Watford 1-2 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 1 December 2021

Result

Watford 1-2 Chelsea

Premier League · Wednesday 1 December 2021, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Watford 1-2 Chelsea: match report

Watford lost to Chelsea 1-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 1 December 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.

Mason Mount opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Watford's goal came from Emmanuel Dennis (44'). Chelsea scored through Mason Mount (30') and Hakim Ziyech (72').

Discipline: Watford received 4 yellow cards; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 17th on 13 points from 13 and Chelsea 1st on 30 points from 13. Watford went on to finish that season 19th with 23 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 74.

Watford lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Chelsea in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mason Mount of Chelsea (8.1), ahead of Emmanuel Dennis (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 2 draws and 7 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Saúl ÑíguezChelsea
  • 30'Goal · Mason MountChelsea · 0-1
  • 44'Goal · Emmanuel DennisWatford · 1-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Imrân LouzaWatford
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Marcos AlonsoChelsea
  • 45+5'Yellow card · William Troost-EkongWatford
  • 65'Yellow card · Hakim ZiyechChelsea
  • 72'Goal · Hakim ZiyechChelsea · 1-2
  • 84'Yellow card · Tom CleverleyWatford
  • 84'Yellow card · Danny RoseWatford

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 1, draws 2, Chelsea 7.

Team news

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

Daniel Bachmann, Kiko Femenía, William Troost-Ekong, Craig Cathcart, Adam Masina, Imrân Louza, Emmanuel Dennis, Tom Cleverley, Moussa Sissoko, João Pedro, Joshua King

Chelsea line-up (3-4-2-1)

Edouard Mendy, Trevoh Chalobah, Andreas Christensen, Antonio Rüdiger, César Azpilicueta, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Saúl Ñíguez, Marcos Alonso, Mason Mount, Christian Pulisic, Kai Havertz