Wolves vs Watford

10 March 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Darren England

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 3–0

  • Raúl Jiménez 13’
  • Juan Camilo Hernández 18’ (og)
  • Daniel Podence 21’
  • Rúben Neves 85’

Match summary

Wolves won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Watford. Wolves led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Raúl Jiménez put Wolves ahead in the 13th minute, set up by Hee-Chan Hwang, Hernández's own goal made it 2-0 in the 18th minute, and Daniel Podence made it 3-0 in the 21st minute. In the second half, Rúben Neves made it 4-0 in the 85th minute, set up by Chiquinho.

The chances backed that up: Wolves created 1.55 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Watford's 0.50 from 9.

Match stats

Wolves Watford
10 Shots 9
5 Shots on Target 0
5 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.55 xG 0.50
1.55 Non-penalty xG 0.50
5 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Wolves Watford
Kick-off
Raúl Jiménez
Assist: Hee-Chan Hwang
1-0 (Wolves)
13’
Juan Camilo Hernández
Own goal
2-0 (Wolves)
18’
Daniel Podence3-0 (Wolves)
21’
Half-time3-0
Rúben Neves
Assist: Chiquinho
4-0 (Wolves)
85’
Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Wolves
  • Romain Saiss
  • Rayan Ait Nouri
Watford
  • Samir
  • Imran Louza

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 1.55 0.50 13’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), 1-0 13’ 18’ Juan Camilo Hernández (Wolves) own goal, 2-0 18’ 21’ Daniel Podence (Wolves), 3-0 21’ 85’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), 4-0 85’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.55 0.50 13’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), 1-0 Jiménez 13’ 18’ Juan Camilo Hernández (Wolves) own goal, 2-0 Hernández 18’ 21’ Daniel Podence (Wolves), 3-0 Podence 21’ 85’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), 4-0 Neves 85’
Wolves 1.55 xGWatford 0.50 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Watford attacking Wolves attacking 
75’ Fabio Silva (Wolves), open play, 0.57 xG, off target 13’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 21’ Daniel Podence (Wolves), open play, 0.19 xG, goal 45’ Hee-Chan Hwang (Wolves), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 42’ Emmanuel Dennis (Watford), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 80’ Daniel Podence (Wolves), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 25’ Joshua King (Watford), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 42’ Juan Camilo Hernández (Watford), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 36’ Juan Camilo Hernández (Watford), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 60’ Imran Louza (Watford), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 61’ Christian Kabasele (Watford), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 85’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 75’ Pedro Neto (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 17’ Daniel Podence (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 33’ Samir (Watford), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 78’ Pedro Neto (Wolves), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 42’ Christian Kabasele (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 50’ Daniel Podence (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 84’ Imran Louza (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 18’ Juan Camilo Hernández (Watford), own goal 75’ Fabio Silva (Wolves), open play, 0.57 xG, off target 13’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 21’ Daniel Podence (Wolves), open play, 0.19 xG, goal 45’ Hee-Chan Hwang (Wolves), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 42’ Emmanuel Dennis (Watford), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 80’ Daniel Podence (Wolves), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 25’ Joshua King (Watford), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 42’ Juan Camilo Hernández (Watford), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 36’ Juan Camilo Hernández (Watford), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 60’ Imran Louza (Watford), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 61’ Christian Kabasele (Watford), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 85’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 75’ Pedro Neto (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 17’ Daniel Podence (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 33’ Samir (Watford), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 78’ Pedro Neto (Wolves), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ Daniel Podence (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 42’ Christian Kabasele (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 84’ Imran Louza (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 18’ Juan Camilo Hernández (Watford), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
José Sá GK900 0.000.000
Romain Saiss DEF900 0.000.000
Conor Coady DEF900 0.000.000
Willy Boly DEF900 0.000.000
Jonny MID830 0.000.041
Rayan Ait Nouri MID900 0.000.101
Rúben Neves MID9011 0.050.031
João Moutinho MID900 0.000.000
Daniel Podence MID9014 0.320.000
Hee-Chan Hwang MID6211 0.120.441
Raúl Jiménez FWD7211 0.440.121
Pedro Neto Sub282 0.050.571
Fabio Silva Sub181 0.570.000
Chiquinho Sub710 0.000.051

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolves win 50% Avg odds 1.93
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.43
Watford win 22% Avg odds 4.38

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

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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.