Watford 1-2 Brentford: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 16 April 2022

Result

Watford 1-2 Brentford

Premier League · Saturday 16 April 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Watford 1-2 Brentford: match report

Watford were beaten by Brentford 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 April 2022. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Christian Nørgaard opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Watford's goal came from Emmanuel Dennis (55'). Brentford scored through Christian Nørgaard (15') and Pontus Jansson (90+5').

Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Brentford received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Watford were 19th on 22 points from 31 and Brentford 13th on 36 points from 32. Watford went on to finish that season 19th with 23 points, and Brentford 13th with 46.

Watford lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brentford in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Christian Eriksen of Brentford (8.0), ahead of Christian Nørgaard (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Watford wins, 0 draws and 1 for Brentford.

Going into the match Watford's last five read L-L-W-L-L and Brentford's W-W-L-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Christian NørgaardBrentford · 0-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Hassane KamaraWatford
  • 55'Goal · Emmanuel DennisWatford · 1-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Ivan ToneyBrentford
  • 87'Yellow card · Imrân LouzaWatford
  • 90+5'Goal · Pontus JanssonBrentford · 1-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Watford 0, draws 0, Brentford 1.

Team news

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Watford line-up (4-3-3)

Ben Foster, Kiko Femenía, Christian Kabasele, Samir Caetano, Hassane Kamara, Moussa Sissoko, Imrân Louza, Juraj Kucka, Ismaïla Sarr, João Pedro, Emmanuel Dennis

Brentford line-up (4-3-3)

David Raya, Kristoffer Ajer, Pontus Jansson, Ethan Pinnock, Rico Henry, Vitaly Janelt, Christian Nørgaard, Christian Eriksen, Bryan Mbeumo, Ivan Toney, Yoane Wissa