Manchester City 2-1 Watford
Key numbers
- Possession 72% – 28%
- Shots 24 (8 on target) – 5 (1)
Jérémy Doku 5'
Matheus Nunes 38'
Matheus Nunes 38'
HT 2:0
Thomas Ince 86'
Manchester City beat Watford 2-1.
Player of the matchRico Lewis
Player of the match
Rico Lewis Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.7 (Dominant)
Game state
Manchester City ahead 85 min · level 5 min · Watford ahead 0 min
- Giorgi Chakvetadze — off the bench 29 min · 0G 1A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
5'
Jérémy Doku
Goal · assist Jack Grealish
+0.1
38'
Matheus Nunes
Goal · assist Rico Lewis
+0.1
86'
Thomas Ince
Goal · assist Giorgi Chakvetadze
0.0
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Watford is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
Manchester CityWatford
72%Possession28%
24Shots5
8Shots on target1
33%Shots on target %20%
14Shots in box3
753Passes284
92%Pass accuracy80%
10Corners1
0Saves5
5Fouls6
0Yellow cards0
1Offsides2
The data provider has no xG (expected goals) for this match.
Compared with usual
Manchester City
6 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2.2 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0.83 | |
| Shots | 24 | 20.2 | |
| On target | 8 | 6.8 | |
| Shots faced | 5 | 7.8 | |
| Possession | 72% | 64.3% | |
| Passes | 753 | 652.7 | |
| Pass accuracy | 92% | 91% | |
| Corners | 10 | 8 | |
| Fouls | 5 | 7.3 |
Timeline
- 5' Goal Jérémy Doku competition goal #1 assist Jack Grealish
- 38' Goal Matheus Nunes competition goal #1 assist Rico Lewis
- 46' Sub Jérémy Doku → Savinho
- 61' Sub Yasser Larouci → Tom Dele-Bashiru
- 61' Sub Vakoun Issouf Bayo → Giorgi Chakvetadze
- 73' Sub Nico O’Reilly → Jacob Wright
- 75' Sub Festy Ebosele → Matthew Pollock
- 76' Sub Kaden Braithwaite → Joško Gvardiol
- 76' Sub Kwadwo Baah → Rocco Vata
- 83' Sub Imrân Louza → Pierre Dwomoh
- 86' Goal Thomas Ince assist Giorgi Chakvetadze
Category leaders
- Key passesRico Lewis7
- Duels wonJack Grealish10/19
- DribblesJack Grealish6/13
- Defensive actionsImrân Louza8
- ShotsMatheus Nunes5 (on target 4)
- Fouls wonRyan Porteous3
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.