Premier League

Watford 1-4 West Ham

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

Your time 28 Dec 2021, 15:00 Venue time 28 Dec 2021, 15:00 GMT

Watford vs West Ham finished 1-4 in Premier League. Key event: 3' Emmanuel Dennis (assist Joshua King · xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 84.8%, 49.7%). Head to head: H2H last 8 before 28 Dec 2021: 3 W / 1 D / 4 L for Watford. Home form: L L L L W; Away form: L L L D W. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

Match context 4 facts

Form before this match (28 Dec 2021): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form L L L L W Matches: 5 · 3 pts, goals 9-12, 1.80 scored/match, 2.40 conceded/match

Away form L L L D W Matches: 5 · 4 pts, goals 6-9, 1.20 scored/match, 1.80 conceded/match

Watford · season record 4 W · 1 D · 11 L 2021/2022: 16 recorded matches, goals 21–31; before 28 Dec 2021 UTC. Not official standings.

West Ham · season record 8 W · 4 D · 6 L 2021/2022: 18 recorded matches, goals 30–24; before 28 Dec 2021 UTC. Not official standings.

Timeline 41 events

3' shot Emmanuel Dennis WAT assist Joshua King xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 84.8%, 49.7%

4' Goal Emmanuel Dennis 1–0 WAT assist Joshua King

5' shot Tomas Soucek WES assist Manuel Lanzini xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75.2%, 62.4%

5' shot Jarrod Bowen WES assist Tomas Soucek xG 0.37 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.5%, 48.8%

9' shot Said Benrahma WES assist Manuel Lanzini xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.2%, 67%

13' shot Jarrod Bowen WES assist Said Benrahma xG 0.1 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.6%, 52.9%

13' shot Michail Antonio WES xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.2%, 36.7%

23' shot Adam Masina WAT xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 77.4%, 70.7%

24' shot Jarrod Bowen WES assist Michail Antonio xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 77.8%, 48.4%

26' shot Tomas Soucek WES assist Jarrod Bowen xG 0.27 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.2%, 36.2%

27' Goal Tomáš Souček 1–1 WES assist Jarrod Bowen

28' shot Said Benrahma WES assist Michail Antonio xG 0.13 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.8%, 53%

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29' Goal Saïd Benrahma 1–2 WES assist Michail Antonio

30' shot Michail Antonio WES assist Manuel Lanzini xG 0.02 · From Corner · location 96.8%, 59.6%

40' shot Adam Masina WAT assist Juraj Kucka xG 0.05 · Open Play · location 92%, 53.1%

40' Sub Imrân Louza WAT on for Kiko Femenía · Injury substitution

44' shot Michail Antonio WES assist Said Benrahma xG 0.09 · Open Play · location 89.4%, 51.9%

45' shot Juan Camilo Hernández WAT xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 80.5%, 32.8%

46' Sub João Pedro WAT on for Cucho Hernández

50' VAR Jarrod Bowen WES Goal awarded

51' shot Moussa Sissoko WAT xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.1%, 36.6%

57' shot Mark Noble WES xG 0.76 · Right Foot · location 88.5%, 50%

57' VAR Jarrod Bowen WES Penalty not awarded

58' Goal Mark Noble 1–3 WES Penalty

62' Sub Ken Sema WAT on for Ozan Tufan

71' shot Joshua King WAT assist João Pedro xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.6%, 29.9%

76' shot João Pedro WAT xG 0.03 · Set Piece · location 89%, 47.2%

76' shot Joshua King WAT assist João Pedro xG 0.13 · Set Piece · location 95.4%, 48.2%

77' shot Juraj Kucka WAT xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 87.3%, 62.9%

80' shot João Pedro WAT assist Moussa Sissoko xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 79.1%, 59%

81' Yellow Craig Dawson WES Yellow card

82' shot Juraj Kucka WAT assist Imran Louza xG 0.05 · From Corner · location 91%, 56.7%

82' Sub Arthur Masuaku WES on for Ben Johnson

85' Sub Nikola Vlašić WES on for Saïd Benrahma

86' shot João Pedro WAT xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.9%, 67.2%

90+2' Goal Nikola Vlašić 1–4 WES assist Jarrod Bowen

90' shot Michail Antonio WES assist Jarrod Bowen xG 0.43 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 89%, 57.7%

90' Sub Alex Král WES on for Manuel Lanzini

91' shot Nikola Vlasic WES assist Jarrod Bowen xG 0.54 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.5%, 47.8%

94' shot Emmanuel Dennis WAT assist João Pedro xG 0.3 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.2%, 42.7%

94' shot Francisco Sierralta WAT assist Imran Louza xG 0.03 · From Corner · location 91.3%, 53%

Shot map 27 shots · 5 goals

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

Watford 14 shots · 1.01 xG · 1 goal

West Ham 13 shots · 2.85 xG · 4 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Head-to-head Meetings: 12

West Ham leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 6 wins, 4 losses, 2 draws. Latest meeting: 29 Aug 2026 · Watford vs West Ham · 1 - 1.

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Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 2 after this match (28 Dec 2021). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample.

29 Aug 2026

Watford 1 - 1 West Ham

08 Feb 2022

West Ham 1 - 0 Watford

17 Jul 2020

West Ham 3 - 1 Watford

24 Aug 2019

Watford 1 - 3 West Ham

12 May 2019

Watford 1 - 4 West Ham

22 Dec 2018

West Ham 0 - 2 Watford

10 Feb 2018

West Ham 2 - 0 Watford

19 Nov 2017

Watford 2 - 0 West Ham

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25 Feb 2017

Watford 1 - 1 West Ham

10 Sep 2016

West Ham 2 - 4 Watford

20 Apr 2016

West Ham 3 - 1 Watford

31 Oct 2015

Watford 2 - 0 West Ham

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (28 Dec 2021). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

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31 Oct 2026

West Ham 1 - 3 West Brom