Premier League

Manchester City 3-1 Watford

Competition Premier League Season 2017/2018 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 02 Jan 2018, 20:00 Venue time 02 Jan 2018, 20:00 GMT

Manchester City vs Watford finished 3-1 in Premier League. Key event: 0 Raheem Sterling (assist Leroy Sané · xG 0.39 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 94.7%, 43.3%). Head to head: H2H last 5 before 02 Jan 2018: 5 W / 0 D / 0 L for Manchester City. Home form: D W W W W; Away form: L W L L L. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

Match context 4 facts

Form before this match (02 Jan 2018): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form D W W W W Matches: 5 · 13 pts, goals 13-1, 2.60 scored/match, 0.20 conceded/match

Away form L W L L L Matches: 5 · 3 pts, goals 5-10, 1.00 scored/match, 2.00 conceded/match

Manchester City · season record 19 W · 2 D · 0 L 2017/2018: 21 recorded matches, goals 61–12; before 02 Jan 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Watford · season record 7 W · 4 D · 10 L 2017/2018: 21 recorded matches, goals 30–37; before 02 Jan 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Timeline 37 events

0 shot Raheem Sterling MCI assist Leroy Sané xG 0.39 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 94.7%, 43.3%

1' Goal Raheem Sterling 1–0 MCI assist Leroy Sané

4' shot John Stones MCI assist Leroy Sané xG 0.51 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 93.1%, 53%

7' shot Andre Gray WAT assist Christian Kabasele xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 92.7%, 70.9%

12' shot Christian Kabasele WAT xG 0 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 6%, 53%

13' Goal Christian Kabasele 2–0 MCI Own goal

17' shot Kevin De Bruyne MCI xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 80.6%, 72%

17' shot Raheem Sterling MCI xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 86.9%, 42.9%

17' shot John Stones MCI assist Raheem Sterling xG 0.03 · Set Piece · location 91%, 46.6%

24' Yellow David Silva MCI Yellow card

27' shot Daryl Janmaat WAT assist Abdoulaye Doucouré xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 71.4%, 24.4%

28' shot Andre Gray WAT assist Etienne Capoue xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.4%, 27.3%

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36' shot David Silva MCI assist Leroy Sané xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.1%, 66.6%

39' shot Sergio Agüero MCI assist Kevin De Bruyne xG 0.15 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 96.2%, 45.2%

41' shot Raheem Sterling MCI assist Fernandinho xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 93.6%, 27.7%

42' shot André Carrillo WAT assist Andre Gray xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.5%, 65.1%

46' shot Sergio Agüero MCI assist Kevin De Bruyne xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.3%, 43.9%

47' shot Sergio Agüero MCI assist Kevin De Bruyne xG 0.29 · Open Play · location 90.7%, 53.6%

49' shot Kevin De Bruyne MCI xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 97.2%, 81.4%

53' shot Sergio Agüero MCI assist Kevin De Bruyne xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.4%, 67.8%

61' Sub Roberto Pereyra WAT on for Ben Watson

61' Sub Tom Cleverley WAT on for Étienne Capoue

62' shot Sergio Agüero MCI xG 0.6 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 96.4%, 46.2%

63' Goal Sergio Agüero 3–0 MCI Goal

66' shot Kevin De Bruyne MCI assist Raheem Sterling xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75.9%, 39.4%

67' shot Leroy Sané MCI assist Kevin De Bruyne xG 0.13 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.1%, 59.3%

67' Sub Danilo MCI on for John Stones

71' Sub Yaya Touré MCI on for Fernandinho

77' shot Kevin De Bruyne MCI assist Leroy Sané xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.2%, 69%

79' Sub Bernardo Silva MCI on for Kevin De Bruyne

81' shot Andre Gray WAT assist André Carrillo xG 0.71 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 96.4%, 48.2%

82' Goal Andre Gray 3–1 WAT assist André Carrillo

82' Sub Jerome Sinclair WAT on for Richarlison

83' Yellow Roberto Pereyra WAT Yellow card

86' shot Abdoulaye Doucouré WAT xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 85.8%, 67%

88' shot Raheem Sterling MCI assist Bernardo Silva xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 93.2%, 31.8%

90' shot Abdoulaye Doucouré WAT xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75.9%, 15.1%

Shot map 25 shots · 3 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Manchester City 17 shots · 2.78 xG · 2 goals

Full pitch shown to keep both teams on the same scale.

Watford 8 shots · 0.97 xG · 1 goal

Full pitch retained for 1 location outside the attacking half.

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Head-to-head Meetings: 11

Manchester City leads the last 11 head-to-head meetings: 11 wins, 0 losses, 0 draws. Latest meeting: 23 Apr 2022 · Manchester City vs Watford · 5 - 1.

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Latest 11 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 6 after this match (02 Jan 2018). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample.

23 Apr 2022

Manchester City 5 - 1 Watford

04 Dec 2021

Watford 1 - 3 Manchester City

21 Jul 2020

Watford 0 - 4 Manchester City

21 Sep 2019

Manchester City 8 - 0 Watford

09 Mar 2019

Manchester City 3 - 1 Watford

04 Dec 2018

Watford 1 - 2 Manchester City

16 Sep 2017

Watford 0 - 6 Manchester City

21 May 2017

Watford 0 - 5 Manchester City

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15 Dec 2016

Manchester City 2 - 0 Watford

02 Jan 2016

Watford 1 - 2 Manchester City

29 Aug 2015

Manchester City 2 - 0 Watford

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (02 Jan 2018). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

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