Manchester City 3-1 Watford: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 2 January 2018

Result

Manchester City 3-1 Watford

Premier League · Tuesday 2 January 2018, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester City 3-1 Watford: match report

Manchester City won against Watford 3-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 2 January 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Raheem Sterling opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Manchester City's goals came from Raheem Sterling (1'), an own goal by Christian Kabasele (13') and Sergio Agüero (63'). Watford scored through Andre Gray (82').

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Watford received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 59 points from 21 and Watford 10th on 25 points from 21. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 100 points, and Watford 14th with 41.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Watford in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City (8.5), ahead of Raheem Sterling (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 0 for Watford.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Raheem SterlingManchester City · 1-0
  • 13'Own goal · Christian KabaseleManchester City · 2-0
  • 24'Yellow card · David SilvaManchester City
  • 63'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 3-0
  • 82'Goal · Andre GrayWatford · 3-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Roberto PereyraWatford

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Manchester City 5, draws 2, Watford 0.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)

Ederson, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Nicolás Otamendi, Fabian Delph, Kevin De Bruyne, Fernandinho, David Silva, Raheem Sterling, Sergio Agüero, Leroy Sané

Watford line-up (4-2-3-1)

Heurelho Gomes, Daryl Janmaat, Molla Wagué, Christian Kabasele, Marvin Zeegelaar, Ben Watson, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Richarlison, Étienne Capoue, André Carrillo, Andre Gray