Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Norwich City FC vs Watford FC, Championship 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

Championship · 2020-21
Norwich City FC
0 – 1
Full Time
Watford FC
Tue 20 Apr 2021 · 17:00 UTC Carrow Road HT 45+3' · FT 45+10'
Y 27' Will Hughes
Y 49' Adam Masina
Oliver Skipp 62' Y
Y 65' Tom Cleverley
Kenny McLean 73' Y
Jordan Hugill 90' Y
Y 90' Nathaniel Chalobah

Overview

Match Preview

Norwich City FC vs Watford FC — Championship at Carrow Road.

Match Details

  • Referee Tim Robinson
  • Referee James Linington
  • Referee Shaun Hudson
  • Referee Adam Crysell
  • Referee Tony Harrington
4 games this season 🟨 3.0/game ⚽ 9.3 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Swansea City AFC 8 17
2 West Ham United FC 8 15
3 Middlesbrough FC 8 15
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 7 14
5 West Bromwich Albion FC 8 14
6 Queens Park Rangers FC 8 13
7 Stoke City FC 8 13
8 Bristol City FC 8 13
9 Charlton Athletic FC 8 12
10 Birmingham City FC 8 11
11 Millwall FC 8 11
12 Lincoln City FC 8 11
13 Southampton FC 8 10
14 Wrexham AFC 8 10
15 Bolton Wanderers FC 8 10
16 Blackburn Rovers FC 8 9
17 Norwich City FC 8 9
18 Sheffield United FC 8 9
19 Portsmouth FC 7 8
20 Watford FC 8 8
21 Cardiff City FC 8 7
22 Derby County FC 8 5
23 Preston North End FC 8 4
24 Burnley FC 8 4

Head-to-Head

4
10
Norwich City FC 14 games · Avg 2.9 goals Watford FC
Last 5 meetings
2021-04-20 Norwich City FC 0–1 Watford FC 2020-12-26 Watford FC 1–0 Norwich City FC 2020-07-07 Watford FC 2–1 Norwich City FC 2019-11-08 Norwich City FC 0–2 Watford FC

Recent Form

Norwich City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
20 Apr Watford FC H 0–1 L
17 Apr AFC Bournemouth H 1–3 L
10 Apr Derby County FC A 1–0 W
06 Apr Huddersfield Town AFC H 7–0 W
02 Apr Preston North End FC A 1–1 D
20 Mar Blackburn Rovers FC H 1–1 D
Watford FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
20 Apr Norwich City FC A 1–0 W
17 Apr Luton Town FC A 0–1 L
09 Apr Reading FC H 2–0 W
05 Apr Middlesbrough FC A 1–1 D
02 Apr Sheffield Wednesday FC H 1–0 W
20 Mar Birmingham City FC H 3–0 W

Season Stats

Norwich City FC Watford FC
#17 Position #20
9 Points 8
8 Played 8
3 / 0 / 5 W / D / L 2 / 2 / 4
16 Scored 7
17 Conceded 10
-1 GD -3
1.13 PPG 1.00
38% Win % 25%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)
57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Norwich City FC this season
0% Clean Sheets
Watford FC this season

