2021–22 Watford F.C. season

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Watford
2021–22 season
ChairmanScott Duxbury
Head coachXisco
StadiumVicarage Road
Premier League10th
FA CupThird round
EFL CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ismaïla Sarr (3)
All:
Ismaïla Sarr (3)
Away colours
Third colours
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The 2021–22 season is the 123rd season in existence of Watford Football Club and their first season back in the Premier League following their immediate return with promotion from the Championship in the previous season. Watford will also compete in the FA Cup and in the EFL Cup.

Players[]

Current squad[]

Squad No. Name Nationality Position Age Ends Signed from Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Ben Foster England GK 38 2022 England West Brom 182 0
26 Daniel Bachmann Austria GK 27 2024 England Stoke 32 0
35 Rob Elliot Republic of Ireland GK 35 2023 England Newcastle 0 0
Defenders
2 Jeremy Ngakia England RB 21 2024 England West Ham 30 0
3 Danny Rose England LB 31 2023 England Tottenham 10 0
5 William Troost-Ekong Nigeria CB 28 2025 Italy Udinese 39 1
11 Adam Masina Morocco LB 27 2023 Italy Bologna 77 3
15 Craig Cathcart Northern Ireland CB 32 2023 England Blackpool 193 8
21 Kiko Femenía Spain RB 30 2024 Spain Alavés 125 2
27 Christian Kabasele Belgium CB 30 2024 Belgium Genk 124 6
31 Francisco Sierralta Chile CB 24 2023 Italy Udinese 32 1
Midfielders
4 Peter Etebo Nigeria CM 25 2022 England Stoke (loan) 6 0
6 Imran Louza Morocco CM 22 2026 France Nantes 2 0
8 Tom Cleverley England CM 32 2023 England Everton 152 18
16 Dan Gosling England CM 31 2023 England Bournemouth 14 2
18 Ozan Tufan Turkey CM 26 2022 Turkey Fenerbahçe (loan) 0 0
19 Moussa Sissoko France CM 32 2023 England Tottenham 3 0
33 Juraj Kucka Slovakia CM 34 2023 Italy Parma 4 0
Forwards
7 Joshua King Norway ST 29 2023 England Everton 5 0
10 João Pedro Brazil ST 19 2027 Brazil Fluminense 45 9
12 Ken Sema Sweden LW 27 2026 Sweden Östersunds 69 7
17 Ashley Fletcher England ST 25 2026 England Middlesbrough 1 1
23 Ismaïla Sarr Senegal RW 23 2024 France Rennes 75 22
25 Emmanuel Dennis Nigeria ST 23 2026 Belgium Club Brugge 6 2
29 Cucho Hernández Colombia ST 22 2024 Spain Granada 5 1
34 Kwadwo Baah England LW 18 2026 England Rochdale 0 0

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
17 May 2021 LW England Kwadwo Baah England Rochdale Undisclosed [1]
27 May 2021 CB England Mattie Pollock England Grimsby Town Undisclosed [2]
2 June 2021 CM France Imran Louza France Nantes Undisclosed [3]
21 June 2021 CF Nigeria Emmanuel Dennis Belgium Club Brugge Undisclosed [4]
1 July 2021 CF England Ashley Fletcher England Middlesbrough Free transfer [5]
1 July 2021 LB England Danny Rose England Tottenham Hotspur Free transfer [6]
9 July 2021 SS Norway Joshua King England Everton Free transfer [7]
9 July 2021 CF Scotland Dapo Mebude Scotland Rangers Undisclosed [8]
14 July 2021 GK Scotland Vincent Angelini Scotland Celtic Free transfer [9]
5 August 2021 LB England James Morris England Southampton Free transfer [10]
6 August 2021 CM Slovakia Juraj Kucka Italy Parma Undisclosed [11]
27 August 2021 CM France Moussa Sissoko England Tottenham Hotspur £3,000,000 [12]

Transfers out[]

