Premier League

Manchester City 5-1 Watford

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

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 before 23 Apr 2022: 8 W / 0 D / 0 L for Manchester City. 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.

Match context 4 facts

Form before this match (23 Apr 2022): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form W L D W W Matches: 5 · 10 pts, goals 13-6, 2.60 scored/match, 1.20 conceded/match

Away form L L L W L Matches: 5 · 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.

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 3–1 MCI 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 4–1 MCI 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 5–1 MCI 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%

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

Head-to-head Meetings: 11

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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Latest 11 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. These rows are separate from the pre-match sample.

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

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (23 Apr 2022). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

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Manchester City 0 - 1 Brighton