Premier League

Manchester City 5-1 Watford

Manchester City vs Watford finished 5-1 in Premier League. Key event: 3' Gabriel Jesus (assist Oleksandr Zinchenko · xG 0.59 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 93.9%, 48.2%). Head to head: H2H last 8: 8-0-0. Home form: W L D W W; Away form: L L L W L. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

MCI 5 - 1 Finished

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Competition Premier League Season 2021/2022 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 23 Apr 2022, 14:00 Venue time 23 Apr 2022, 15:00 BST

Match context 4 facts

Home form W L D W W 10 pts, goals 13-6, 2.60 scored/match, 1.20 conceded/match

Away form L L L W L 3 pts, goals 3-12, 0.60 scored/match, 2.40 conceded/match

Manchester City · season record 24 W · 5 D · 3 L 2021/2022: 32 recorded matches, goals 75–20; before 23 Apr 2022 UTC. Not official standings.

Watford · season record 6 W · 4 D · 22 L 2021/2022: 32 recorded matches, goals 30–62; before 23 Apr 2022 UTC. Not official standings.

Shot map 26 shots · 6 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 21 shots · 3.69 xG · 5 goals

Watford 5 shots · 0.43 xG · 1 goal

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Timeline 39 events

3' shot Gabriel Jesus MCI assist Oleksandr Zinchenko · xG 0.59 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 93.9%, 48.2%

4' Goal Gabriel Jesus 1–0 MCI assist Oleksandr Zinchenko

7' shot Fernandinho MCI assist Kevin De Bruyne · xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.9%, 27.1%

10' shot Rodri MCI xG 0.1 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 89.7%, 38.8%

10' shot Fernandinho MCI xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 88%, 36.1%

14' shot João Cancelo MCI assist Gabriel Jesus · xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.8%, 35.4%

17' shot Kevin De Bruyne MCI assist Rodri · xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.9%, 73.5%

22' shot Gabriel Jesus MCI assist Kevin De Bruyne · xG 0.6 · Open Play · location 95.9%, 52.6%

23' Goal Gabriel Jesus 2–0 MCI assist Kevin De Bruyne

27' shot Hassane Kamara WAT assist Emmanuel Dennis · xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 89.1%, 69.4%

28' Goal Hassane Kamara 2–1 WAT assist Emmanuel Dennis

31' shot Fernandinho MCI assist Kevin De Bruyne · xG 0.03 · From Corner · location 88.4%, 44.9%

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31' shot Gabriel Jesus MCI xG 0.03 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 78.8%, 66.6%

33' shot Rodri MCI assist Gabriel Jesus · xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.8%, 34.6%

34' Goal Rodri 3–1MCI assist Gabriel Jesus

36' shot Raheem Sterling MCI assist Gabriel Jesus · xG 0.5 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.4%, 51.5%

43' Yellow João Cancelo MCI Yellow card

46' shot Ismaila Sarr WAT assist Jeremy Ngakia · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 86.4%, 23.6%

48' shot Gabriel Jesus MCI xG 0.76 · Right Foot · location 88.5%, 50%

49' Goal Gabriel Jesus 4–1MCI Penalty

52' shot Gabriel Jesus MCI assist Kevin De Bruyne · xG 0.14 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90%, 44.1%

53' Goal Gabriel Jesus 5–1MCI assist Kevin De Bruyne

57' Sub İlkay Gündoğan MCI on for Kevin De Bruyne

59' shot Rúben Dias MCI assist Ilkay Gündogan · xG 0.05 · From Corner · location 92.4%, 52.4%

59' shot Rúben Dias MCI assist Aymeric Laporte · xG 0.11 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 93.5%, 51.3%

59' shot Rodri MCI assist Rúben Dias · xG 0.12 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 92.4%, 50.6%

61' shot Emmanuel Dennis WAT assist Imran Louza · xG 0.15 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.7%, 58.7%

63' Sub Nathan Aké MCI on for Aymeric Laporte

68' Sub João Pedro WAT on for Ismaïla Sarr

68' Sub Craig Cathcart WAT on for Samir Caetano

70' Sub Riyad Mahrez MCI on for Rodri

71' shot Gabriel Jesus MCI xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.2%, 72.3%

75' Sub Edo Kayembe WAT on for Imrân Louza

81' shot João Pedro WAT assist Emmanuel Dennis · xG 0.15 · Set Piece · location 90.3%, 57.3%

84' shot Moussa Sissoko WAT assist Edo Kayembe · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 90.5%, 31.3%

85' shot João Cancelo MCI assist Ilkay Gündogan · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74%, 27.5%

86' shot Jack Grealish MCI assist Riyad Mahrez · xG 0.14 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.1%, 41.9%

89' shot Riyad Mahrez MCI assist Fernandinho · xG 0.13 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 94.8%, 40.1%

92' shot Jack Grealish MCI assist Ilkay Gündogan · xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85%, 62.4%

Head-to-head H2H last 11: 11-0-0

Manchester City leads the last 11 head-to-head meetings: 11 wins, 0 losses, 0 draws. Latest meeting: 04 Dec 2021 · Watford vs Manchester City · 1 - 3.

