (Norwich), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 90+9’ João Pedro (Watford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 23’ João Pedro (Watford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 30’ Emmanuel Dennis (Watford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 47’ João Pedro (Watford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 32’ Samir (Watford), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 29’ Joshua King (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 86’ João Pedro (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 19’ Tom Cleverley (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 79’ Joshua Sargent (Norwich), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+8’ Juan Camilo Hernández (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, hit the woodwork 90+6’ Joshua King (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+2’ Juraj Kucka (Watford), own goal
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 0.000.111
Christian Kabasele DEF900 0.000.051
Samir DEF901 0.030.000
Hassane Kamara DEF860 0.000.000
Edo Kayembe MID900 0.000.052
Moussa Sissoko MID902 0.500.042
Tom Cleverley MID611 0.020.062
Emmanuel Dennis FWD801 0.030.021
Joshua King FWD902 0.030.431
João Pedro FWD905 0.240.071
Juan Camilo Hernández Sub293 0.480.000
Ken Sema Sub40 0.000.000
Juraj Kucka Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Watford win 47% Avg odds 2.04
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.52
Norwich win 26% Avg odds 3.78

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

Form going into the game

Watford LLLLD
Norwich LLLLW

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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.