Liverpool 2-0 Watford: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 2 April 2022

Result

Liverpool 2-0 Watford

Premier League · Saturday 2 April 2022, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Liverpool · Watford · Premier League predictions

Liverpool 2-0 Watford: match report

Liverpool won against Watford 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 April 2022. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Diogo Jota opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Liverpool's goals came from Diogo Jota (22') and Fabinho (89', penalty). Watford did not score.

Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Watford received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Liverpool were 2nd on 69 points from 29 and Watford 18th on 22 points from 29. Liverpool went on to finish that season 2nd with 92 points, and Watford 19th with 23.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Watford in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Diogo Jota of Liverpool (8.2), ahead of Thiago Alcântara (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Liverpool wins, 1 draw and 1 for Watford.

Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Watford's W-L-L-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Diogo JotaLiverpool · 1-0
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Joe GomezLiverpool
  • 59'Yellow card · Cucho HernándezWatford
  • 89'Penalty goal · FabinhoLiverpool · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 8, draws 1, Watford 1.

Team news

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Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Alisson, Joe Gomez, Joël Matip, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Curtis Jones, Jordan Henderson, Thiago Alcântara, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Diogo Jota

Watford line-up (4-1-4-1)

Ben Foster, Kiko Femenía, Christian Kabasele, Samir Caetano, Hassane Kamara, Imrân Louza, Ismaïla Sarr, Moussa Sissoko, Juraj Kucka, Cucho Hernández, João Pedro