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
9 June 2021 CB England Craig Dawson England West Ham United £2,000,000 [13]
24 June 2021 CB England Ben Wilmot England Stoke City Undisclosed [14]
30 June 2021 CB England Mason Barrett Unattached Released [15]
30 June 2021 AM Netherlands Mitchel Bergkamp Unattached Released [15]
30 June 2021 GK England Mac Chisholm Unattached Released (scholar) [15]
30 June 2021 CF England Sam Dalby England Southend United Released [15][16]
30 June 2021 RM England Harry Forster England Bromley Released [15][17]
30 June 2021 MF England Thomas Horsewood Unattached Released (scholar) [15]
30 June 2021 LB Morocco Achraf Lazaar Portugal Portimonense Released [15][18]
30 June 2021 CM Kenya Henry Ochieng Unattached Released [15]
30 June 2021 AM Scotland Phoenix Patterson Unattached Released [15]
30 June 2021 CB England Teddy Perkins Unattached Released [15]
30 June 2021 DM Colombia Carlos Sánchez Unattached Released [15]
30 June 2021 CF England Jerome Sinclair Unattached Released [15]
30 June 2021 CB Guyana Bayli Spencer-Adams Unattached Released [15]
30 June 2021 CB England Maxwell Statham Unattached Released [15]
30 June 2021 LB England Toby Stevenson England Bromley Released [15][19]
30 June 2021 FW England Max Thompson Unattached Released (scholar) [15]
14 July 2021 DF England James Debayo England Leeds United Undisclosed [20]
16 July 2021 LB Finland Tomas Galvez England Manchester City Undisclosed [21]
16 July 2021 MF Republic of Ireland Bosun Lawal Scotland Celtic Undisclosed [22]
9 August 2021 CF Serbia Filip Stuparević Serbia Metalac Gornji Milanovac Free transfer [23]
14 August 2021 CF Croatia Stipe Perica Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv Undisclosed [24]
26 August 2021 CF Nigeria Isaac Success Italy Udinese Undisclosed [25]
28 August 2021 CM England Will Hughes England Crystal Palace Undisclosed [26]
30 August 2021 CF England Troy Deeney England Birmingham City Free transfer [27]
31 August 2021 DM England Nathaniel Chalobah England Fulham Undisclosed [28]
31 August 2021 RB Spain Marc Navarro Unattached Released [29]

Loans in[]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
9 July 2021 CM Nigeria Peter Etebo England Stoke City End of season [30]
19 August 2021 CM Turkey Ozan Tufan Turkey Fenerbahçe End of season [31]

Loans out[]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
1 July 2021 RW Argentina Ignacio Pussetto Italy Udinese End of season [32]
1 July 2021 CB Colombia Jorge Segura Colombia América de Cali End of season [33]
9 July 2021 AM Colombia Juergen Elitim Spain Deportivo La Coruña End of season [34]
12 July 2021 CF Venezuela Adalberto Peñaranda Spain Las Palmas End of season [35]
19 July 2021 CF Turkey Tiago Çukur England Doncaster Rovers End of season [36]
20 July 2021 GK England Myles Roberts England Concord Rangers End of season [37]
23 July 2021 GK England Adam Parkes England Dover Athletic End of season [38]
23 July 2021 CM Trinidad and Tobago Daniel Phillips England Gillingham End of season [39]
30 July 2021 GK England Alfie Marriott England Kings Langley January 2022 [40]
4 August 2021 GK England Dante Baptiste England Farnborough End of season [41]
4 August 2021 CF Scotland Dapo Mebude England AFC Wimbledon End of season [42]
6 August 2021 GK Sweden Pontus Dahlberg England Doncaster Rovers End of season [43]
7 August 2021 RW Denmark Philip Zinckernagel England Nottingham Forest End of season [44]
12 August 2021 CM Nigeria Tom Dele-Bashiru England Reading End of season [45]
12 August 2021 MF England Dominic Hutchinson England Eastbourne Borough End of season [46]
13 August 2021 RW Scotland Sonny Blu Lo-Everton England Yeovil Town 16 January 2021 [47]
17 August 2021 LW England Joseph Hungbo Scotland Ross County End of season [48]
30 August 2021 CB England Mattie Pollock England Cheltenham Town End of season [49]
31 August 2021 CM Colombia Jaime Alvarado Spain Racing de Ferrol End of season [29]
31 August 2021 CF Jamaica Andre Gray England Queens Park Rangers End of season [29]
31 August 2021 CM Portugal Domingos Quina England Fulham End of season [28]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Watford announced they will play friendlies against West Bromwich Albion,[50] Stevenage[50] Nantes,[50] and Udinese[50] as part of their pre-season schedule.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

14 July 2021 Friendly Watford 3–2 Millwall London Colney
14:00 BST
Report
Stadium: UCL Sports Ground
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
17 July 2021 Friendly Watford 2–1 Colchester United London Colney
13:00 BST
Report
  • Judge Goal ?'
 Stadium: UCL Sports Ground
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
17 July 2021 Friendly Watford 2–0 Colchester United London Colney
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: UCL Sports Ground
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
24 July 2021 Friendly Watford 1–3 Brentford London Colney
12:00 BST
Report
Stadium: UCL Sports Ground
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
24 July 2021 Friendly Watford 0–0 West Bromwich Albion Watford
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Vicarage Road
27 July 2021 Friendly Stevenage 1–1 Watford Stevenage
19:45 BST
Report
  • Sema Goal 37'
 Stadium: Lamex Stadium
28 July 2021 Friendly Arsenal 4–1 Watford London Colney
10:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Arsenal Training Centre
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
31 July 2021 Friendly Watford Cancelled Barnsley Watford
16:00 BST Stadium: Vicarage Road
Note: Match was cancelled.[51]
4 August 2021 Friendly Watford 4–0 Doncaster Rovers Burton upon Trent
BST
Report Stadium: St George's Park National Football Centre
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
7 August 2021 Friendly Crystal Palace 3–1 Watford Selhurst
15:00 BST
  • Zaha Goal 30' (pen.), 54'
  • McArthur Yellow card 50'
  • Benteke Goal 86'
Stadium: Selhurst Park

