Watford 1-2 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 4 December 2018

Result

Watford 1-2 Manchester City

Premier League · Tuesday 4 December 2018, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Watford 1-2 Manchester City: match report

Watford lost to Manchester City 1-2 in the Premier League on Tuesday 4 December 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.

Leroy Sané opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Watford's goal came from Abdoulaye Doucouré (85'). Manchester City scored through Leroy Sané (40') and Riyad Mahrez (51').

Discipline: Watford received no yellow cards; Manchester City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Watford were 11th on 20 points from 14 and Manchester City 1st on 38 points from 14. Watford went on to finish that season 11th with 50 points, and Manchester City 1st with 98.

Watford lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Manchester City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Riyad Mahrez of Manchester City (9.2), ahead of Fernandinho (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Watford wins, 2 draws and 6 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Goal · Leroy SanéManchester City · 0-1
  • 51'Goal · Riyad MahrezManchester City · 0-2
  • 85'Goal · Abdoulaye DoucouréWatford · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · EdersonManchester City

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Watford 0, draws 2, Manchester City 6.

Team news

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

Ben Foster, Kiko Femenía, Christian Kabasele, Craig Cathcart, José Holebas, Nathaniel Chalobah, Isaac Success, Will Hughes, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Brian Gartland, Troy Deeney

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

Ederson, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Vincent Kompany, Fabian Delph, Bernardo Silva, Fernandinho, David Silva, Riyad Mahrez, Gabriel Jesus, Leroy Sané