Watford 0-4 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 21 July 2020

Result

Watford 0-4 Manchester City

Premier League · Tuesday 21 July 2020, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Watford 0-4 Manchester City: match report

Watford lost to Manchester City 0-4 in the Premier League on Tuesday 21 July 2020. The half-time score was 0-2.

Raheem Sterling opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Watford did not score. Manchester City scored through Raheem Sterling (31'), Raheem Sterling (40'), Phil Foden (63') and Aymeric Laporte (66').

Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Manchester City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 17th on 34 points from 36 and Manchester City 2nd on 75 points from 36. Watford went on to finish that season 19th with 34 points, and Manchester City 2nd with 81.

Watford lined up in a 4-5-1 and Manchester City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City (9.1), ahead of João Cancelo (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Watford wins, 1 draw and 9 for Manchester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · Raheem SterlingManchester City · 0-1
  • 40'Missed penalty · Raheem SterlingManchester City
  • 40'Goal · Raheem SterlingManchester City · 0-2
  • 63'Goal · Phil FodenManchester City · 0-3
  • 66'Goal · Aymeric LaporteManchester City · 0-4
  • 80'Yellow card · A. MariappaWatford
  • 90+1'Yellow card · W. HughesWatford

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 0, draws 1, Manchester City 9.

Team news

Watford line-up (4-5-1)

Ben Foster, Adrian Mariappa, Christian Kabasele, Craig Dawson, Kiko Femenía, Ismaïla Sarr, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Tom Cleverley, Will Hughes, Brian Gartland, Troy Deeney

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

Ederson, Kyle Walker, Eric García, Aymeric Laporte, João Cancelo, Kevin De Bruyne, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden, Gabriel Jesus, Raheem Sterling