Norwich City FC are 17th (9 pts). Watford FC are 20th (8 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Norwich City FC
0-15
5/4
16-30
3/3
31-45
2/2
46-60
–/2
61-75
5/3
76+
1/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Watford FC
0-15
2/2
16-30
2/2
31-45
–/3
46-60
–/2
61-75
1/–
76+
2/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Norwich City FC
Mohamed Toure 5 G
Andre Brooks 2 G 2 A
Mathias Kvistgaarden 2 G 1 A
Watford FC
Amin Nabizada 3 G
Iker Bravo 1 G
Luca Kjerrumgaard 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' That's the starting whistle at Carrow Road. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Norwich City FC and Watford FC.
  • 5' Norwich City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
  • 10' Norwich City FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Watford FC backline.
  • 15' Nigeria international William Troost-Ekong has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 20' With 0 assists to his name this season, Andrew Omobamidele is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Norwich City FC.
  • 25' The home supporters are growing impatient. Norwich City FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 27' Controversy at the stadium! Will Hughes argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 32' 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.
  • 37' Watford FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 42' The energy levels are beginning to show. Xisco Munoz might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 47' It’s high time Xisco Munoz made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 49' The referee shows Watford FC player a Yellow card on 49.
  • 54' The travelling Watford FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 57' The England Dan Gosling breaks the deadlock on 57 minutes. 0-1!
  • 62' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Oliver Skipp on 62 minutes.
  • 65' A meaty challenge results in booking for Tom Cleverley on 65.
  • 65' Norwich City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jordan Hugill is hanging Kieran Dowell on the field on 65 minute.
  • 70' Watford FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Nathaniel Chalobah is hanging Dan Gosling on the field on 70 minute.
  • 73' Norwich City FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 78' Joao Pedro needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 81' The crowd applauds Xavier Quintilla as he leaves the pitch. Onel Hernandez steps in for Norwich City FC.
  • 82' Another change for Watford FC made on 82 minute. Tom Cleverley leaves to be changed by Philip Zinckernagel.
  • 83' The whistle greets Craig Cathcart as he departs to be replaced by Christian Kabasele.
  • 88' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Norwich City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 89' Time for substitution for Norwich City FC. Todd Cantwell is replaced by Mario Vrancic.
  • 90' A moment of madness from Jordan Hugill on 90 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Norwich City FC will be frustrated.
  • The final score is 0-1.

Lineups

Norwich City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Daniel Farke

Watford FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Xisco Munoz

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Josh Sargent 5
Ismaila Sarr 3
Emmanuel Dennis 2
Vakoun Issouf Bayo 2
Yaser Asprilla 2
Mileta Rajovic 2
Ashley Barnes 1
Juraj Kucka 1

Head to Head

2021-04-20 Norwich City FC 0–1 Watford FC 2020-12-26 Watford FC 1–0 Norwich City FC 2020-07-07 Watford FC 2–1 Norwich City FC 2019-11-08 Norwich City FC 0–2 Watford FC

Norwich City FC Form

2021-04-20 Norwich City FC 0–1 Watford FC L 2021-04-17 Norwich City FC 1–3 AFC Bournemouth L 2021-04-10 Derby County FC 0–1 Norwich City FC W 2021-04-06 Norwich City FC 7–0 Huddersfield Town AFC W 2021-04-02 Preston North End FC 1–1 Norwich City FC D 2021-03-20 Norwich City FC 1–1 Blackburn Rovers FC D

Watford FC Form

2021-04-20 Norwich City FC 0–1 Watford FC W 2021-04-17 Luton Town FC 1–0 Watford FC L 2021-04-09 Watford FC 2–0 Reading FC W 2021-04-05 Middlesbrough FC 1–1 Watford FC D 2021-04-02 Watford FC 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday FC W 2021-03-20 Watford FC 3–0 Birmingham City FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.45 Norwich City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.24 Watford FC xG
I would bet for: Norwich City FC or Watford FC 72%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Norwich City FC37% Draw28% Watford FC35%
Actual: Watford FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes55% 0% No45%
Avg goals/match: 2.69
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 91%
9%
± 1.5 75%
25%
± 2.5 50%
50%
± 3.5 28%
72%
± 4.5 14%
86%

Double Chance

Norwich City FC or Draw
65%
Draw or Watford FC
63%
Norwich City FC or Watford FC
72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Norwich City FC30% Draw47% Watford FC23%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.2%
1 – 0
8.9%
0 – 0
8.8%
2 – 1
8.5%
0 – 1
Actual
1 – 2
7.3%
2 – 0
7%
2 – 2
5.3%
0 – 2
5.1%
3 – 1
4.1%
3 – 0
3.3%
1 – 3
3%

Asian Handicap — Norwich City FC

Handicap Norwich City FC covers Push Watford FC covers
-2.5 8% — 92%
-2 8% 12% 80%
-1.5 20% — 80%
-1 20% 21% 59%
-0.5 41% — 59%
+0.5 69% — 31%
+1 69% 17% 13%
+1.5 87% — 13%
+2 87% 9% 5%
+2.5 95% — 5%

Clean Sheet

Norwich City FC keeps clean sheet
30% ✓
Watford FC keeps clean sheet
24% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.