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
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.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Saúl Ñíguez
- 30'Goal · Mason Mount
- 44'Goal · Emmanuel Dennis
- 45'Yellow card · Imrân Louza
- 45+2'Yellow card · Marcos Alonso
- 45+5'Yellow card · William Troost-Ekong
- 65'Yellow card · Hakim Ziyech
- 72'Goal · Hakim Ziyech
- 84'Yellow card · Tom Cleverley
- 84'Yellow card · Danny Rose
Head-to-head
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