Watford vs Norwich

7 July 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Craig Dawson 10’
  • Danny Welbeck 55’
  • Emiliano Buendía 4’

Match summary

Watford came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Norwich. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Emiliano Buendía put Norwich ahead in the 4th minute, set up by Onel Hernández, Craig Dawson equalised with a header in the 10th minute, set up by Etienne Capoue, and Danny Welbeck won it in the 55th minute.

Norwich can feel hard done by, creating 1.14 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Watford's 0.73 from 9.

Match stats

Watford Norwich
9 Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
0.73 xG 1.13
0.73 Non-penalty xG 1.13
6 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Watford Norwich
Kick-off
4’
Emiliano Buendía
Assist: Onel Hernández0-1 (Norwich)
Craig Dawson
Assist: Etienne Capoue1-1 (Watford)
10’
Half-time1-1
Danny Welbeck2-1 (Watford)
55’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Watford
  • Will Hughes
  • Tom Cleverley
Norwich
  • Ben Godfrey
  • Jamal Lewis
  • Alexander Tettey
  • Emiliano Buendía

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.73 1.14 4’ Emiliano Buendía (Norwich), 0-1 4’ 10’ Craig Dawson (Watford), 1-1 10’ 55’ Danny Welbeck (Watford), 2-1 55’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.73 1.14 4’ Emiliano Buendía (Norwich), 0-1 Buendía 4’ 10’ Craig Dawson (Watford), 1-1 Dawson 10’ 55’ Danny Welbeck (Watford), 2-1 Welbeck 55’
Watford 0.73 xGNorwich 1.14 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Norwich attacking Watford attacking 
85’ Adam Idah (Norwich), open play, 0.63 xG, off target 10’ Craig Dawson (Watford), set piece, 0.15 xG, goal 42’ Danny Welbeck (Watford), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 55’ Danny Welbeck (Watford), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 33’ Danny Welbeck (Watford), from a corner, 0.11 xG, saved 46’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 54’ Onel Hernández (Norwich), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 4’ Emiliano Buendía (Norwich), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 58’ Timm Klose (Norwich), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 54’ Emiliano Buendía (Norwich), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 3’ Emiliano Buendía (Norwich), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 28’ Craig Dawson (Watford), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 54’ Max Aarons (Norwich), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 66’ Tom Cleverley (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 47’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 78’ Mario Vrancic (Norwich), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 85’ Josip Drmic (Norwich), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 26’ Adam Masina (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 30’ Onel Hernández (Norwich), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 58’ Mario Vrancic (Norwich), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 74’ Adam Masina (Watford), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 85’ Adam Idah (Norwich), open play, 0.63 xG, off target 10’ Craig Dawson (Watford), set piece, 0.15 xG, goal 42’ Danny Welbeck (Watford), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 55’ Danny Welbeck (Watford), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 33’ Danny Welbeck (Watford), from a corner, 0.11 xG, saved 46’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 54’ Onel Hernández (Norwich), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 58’ Timm Klose (Norwich), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 4’ Emiliano Buendía (Norwich), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 54’ Emiliano Buendía (Norwich), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 3’ Emiliano Buendía (Norwich), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 28’ Craig Dawson (Watford), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 54’ Max Aarons (Norwich), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 66’ Tom Cleverley (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 78’ Mario Vrancic (Norwich), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 47’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 85’ Josip Drmic (Norwich), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 26’ Adam Masina (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 30’ Onel Hernández (Norwich), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 58’ Mario Vrancic (Norwich), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 74’ Adam Masina (Watford), set piece, 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
Kiko Femenía DEF900 0.000.000
Christian Kabasele DEF900 0.000.000
Craig Dawson DEF9012 0.200.000
Adam Masina DEF902 0.030.000
Etienne Capoue MID8910 0.000.151
Will Hughes MID610 0.000.162
Ismaila Sarr MID900 0.000.121
Abdoulaye Doucouré MID901 0.100.000
Danny Welbeck MID9013 0.350.000
Troy Deeney FWD900 0.000.142
Tom Cleverley Sub291 0.040.000
Nathaniel Chalobah Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Watford win 55% Avg odds 1.75
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.71
Norwich win 19% Avg odds 4.94

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

Form going into the game

Watford LDLLL
Norwich LLLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Norwich 0-2 Watford, 08 Nov 19 Next meeting: Norwich 1-3 Watford, 18 Sep 21  All Watford vs Norwich 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.