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Showing 8 of 11 head-to-head matches.

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

02 Jan 2018

Manchester City 3 - 1 Watford

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

Recent form

Showing 8 of 12 recent form matches.

13 Sep 2026

Manchester United 0 - 1 Manchester City

12 Sep 2026

Watford 1 - 2 Stoke City

08 Sep 2026

FC Porto 0 - 2 Manchester City

08 Sep 2026

Watford 2 - 1 Preston

05 Sep 2026

Manchester City 1 - 0 Coventry

05 Sep 2026

West Brom 1 - 0 Watford

01 Sep 2026

Swansea 2 - 0 Watford

29 Aug 2026

Watford 1 - 1 West Ham

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28 Aug 2026

Crystal Palace 1 - 4 Manchester City

25 Aug 2026

Watford 1 - 5 Peterborough

23 Aug 2026

Manchester City 2 - 1 Bournemouth

22 Aug 2026

Wrexham 1 - 1 Watford

Team statistics 17 metrics

74% Ball Possession 26%

74% 26%

3.68 Expected Goals 0.43

89% 10%

21 Total Shots 5

80% 19%

8 Shots on Goal 2

80% 20%

11 Corner Kicks 4

73% 26%

9 Fouls 7

56% 43%

1 Yellow Cards 0

100% 0%

1 Goalkeeper Saves 4

20% 80%

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6 Blocked shots 1

0 Offsides 2

7 Free kicks 9

7 Shots off target 2

13 Throw-ins 12

3 Goal kicks 8

1 Total saves 4

0 Hit woodwork 0

18 Shots inside box 5

Lineups

1 Ben Foster GK 2 Jeremy Ngakia DEF 27 Christian Kabasele DEF 22 Samir Caetano DEF 14 Hassane Kamara DEF 19 Moussa Sissoko MID 6 Imrân Louza MID 8 Tom Cleverley MID 23 Ismaïla Sarr FWD 7 Joshua King FWD 25 Emmanuel Dennis FWD 31 Ederson GK 27 João Cancelo DEF 3 Rúben Dias DEF 14 Aymeric Laporte DEF 11 Oleksandr Zinchenko DEF 25 Fernandinho MID 16 Rodri MID 9 Gabriel Jesus MID 17 Kevin De Bruyne MID 7 Raheem Sterling MID 10 Jack Grealish FWD

Watford

4-3-3 · Manager Roy Hodgson

1 B Ben Foster GK

2 J Jeremy Ngakia DEF

27 C Christian Kabasele DEF

22 S Samir Caetano DEF

14 H Hassane Kamara DEF

19 M Moussa Sissoko · Captain MID

6 I Imrân Louza MID

8 T Tom Cleverley MID

23 I Ismaïla Sarr FWD

7 J Joshua King FWD

25 E Emmanuel Dennis FWD

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15 C Craig Cathcart DEF

10 J João Pedro FWD

39 E Edo Kayembe MID

26 D Daniel Bachmann GK

11 A Adam Masina DEF

13 N Nicolas N'Koulou DEF

5 W William Troost-Ekong DEF

16 D Dan Gosling MID

12 K Ken Sema MID

Manchester City

4-2-3-1 · Manager Pep Guardiola

31 E Ederson GK

27 J João Cancelo DEF

3 R Rúben Dias DEF

14 A Aymeric Laporte DEF

11 O Oleksandr Zinchenko DEF

25 F Fernandinho · Captain MID

16 R Rodri MID

9 G Gabriel Jesus MID

17 K Kevin De Bruyne MID

7 R Raheem Sterling MID

10 J Jack Grealish FWD

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8 İ İlkay Gündoğan MID

6 N Nathan Aké DEF

26 R Riyad Mahrez FWD

13 Z Zack Steffen GK

56 C Conrad Jaden Egan-Riley DEF

79 L Luke Mbete DEF

47 P Phil Foden MID

20 B Bernardo Silva MID

80 C Cole Palmer MID