Watford vs Manchester City — Premier League

Premier League· Regular Season - 15

Watford

1–2Full-time

Manchester City

DLWWDLGoals 7-24

WDLWLWGoals 19-12

Vicarage Road, Watford · Capacity 22,200 · grass · Referee: Paul Tierney

Match events

40'Leroy Sané (Riyad Mahrez)
51'Riyad Mahrez (Gabriel Jesus)
52'Will Hughes (Domingos Quina)
63'N. Chalobah (Gerard Deulofeu)
73'David Silva (İlkay Gündoğan)
75'Isaac Success (Andre Gray)
83'V. Kompany (Nicolás Otamendi)
85'Abdoulaye Doucouré
89'Gabriel Jesus (Aymeric Laporte)
90'Ederson

Lineups

Watford

Manchester City

4-1-4-1

4-3-3

Javi GraciaCoach

Guardiola

Bench (7)

Match trends

Watford have averaged 0.7 goals scored per game over their last 10 matches.
Manchester City have averaged 1.9 goals scored per game over their last 10 matches.
Over 2.5 goals landed in 8 of the last 8 meetings between these two sides.
Both teams scored in 5 of the last 8 head-to-head matches.

Head-to-head

Last 8 meetings

0Watford wins

0Draws

8Manchester City wins

5-34Goals

Manchester City

2–1Sep 24, 2024, 6:45 PM

Watford

Manchester City

5–1Apr 23, 2022, 2:00 PM

Watford

1–3Dec 4, 2021, 5:30 PM

Manchester City

Watford

0–4Jul 21, 2020, 5:00 PM

Manchester City

8–0Sep 21, 2019, 2:00 PM

Watford

Manchester City

6–0May 18, 2019, 4:00 PM

Watford

Manchester City

3–1Mar 9, 2019, 5:30 PM

Watford

Manchester City

3–1Jan 2, 2018, 8:00 PM

Watford

Pre-match comparison

0.7Goals scored per game1.9

2.4Goals conceded per game1.2

Rolling averages based on each team's last 10 and 10 finished matches; clean sheets/failed-to-score are full-season totals.

Referee

Paul Tierney

3.54Yellow cards / game

0.08Red cards / game

0.21Penalties scored / game

Based on 24 matches officiated (our own data).

When do they score?

Watford

0-15'

50%

16-30'

25%

31-45'

0%

46-60'

0%

61-75'

25%

76-90+'

0%

Manchester City

0-15'

0%

16-30'

0%

31-45'

0%

46-60'

0%

61-75'

0%

76-90+'

100%

Match statistics

29%Possession71%

—Expected goals (xG)—

7Shots on target7

11Total shots15

2Shots off target5

2Blocked shots3

8Shots inside the box12

3Shots outside the box3

3Corners11

4Offsides6

4Fouls8

0Yellow cards1

—Red cards—

5Goalkeeper saves5

308Total passes714

204Accurate passes627

66%Pass accuracy88%

Player ratings

1Riyad MahrezManchester City⚽ 1🅰️ 19.0
2FernandinhoManchester City7.8
3V. KompanyManchester City7.6
4Leroy SanéManchester City⚽ 17.4
5Abdoulaye DoucouréWatford⚽ 17.4
6EdersonManchester City🟨7.3

Box score

Watford

27Christian KabaseleD · 90'

6.4

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes72%

Tackles2

Duels50%

15

15C. CathcartD · 90'

6.8

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes63%

Tackles1

Duels80%

26

26B. FosterG · 90'

7.2

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes36%

Tackles1

Duels100%

14

14N. ChalobahM · 63'

6.6

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Shots1/1 on target

Passes62%

Tackles—

Duels67%

10Isaac SuccessM · 75'

6.9

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Shots1/2 on target

Passes50%

Tackles2

Duels50%

16Abdoulaye DoucouréM · 90'

⚽ 17.4

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Shots3/5 on target

Passes74%

Tackles2

Duels50%

9Troy Deeney (C)F · 90'

6.9

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Shots2/2 on target

Passes54%

Tackles—

Duels62%

19Will HughesM · 52'

6.4

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes88%

Tackles—

Duels67%

21Kiko FemeniaD · 90'

6.6

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes84%

Tackles2

Duels60%

37Roberto PereyraM · 90'

6.5

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes77%

Tackles2

Duels50%

25José HolebasD · 90'

7.0

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes68%

Tackles5

Duels69%

Bench (7)

11

11A. MasinaD

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18Andre GrayF · 15'

6.8

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes100%

Tackles—

Duels0%

1

1GomesG

—

6Adrian MariappaD

—

20Domingos QuinaM · 38'

6.3

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes86%

Tackles1

Duels20%

7Gerard DeulofeuF · 27'

6.9

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes60%

Tackles—

Duels60%

24Ben WilmotD

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Manchester City

31EdersonG · 90'

🟨7.3

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes68%

Tackles—

Duels100%

2

2K. WalkerD · 90'

6.9

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes85%

Tackles2

Duels29%

5John StonesD · 90'

7.1

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes93%

Tackles3

Duels67%

19Leroy SanéF · 90'

⚽ 17.4

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Shots2/2 on target

Passes88%

Tackles—

Duels44%

21David SilvaM · 73'

7.1

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes89%

Tackles1

Duels40%

26Riyad MahrezF · 90'

⚽ 1🅰️ 19.0

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Shots3/5 on target

Passes87%

Tackles2

Duels36%

4

4V. Kompany (C)D · 83'

7.6

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes91%

Tackles2

Duels100%

33Gabriel JesusF · 89'

🅰️ 16.9

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Shots1/3 on target

Passes88%

Tackles—

Duels20%

25FernandinhoM · 90'

7.8

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes86%

Tackles4

Duels48%

20Bernardo SilvaM · 90'

6.5

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Shots1/2 on target

Passes82%

Tackles1

Duels13%

18

18F. DelphD · 90'

7.1

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes91%

Tackles1

Duels57%

Bench (7)

30Nicolás OtamendiD · 7'

6.3

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes50%

Tackles—

Duels50%

49Arijanet MurićG

—

3

3DaniloD

—

7Raheem SterlingF

—

8İlkay GündoğanM · 17'

6.1

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes94%

Tackles—

Duels0%

47Phil FodenF

—

14Aymeric LaporteD · 1'

—

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes0%

Tackles—

Duels0%

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Watford vs Manchester City played?+

The match is played at Vicarage Road, Watford (capacity 22,200).

What time does Watford vs Manchester City kick off?+

Kickoff is at Dec 4, 2018, 8:00 PM (your local time, based on your device).