Competitions[]

Premier League[]

Main article: 2021–22 Premier League

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 West Ham United 4 2 2 0 10 5 +5 8
9 Brentford 5 2 2 1 5 2 +3 8
10 Watford 5 2 0 3 6 8 −2 6
11 Leicester City 4 2 0 2 4 6 −2 6
12 Arsenal 5 2 0 3 2 9 −7 6
Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2021 (5 of 6 matches finished). Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs[52]

Results summary[]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
4 1 0 3 3 7  −4 3 1 0 1 3 4  −1 0 0 2 0 3  −3

Last updated: 11 September 2021.
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday[]

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHA
ResultWLLLW
Position7111215
Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2021. Source: Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 16 June 2021.[53]

14 August 2021 1 Watford 3–2 Aston Villa Watford
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 20,051
Referee: Mike Dean
21 August 2021 2 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–0 Watford Falmer
17:30 BST
Report Stadium: Falmer Stadium
Attendance: 29,405
Referee: Anthony Taylor
Note: Live on Sky Sports
29 August 2021 3 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Watford Tottenham
14:00 BST
  • Son Goal 42'
  • Kane Yellow card 45+1'
  • Alli Yellow card 61'
  • Skipp Yellow card 85'
 Report
  • Etebo Yellow card 29'
  • Sissoko Yellow card 54'
  • Dennis Yellow card 90+4'
 Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Attendance: 57,672
Referee: Andre Marriner
11 September 2021 4 Watford 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Watford
15:00 BST
  • Etebo Yellow card 13'
  • Rose Yellow card 67'
  • Dennis Yellow card 68'
 Report
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 20,019
Referee: Peter Bankes
18 September 2021 5 Norwich City 1–3 Watford Norwich
15:00 BST
  • Pukki Goal 35'
  • Williams Yellow card 90+5'
 Report
  • Dennis Goal 17'
  • Cathcart Yellow card 37'
  • Sarr Goal 63', 80'
 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: Robert Jones
25 September 2021 6 Watford v Newcastle United Watford
15:00 BST Stadium: Vicarage Road
2 October 2021 7 Leeds United v Watford Leeds
15:00 BST Stadium: Elland Road
16 October 2021 8 Watford v Liverpool Watford
15:00 BST Stadium: Vicarage Road

FA Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup

EFL Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

Watford entered the competition in the second round and were drawn at home to Crystal Palace[54][55] and Stoke City in the third round.[56][57]

24 August 2021 Second round Watford 1–0 Crystal Palace Watford
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 9,011
Referee: Tim Robinson
21 September 2021 Third round Watford v Stoke City Watford
19:45 BST Stadium: Vicarage Road

Statistics[]

Appearances[]

Last updated: 29 August 2021.
Source: premierleague.com

No. Pos. Name Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK England Ben Foster 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
26 GK Austria Daniel Bachmann 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Defenders
2 DF England Jeremy Ngakia 1+2 0 0 0 1 0 2+2 0
3 DF England Danny Rose 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
5 DF Nigeria William Troost-Ekong 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
11 DF Morocco Adam Masina 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
15 DF Northern Ireland Craig Cathcart 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
21 DF Spain Kiko Femenía 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
27 DF Belgium Christian Kabasele 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
31 DF Chile Francisco Sierralta 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Midfielders
4 MF Nigeria Peter Etebo 4+1 0 0 0 1 0 5+1 0
6 MF Morocco Imran Louza 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
8 MF England Tom Cleverley 3+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 3+2 0
12 MF Sweden Ken Sema 2+2 0 0 0 1 0 3+2 0
16 MF England Dan Gosling 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
18 MF Turkey Ozan Tufan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF France Moussa Sissoko 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
33 MF Slovakia Juraj Kucka 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Forwards
7 FW Norway Joshua King 3+1 0 0 0 1 0 4+1 0
17 FW England Ashley Fletcher 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
23 FW Senegal Ismaïla Sarr 5 3 0 0 0 0 5 3
25 FW Nigeria Emmanuel Dennis 5 2 0 0 0+1 0 5+1 2
29 FW Colombia Cucho Hernández 0+4 1 0 0 1 0 1+4 1

Goalscorers[]

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total
1 FW 23 Senegal Ismaïla Sarr 3 0 0 3
FW 25 Nigeria Emmanuel Dennis 2 0 0 2
FW 17 England Ashley Fletcher 0 0 1 1
FW 29 Colombia Cucho Hernández 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 6 0 1 7

Last updated: 24 August 2021.
Source: premierleague.com

Clean sheets[]

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk No. Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total
1 1 England Ben Foster 0 0 1 1
TOTALS 0 0 1 1

Notes[]

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