WATFORD. Manchester City conquers Watford 3-1. Manchester City was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with R. Sterling (4′), B. Silva (31′) and B. Silva (63′). Watford reduced the distance with a goal (74′) by Cucho, but there was not much to do for them. Manchester City was much better in terms of ball possession (77%) was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Vicarage Road stadium in Watford on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Simon Hooper with the support of Adrian Holmes and Darren Cann. The 4th official was Robert Jones. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 4.9 degrees Celsius or 40.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.
Match Statistics
- ! 23 Ball Possession 77
Shots
- 11 Total 26
- 4 On Target 13
- 7 Off Target 13
- 1 Shots blocked 4
- 50 Attack 123
- 28 Dangerous attack 90
- 73 Ball safe 118
- 8 Free Kicks 11
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 11
Fouls
- 11 Total 7
- 3 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Manchester City had a superior ball possession 77% while Watford was struggling with a 23% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Manchester City was more pushing with 90 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 13 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Manchester City won the match.
Watford shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Manchester City shot 26 times, 13 on target, 13 off target.
Cards
Watford received 3 yellow cards (J. King, D. Rose and C. Cathcart). Talking about the opposition, Manchester City didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Watford will stay with 13 points to remain in the 17th place. Talking about the opposition, Manchester City will have 35 points to sit in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Watford will play away against Brentford on the 10th of December with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Watford (1 draw).
Manchester City will host Wolverhampton Wanderers on the 11th of December with a 8-3 head to head in favor of Manchester City (1 draw).
Watford – Formation
Watford
71'
31'
74'
Watford started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Claudio Ranieri decided to play with the following team: Daniel Bachmann , Kiko Femenía , William Troost-Ekong , Craig Cathcart , Danny Rose , Imrân Louza , Emmanuel Dennis , Tom Cleverley , Moussa Sissoko , João Pedro and Joshua King .
The home team had on the bench: Ozan Tufan, Robert Elliot, Cucho Hernández , Dan Gosling, James Morris, Ashley Fletcher, Juraj Kucka , Christian Kabasele and Jeremy Ngakia .
Substitutions
Watford made 3 changes: T. Cleverley for J. Kucka (46′), I. Louza for Cucho (46′) and D. Rose for J. Ngakia (71′).
Best player: Cucho Hernández
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Watford was Cucho Hernández.
His rating is with 1 goal, 12 passes (66% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 8 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Manchester City – Formation
Manchester City
Manchester City started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Josep Guardiola i Sala played with: Ederson , Kyle Walker , Rúben Dias , Aymeric Laporte , João Cancelo , İlkay Gündoğan , Rodri , Bernardo Silva , Raheem Sterling , Jack Grealish and Phil Foden .
They had on the bench: Riyad Mahrez , Gabriel Jesus , Kevin De Bruyne , Nathan Aké, Scott Carson, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Zack Steffen, John Stones and Fernandinho.
Substitutions
Manchester City made 3 changes: I. Gundogan for K. De Bruyne (67′), J. Grealish for R. Mahrez (68′) and P. Foden for Gabriel Jesus (75′).
Best player: Bernardo Silva
The player that probably impressed the most for Manchester City was Bernardo Silva.
His rating is with 2 goals, 61 passes (93% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Newcastle United – Burnley – 1-0
- Southampton – Brighton & Hove Albion – 1-1
- Watford – Manchester City – 1-3
- West Ham United – Chelsea – 3-2
- Wolverhampton Wanderers – Liverpool – 0-1
