Liverpool FC vs Watford FC, Premier League 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Liverpool FC vs Watford FC — Premier League at Anfield.
- Liverpool FC 38 games · 60 pts (2025/26)
- Watford FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee John Brooks
- Referee Stuart Attwell
- Referee Tim Wood
- Referee Tony Harrington
- Referee Marc Perry
- Referee Simon Bennett
19 games this season 🟨 1.4/game ⚽ 5.8 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Arsenal FC 38 85 2 Manchester City FC 38 78 3 Manchester United FC 38 71 4 Aston Villa FC 38 65 5 Liverpool FC 38 60 6 AFC Bournemouth 38 57 7 Sunderland AFC 38 54 8 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 38 53 9 Brentford FC 38 53 10 Chelsea FC 38 52 11 Fulham FC 38 52 12 Newcastle United FC 38 49 13 Everton FC 38 49 14 Leeds United FC 38 47 15 Crystal Palace FC 38 45 16 Nottingham Forest FC 38 44 17 Tottenham Hotspur FC 38 41 18 West Ham United FC 38 39 19 Burnley FC 38 22 20 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 38 20 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 Apr Watford FC H 2–0 W 20 Mar Nottingham Forest FC A 1–0 W 16 Mar Arsenal FC A 2–0 W 12 Mar Brighton & Hove Albion FC A 2–0 W 08 Mar FC Internazionale Milano H 0–1 L 05 Mar West Ham United FC H 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 Apr Liverpool FC A 0–2 L 13 Mar Southampton FC A 2–1 W 10 Mar Wolverhampton Wanderers FC A 0–4 L 06 Mar Arsenal FC H 2–3 L 26 Feb Manchester United FC A 0–0 D 23 Feb Crystal Palace FC H 1–4 L Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history26% Clean Sheets
Liverpool FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Liverpool FC0-151/216-301/–31-454/246-604/261-75–/376+3/2■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Liverpool FCHugo Ekitike 11 G 4 A Mohamed Salah 7 G 7 A Cody Gakpo 7 G 5 A Dominik Szoboszlai 6 G 7 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Liverpool FC kicks off things out of here…
- 5' Supporters expect more eagerness from Joshua King, as he is very good at scoring at Anfield with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 15' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 20' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 22' GOAL! Diogo Jota scores on 22. Assisted by Joe Gomez
- 23' Goal! Diogo Jota scores his 90 goal in 343 matches.
- 28' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Andrew Robertson suffering a number of foals already.
- 33' It’s high time Roy Hodgson made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 38' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Liverpool FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 43' Mohamed Salah needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 45' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Joe Gomez.
- 50' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 55' Watford FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 59' A meaty challenge results in booking for Juan Hernandez on 59.
- 62' Another substitution for Liverpool FC to replace Curtis Jones by Fabinho on 62 minute.
- 67' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Watford FC that had 358 games and scored 391 goals.
- 69' It is a substitution in Liverpool FC team. Mohamed Salah is replaced by Sadio Mane on 69 minute.
- 74' It looks surprising Watford FC does not make any changes. Christian Kabasele has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 78' The whistle greets Imran Louza as he departs to be replaced by Tom Cleverley.
- 83' Liverpool FC is showing some good football. However, Liverpool FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 88' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 89' GOAL! Fabinho scores on 89.
- 90' Another substitution for Liverpool FC to replace Thiago Alcantara by James Milner on 90 minute.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-0.
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Lineups
Liverpool FC Lineups
Starting XI
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- 14
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Mohamed Salah ↓ Sadio Mane 69'
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- 32
- 26
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17
Curtis Jones ↓ Fabinho 62'
- 20
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6
Thiago Alcantara ↓ James Milner 90'
Bench
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Sadio Mane ↑ 69'
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James Milner ↑ 90'
- 66
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Fabinho ↑ 62'
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- 21
- 23
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Coach Jurgen KloppWatford FC Lineups
Starting XI
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- 27
- 21
- 19
- 23
- 14
- 22
- 33
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Imran Louza ↓ Tom Cleverley 78'
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10
Joao Pedro ↓ Joshua King 78'
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Bench
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25
Emmanuel Dennis ↑ 78'
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- 12
- 15
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Tom Cleverley ↑ 78'
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Joshua King ↑ 78'
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Coach Roy Hodgson -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Roberto Firmino 4 Mohamed Salah 4 Sadio Mane 3 Virgil van Dijk 2 Ismaila Sarr 2 Diogo Jota 2 Divock Origi 1 Troy Deeney 1 Head to Head
Liverpool FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.7 Liverpool FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.78 Watford FC xGI would bet for: Liverpool FC to win 60% + Under 2.5 goals 55%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Liverpool FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.48Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 71% 29% ± 2.5 45% 55% ± 3.5 24% 76% ± 4.5 11% 89% Double Chance
Liverpool FC or Draw 85%Draw or Watford FC 40%Liverpool FC or Watford FC 76%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Liverpool FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 13.4%1 – 1 11.9%2 – 0 Actual0 – 0 10.4%2 – 1 9.1%3 – 0 6.5%0 – 1 5.5%3 – 1 5.2%1 – 2 4.1%2 – 2 3.6%4 – 0 2.8%0 – 2 2.4%Asian Handicap — Liverpool FC
Handicap Liverpool FC covers Push Watford FC covers -2.5 15% — 85% -2 15% 18% 67% -1.5 33% — 67% -1 33% 25% 42% -0.5 58% — 42% +0.5 84% — 16% +1 84% 11% 5% +1.5 95% — 5% +2 95% 4% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
Liverpool FC keeps clean sheet 46% ✗Watford FC keeps clean sheet 19% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.