Manchester City 5-1 Watford: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 April 2022

Result

Manchester City 5-1 Watford

Premier League · Saturday 23 April 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Manchester City 5-1 Watford: match report

Manchester City won against Watford 5-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 April 2022. It was 3-1 at half-time.

Gabriel Jesus opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Gabriel Jesus (4'), Gabriel Jesus (23'), Rodri (34'), Gabriel Jesus (49', penalty) and Gabriel Jesus (53'). Watford scored through Hassane Kamara (28').

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Watford received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 77 points from 32 and Watford 19th on 22 points from 32. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Watford 19th with 23.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Gabriel Jesus of Manchester City (10.0), ahead of Kevin De Bruyne (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 10 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 0 for Watford.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Gabriel JesusManchester City · 1-0
  • 23'Goal · Gabriel JesusManchester City · 2-0
  • 28'Goal · Hassane KamaraWatford · 2-1
  • 34'Goal · RodriManchester City · 3-1
  • 43'Yellow card · João CanceloManchester City
  • 49'Penalty goal · Gabriel JesusManchester City · 4-1
  • 53'Goal · Gabriel JesusManchester City · 5-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 10, draws 0, Watford 0.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ederson, João Cancelo, Rúben Dias, Aymeric Laporte, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Rodri, Gabriel Jesus, Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling, Jack Grealish

Watford line-up (4-3-3)

Ben Foster, Jeremy Ngakia, Christian Kabasele, Samir Caetano, Hassane Kamara, Moussa Sissoko, Imrân Louza, Tom Cleverley, Ismaïla Sarr, Joshua King, Emmanuel Dennis