Premier League

Watford 1-2 Manchester City

Watford vs Manchester City finished 1-2 in Premier League. Key event: 1' Almen Abdi (assist Troy Deeney · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.2%, 31%). Head to head: H2H last 1: 0-0-1. Home form: L D W W W; Away form: D W L W L. Forecast and odds: Home / Draw / Away: 5.00 / 3.80 / 1.72; Bookmaker samples: 7. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

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Competition Premier League Season 2015/2016 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 02 Jan 2016, 21:30 Venue time 02 Jan 2016, 21:30 GMT

Match context 4 facts

Home form L D W W W 10 pts, goals 9-4, 1.80 scored/match, 0.80 conceded/match

Away form D W L W L 7 pts, goals 7-6, 1.40 scored/match, 1.20 conceded/match

Watford · season record 8 W · 5 D · 6 L 2015/2016: 19 recorded matches, goals 24–20; before 02 Jan 2016 UTC. Not official standings.

Manchester City · season record 11 W · 3 D · 5 L 2015/2016: 19 recorded matches, goals 37–20; before 02 Jan 2016 UTC. Not official standings.

Shot map 28 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.

Watford 12 shots · 0.99 xG · 1 goal

Manchester City 16 shots · 0.69 xG · 2 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Pass map directional passes

Solid arrows are completed passes; dashed arrows are incomplete.

Manchester City160 plotted of 249 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Watford160 plotted of 300 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Passing networkexact player links onlyfull match

Node position is the player's full-match average pass location. Thicker connections represent more completed passes.

Manchester City70 exact passer-recipient links

STE BRU HAR KOL SAG MAN

STERaheem Sterling5 passes
BRUKevin De Bruyne15 passes
HARJoe Hart3 passes
KOLAleksandar Kolarov19 passes
SAGBacary Sagna19 passes
MANEliaquim Mangala9 passes

Watford127 exact passer-recipient links

HOL ABD WAT CAP DEE CAT GUÉ

HOLJosé Holebas28 passes
ABDAlmen Abdi25 passes
WATBen Watson24 passes
CAPEtienne Capoue32 passes
DEETroy Deeney9 passes
CATCraig Cathcart5 passes
GUÉAdlène Guédioura4 passes

Pass-location heatmapevent density, not tracking datafull match

Density is calculated from pass start locations in the accepted event feed.

Manchester City249 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Watford300 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Possession flow 25 recorded possessions

Share of recorded possession time in each five-minute interval. Official full-match possession is shown above.

WatfordManchester City

0–5′0–100
5–10′0–100
10–15′0–100
15–20′0–100
20–25′4–96
25–30′100–0
30–35′20–80
35–40′55–45
40–45′58–42
45–50′100–0
50–55′100–0
55–60′7–93
60–65′8–92
65–70′100–0
70–75′100–0
75–80′100–0
80–85′100–0
85–90′27–73
90–95′0–100

Timeline 47 events

1' shot Almen Abdi WAT assist Troy Deeney · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.2%, 31%

4' shot Aleksandar Kolarov MCI assist Raheem Sterling · xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 73.1%, 74.2%

9' shot Odion Jude Ighalo WAT Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.04

9' shot Odion Ighalo WAT assist Almen Abdi · xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.1%, 31.3%

12' shot Odion Jude Ighalo WAT Open Play · Saved · xG 0.22

12' shot Odion Ighalo WAT assist Almen Abdi · xG 0.29 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.2%, 33.6%

16' shot Ben Watson WAT xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 72.3%, 58.8%

18' shot Kevin De Bruyne MCI assist Fernandinho · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.1%, 26.4%

25' shot Gnégnéri Yaya Touré MCI Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.02

25' shot Yaya Touré MCI assist David Silva · xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 71.4%, 48.8%

28' shot Sergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo MCI Open Play · Off T · xG 0.08

28' shot Fernando Luiz Rosa MCI Open Play · Saved · xG 0.21

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28' shot Fernandinho MCI assist David Silva · xG 0.1 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 96.2%, 36.9%

28' shot Raheem Sterling MCI xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90%, 43.3%

28' shot Sergio Agüero MCI assist Kevin De Bruyne · xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.9%, 66.2%

30' shot Aleksandar Kolarov MCI assist Fernandinho · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 75.9%, 67.6%

33' shot David Josué Jiménez Silva MCI Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.07

33' shot David Silva MCI assist Kevin De Bruyne · xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 80.5%, 32.8%

37' Yellow Allan Romeo Nyom WAT Yellow Card

39' shot José Manuel Jurado Marín WAT Open Play · Off T · xG 0.02

39' shot Jurado WAT xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 84.6%, 70.9%

45' shot Troy Deeney WAT assist José Holebas · xG 0.01 · Open Play · location 85.9%, 47.3%

46' shot Ben Watson WAT assist José Holebas · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.3%, 70.8%

52' shot Kevin De Bruyne MCI assist Raheem Sterling · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.9%, 74.7%

53' shot Fernando Luiz Rosa MCI Open Play · Off T · xG 0.05

53' shot Fernandinho MCI assist David Silva · xG 0.05 · From Corner · location 89.3%, 53.4%

54' Goal Aleksandar Kolarov MCI Own goal

54' shot Ben Watson WAT xG 0.01 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 99.4%, 99.1%

59' Sub Jesús Navas González MCI on for Raheem Sterling · Tactical

62' shot José Holebas WAT assist Etienne Capoue · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 80.2%, 64.9%

67' shot Gnégnéri Yaya Touré MCI Open Play · Off T · xG 0.07

67' shot Yaya Touré MCI assist Kevin De Bruyne · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.9%, 61.8%

68' shot Kevin De Bruyne MCI assist David Silva · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.5%, 59.6%

69' shot Sergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo MCI Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.08

69' shot Sergio Agüero MCI assist Kevin De Bruyne · xG 0.04 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 87.6%, 61.8%

72' shot Gnégnéri Yaya Touré MCI Open Play · Off T · xG 0.02

72' shot Yaya Touré MCI assist Jesús Navas · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 71.9%, 48%

73' shot Almen Abdi WAT xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 70.7%, 53.2%

74' Sub Wilfried Guemiand Bony MCI on for Eliaquim Mangala · Tactical

78' shot Etienne Capoue WAT xG 0.38 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.4%, 52.2%

79' Sub Adlène Guédioura WAT on for José Manuel Jurado Marín · Tactical

81' Goal Gnégnéri Yaya Touré MCI Open Play · Goal

81' shot Yaya Touré MCI assist Aleksandar Kolarov · xG 0.06 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 91.6%, 58.1%

83' shot Sergio Agüero MCI assist Bacary Sagna · xG 0.06 · Open Play · location 89.9%, 56.3%

85' Sub Martín Gastón Demichelis MCI on for Sergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo · Tactical

87' shot Odion Jude Ighalo WAT Open Play · Saved · xG 0.12

87' shot Odion Ighalo WAT xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.6%, 48.7%

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

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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