English Premier League

Wolves vs Watford 2021-22 English Premier League

  • 13': Raúl Jiménez
  • 18': Cucho Hernández (OG)
  • 21': Daniel Podence
  • 85': Rúben Neves
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4 - 0

Wolves punish woeful Watford with early flurry of goals

Wolverhampton Wanderers scored three times in the opening 21 minutes as woeful Watford proved their own worst enemies in a 4-0 defeat at Molineux.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 13': Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Watford 0. Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hwang Hee-Chan.
  • 18': Own Goal by Cucho Hernández, Watford. Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Watford 0.
  • 19': Imrân Louza (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 21': Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 3, Watford 0. Daniel Podence (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 30': Substitution, Watford. Christian Kabasele replaces Kiko Femenía.
  • 35': Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 40': Samir (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Substitution, Watford. Samuel Kalu replaces Joshua King.
  • 59': Romain Saïss (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 61': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Pedro Neto replaces Hwang Hee-Chan.
  • 71': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Fábio Silva replaces Raúl Jiménez.
  • 73': Substitution, Watford. Peter Etebo replaces Tom Cleverley.
  • 82': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Chiquinho replaces Jonny.
  • 85': Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 4, Watford 0. Rúben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Chiquinho with a headed pass.
  • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 4, Watford 0.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Molineux Stadium
Location: Wolverhampton, England
Attendance: 29,658

English Premier League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+26 Arsenal 22 50 2
+24 Manchester City 22 43 5
+8 Aston Villa 22 43 5
+4 Liverpool 22 36 6
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Statistics

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10 Fouls 11
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 1
2 Corner Kicks 5
2 Saves 0
34.2 Possession 65.8
9 SHOTS 10
0 ON GOAL 5
0.0 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
269 Accurate Passes 591
343 Passes 666
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
3 Accurate Crosses 8
9 Crosses 21
0.3 Cross % 0.4
57 Long Balls 53
18 Accurate Long Balls 39
0.3 Long Balls % 0.7
4 Blocked Shots 1
7 Effective Tackles 7
13 Tackles 10
0.5 Tackle % 0.7
7 Interceptions 9
17 Effective Clearances 8
17 Clearances 8

Line-Ups

WOL Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
1 José Sá (GK)
16 Conor Coady
27 Romain Saïss Yellow Card
15 Willy Boly
28 João Moutinho
8 Rúben Neves
3 Rayan Aït-Nouri Yellow Card
19 Jonny
9 Raúl Jiménez
26 Hwang Hee-Chan
10 Daniel Podence

WAT Watford (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Ben Foster (GK)
22 Samir Yellow Card
15 Craig Cathcart
14 Hassane Kamara
21 Kiko Femenía
6 Imran Louza Yellow Card
8 Tom Cleverley
19 Moussa Sissoko
25 Emmanuel Dennis
7 Joshua King
29 Cucho Hernández

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