Manchester City 2-0 Watford: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 14 December 2016

Result

Manchester City 2-0 Watford

Premier League · Wednesday 14 December 2016, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 2-0 Watford: match report

Manchester City beat Watford 2-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 14 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Pablo Zabaleta opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Manchester City's goals came from Pablo Zabaleta (33') and David Silva (86'). Watford did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Watford received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 4th on 30 points from 15 and Watford 9th on 21 points from 15. Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and Watford 17th with 40.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Pablo Zabaleta of Manchester City (8.2), ahead of Gaël Clichy (7.8).

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

Going into the match Manchester City's last five read L-L-W-W-D and Watford's W-L-L-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Sebastian PrödlWatford
  • 33'Goal · Pablo ZabaletaManchester City · 1-0
  • 73'Yellow card · Étienne CapoueWatford
  • 75'Yellow card · Pablo ZabaletaManchester City
  • 86'Goal · David SilvaManchester City · 2-0

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Manchester City 2, draws 2, Watford 0.

Team news

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

Claudio Bravo, Pablo Zabaleta, Nicolás Otamendi, Aleksandar Kolarov, Gaël Clichy, Yaya Touré, İlkay Gündoğan, Raheem Sterling, Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva, Nolito

Watford line-up (4-4-2)

Heurelho Gomes, Daryl Janmaat, Sebastian Prödl, Miguel Britos, José Holebas, Nordin Amrabat, Étienne Capoue, Adlène Guédioura, Brian Gartland, Jerome Sinclair, Odion Ighalo