Watford 1-3 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 4 December 2021

Result

Watford 1-3 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 4 December 2021, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Watford 1-3 Manchester City: match report

Watford lost to Manchester City 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 December 2021. The half-time score was 0-2.

Raheem Sterling opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Watford's goal came from Cucho Hernández (74'). Manchester City scored through Raheem Sterling (4'), Bernardo Silva (31') and Bernardo Silva (63').

Discipline: Watford received 3 yellow cards; Manchester City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 17th on 13 points from 14 and Manchester City 3rd on 32 points from 14. Watford went on to finish that season 19th with 23 points, and Manchester City 1st with 93.

Watford lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Manchester City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Bernardo Silva of Manchester City (9.3), ahead of Phil Foden (8.0).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Raheem SterlingManchester City · 0-1
  • 7'Yellow card · Joshua KingWatford
  • 31'Yellow card · Danny RoseWatford
  • 31'Goal · Bernardo SilvaManchester City · 0-2
  • 63'Goal · Bernardo SilvaManchester City · 0-3
  • 74'Goal · Cucho HernándezWatford · 1-3
  • 85'Yellow card · Craig CathcartWatford

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Ben Foster, Craig Cathcart, Adam Masina, William Troost-Ekong, Kiko Femenía, Moussa Sissoko, Emmanuel Dennis, Tom Cleverley, Joshua King, Ismaïla Sarr

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

Ederson, Kyle Walker, Rúben Dias, Aymeric Laporte, João Cancelo, İlkay Gündoğan, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Raheem Sterling, Jack Grealish, Phil Foden