Watford vs West Ham

28 December 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Darren England

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 1–2

Emmanuel Dennis 4’

Tomas Soucek 27’
Said Benrahma 29’
Mark Noble 58’ (pen)
Nikola Vlasic 90+2’

Match summary

West Ham came from behind to win 4-1 away at Watford. West Ham led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Emmanuel Dennis put Watford ahead in the 4th minute, set up by Joshua King, Tomas Soucek equalised in the 27th minute, set up by Jarrod Bowen, and Said Benrahma put West Ham in front in the 29th minute, set up by Michail Antonio. In the second half, Mark Noble made it 1-3 from the penalty spot in the 58th minute and Nikola Vlasic made it 1-4 in stoppage time, set up by Jarrod Bowen.

The chances backed that up: West Ham created 2.85 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Watford's 1.01 from 14.

Match stats

14 Shots 13

5 Shots on Target 6

4 Corners 5

0 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.01 xG 2.84

1.01 Non-penalty xG 2.08

3 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Watford West Ham

Kick-off

Emmanuel Dennis
Assist: Joshua King

1-0

4’

27’

Tomas Soucek
Assist: Jarrod Bowen

1-1

29’

Said Benrahma
Assist: Michail Antonio

1-2

Half-time1-2

58’

Mark Noble
Penalty

1-3

90+2’

Nikola Vlasic
Assist: Jarrod Bowen

1-4

Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

West Ham

Craig Dawson

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 1.01 xGWest Ham 2.85 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

West Ham attacking Watford attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Daniel Bachmann	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kiko Femenía	DEF	39			0	0.00	0.00	0
Francisco Sierralta	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Craig Cathcart	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adam Masina	DEF	90			2	0.07	0.00	0
Juraj Kucka	MID	90			2	0.11	0.05	1
Juan Camilo Hernández	MID	48			1	0.03	0.00	0
Moussa Sissoko	MID	90			1	0.05	0.04	1
Ozan Tufan	MID	64			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joshua King	MID	90		1	2	0.18	0.09	1
Emmanuel Dennis	FWD	90	1		2	0.39	0.00	0
Imran Louza	Sub	51			0	0.00	0.09	2
João Pedro	Sub	42			3	0.15	0.48	3
Ken Sema	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukasz Fabianski	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Vladimir Coufal	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Issa Diop	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Craig Dawson	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben Johnson	DEF	84			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tomas Soucek	MID	90	1		2	0.29	0.37	1
Mark Noble	MID	90	1		1	0.76	0.00	0
Jarrod Bowen	MID	90		2	3	0.50	1.25	3
Manuel Lanzini	MID	90			0	0.00	0.07	3
Said Benrahma	MID	87	1		2	0.16	0.19	2
Michail Antonio	FWD	90		1	4	0.59	0.17	2
Arthur Masuaku	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nikola Vlasic	Sub	3	1		1	0.54	0.00	0
Alex Kral	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Watford win 27% Avg odds 3.52

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.70

West Ham win 47% Avg odds 2.06

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

Form going into the game

Watford W L L L L

West Ham D W D L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: West Ham 3-1 Watford, 17 Jul 20 Next meeting: West Ham 1-0 Watford, 08 Feb 22 All Watford vs West Ham 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.