Manchester City 2-1 Watford: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Manchester City

J. Doku 5'

Matheus Nunes 38'

Watford

T. Ince 86'

EFL Cup 2024/2025

3rd Round

September 24, 2024 6:45pm

Etihad Stadium, Manchester

Key stats

Ball Possession

72%

28%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Manchester City 3-2-4-1

Watford 5-3-2

Goalkeeper

S. Ortega

6.2

J. Bond

7.3

Defenders

K. Braithwaite

7.2

Y. Larouci

6.9

J. Stones

7.3

J. Morris

6.5

K. Walker

7.5

A. Ogbonna

6.9

R. Porteous

6.6

F. Ebosele

6.6

Midfielders

N. O'Reilly

7.2

K. Sema

6.2

R. Lewis

8.2

I. Louza

7.2

Matheus Nunes

8.0

T. Ince

7.7

J. McAtee

7.7

Forwards

J. Grealish

8.0

V. Bayo

6.2

J. Doku

7.9

K. Baah

6.5

P. Foden

7.3

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8.2

R. Lewis

7.7

T. Ince

Match Summary

On September 24, 2024 during the 2024/2025 EFL Cup match, Manchester City faced off against Watford at Etihad Stadium, Manchester. The game concluded with Manchester City securing a victory. With 72% possession, Manchester City versus Watford's 28% and shots on goal at 8 to 1. Manchester City had 92% successful passes (of 753 passes) over Watford which had 80% successful passes (of 284 passes). The outstanding efforts by R. Lewis and T. Ince played a key role.

Lineup

3-2-4-1

5-3-2

Ortega

6.2

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
16/21

Walker

7.5

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
102/104

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/4

Dribbles:
1/1

Stones

7.3

Played:
90Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
87/94

Won duels:
3/4

Braithwaite

7.2

Played:
76Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
62/65

Won duels:
3/5

Lewis

8.2

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
74/82

Key passes:
7

Won duels:
4/9

Dribbles:
0/1

O'Reilly

7.2

Played:
73Min

Tackles:
4

Accurate passes:
42/48

Won duels:
8/14

Dribbles:
2/5

Doku

7.9

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
19/22

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/4

McAtee

7.7

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
45/50

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
3/6

Dribbles:
1/2

Nunes

8.0

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
56/59

Won duels:
4/8

Dribbles:
2/2

Grealish

8.0

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
68/79

Key passes:
4

Won duels:
10/19

Dribbles:
6/13

Foden

7.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
60/66

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
2/4

Bayo

6.2

Played:
61Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
9/11

Won duels:
3/6

Dribbles:
1/1

Baah

6.5

Played:
76Min

Accurate passes:
6/8

Won duels:
3/12

Dribbles:
3/5

Sema

6.2

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
15/17

Won duels:
3/13

Dribbles:
0/3

Louza

7.2

Played:
83Min

Tackles:
4

Interceptions:
4

Accurate passes:
28/32

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/11

Dribbles:
1/3

Ince

7.7

Played:
90Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
18/18

Won duels:
0/3

Dribbles:
0/1

Larouci

6.9

Played:
61Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
2/7

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/5

Morris

6.5

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
2

Accurate passes:
24/32

Won duels:
1/2

Ogbonna

6.9

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
3

Accurate passes:
34/39

Won duels:
2/3

Porteous

6.6

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
3

Blocked:
2

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
17/22

Won duels:
7/10

Dribbles:
0/1

Ebosele

6.6

Played:
75Min

Tackles:
5

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
9/18

Won duels:
7/13

Dribbles:
0/2

Bond

7.3

Played:
90Min

Saves:
5 of 7

Accurate passes:
20/29

Won duels:
0/1

Substitutes

Coach

Pep Guardiola

Sávio

7.6

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
24/25

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
4/5

Dribbles:
3/4

Wright

6.7

Played:
17Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
21/22

Won duels:
1/2

Gvardiol

6.3

Played:
14Min

Accurate passes:
15/16

Won duels:
1/2

Dribbles:
1/1

Ederson

Kovačić

Silva

Gündoğan

Dias

Akanji

Coach

Thomas William Cleverley

Dele-Bashiru

6.9

Played:
29Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
10/11

Chakvetadze

7.0

Played:
29Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
10/12

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
2/4

Pollock

6.7

Played:
15Min

Accurate passes:
10/12

Won duels:
1/1

Vata

6.5

Played:
14Min

Accurate passes:
2/3

Won duels:
0/1

Dwomoh

6.3

Played:
12Min

Accurate passes:
12/13

Won duels:
0/1

Tikvić

Adu-Poku

Marriott

Doumbia

Stats

Ball Possession

Manchester City: 72%

Watford Watford: 28%

Total Shots

Manchester City: 24

Watford Watford: 5

Shots on Goal

Manchester City: 8

Watford Watford: 1

Corner Kicks

Manchester City: 10

Watford Watford: 1

Offsides

Manchester City: 1

Watford Watford: 2

Fouls

Manchester City: 5

Watford Watford: 6

Yellow Cards

Manchester City: 0

Watford Watford: 0

Red Cards

Manchester City: 0

Watford Watford: 0

Total Passes

Manchester City: 753

Watford Watford: 284

Goals Prevented

Manchester City: 0

Watford Watford: 0

Passes Accuracy

Manchester City: 691 (92%)

Watford Watford: 226 (80%)

Manchester City vs Watford

Key stats

Lineup

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Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

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