Premiership · Matchday 12

Watford v Manchester United

4–1

HT 2–0

Saturday 20th November 2021 · Vicarage Road · Att: 21,087

Manchester United lost 1–4 to Watford at Vicarage Road on Saturday 20th November 2021 in the Premiership. Donny van de Beek (50') scored for United. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Jonathan Moss.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
19' Scott McTominay
28' Joshua King Assist: Emmanuel Dennis 1–0
44' Ismaila Sarr Assist: Kiko 2–0
45' Imran Louza
45' Anthony Martial for Rashford
45' Donny van de Beek for McTominay
Half Time 2–0
50' Donny van de Beek Assist: Cristiano Ronaldo 2–1
62' Harry Maguire
69' Harry Maguire 2nd yellow
85' Diogo Dalot for Shaw
90' Emmanuel Dennis
90' Jesse Lingard for Sancho
90+2' Joao Pedro Assist: Emmanuel Dennis 3–1
90+6' Emmanuel Dennis Assist: Ben Foster 4–1
Full Time 4–1

Match Facts

Donny van de Beek's 1st goal of 2021-2022, and his 2nd for United.

61%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Jonathan Moss

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

Substitutes

45' for Rashford

45' for McTominay

50'

Diogo Dalot

85' for Shaw

Jesse Lingard

90' for Sancho

Watford Lineup

4-1-4-1

Starting XI

1 Ben Foster G

6 Imran Louza DM

7 Joshua King F ⚽

8 Tom Cleverley CM-R

11 Adam Masina LB

13 Nicolas Nkoulou CD-L

15 Craig Cathcart CD-R

19 Moussa Sissoko CM-L

21 Kiko Femenía RB

23 Ismaïla Sarr RM ⚽

25 Emmanuel Dennis LM ⚽

Substitutes

2 Jeremy Ngakia

3 Danny Rose

5 William Troost-Ekong on

10 João Pedro on ⚽

16 Dan Gosling

17 Ashley Fletcher

18 Ozan Tufan

26 Daniel Bachmann

29 Cucho Hernández on

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer

Manchester United

OPP

Claudio Ranieri

Watford

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Watford

4-1-4-1

Man Utd Watford

61%

Possession

39%

1.4

Expected Goals (xG)

2.8

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

6.10

Avg Player Rating

7.40

27.8

Avg Age

29.7

United vs Watford History

Meeting 36 of 37

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Goals For

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 28th January 1950. After this match United had played Watford 36 times: 24W 5D 7L.

22 Dec 2019 L 0–2 PL 23 Feb 2020 W 3–0 PL 9 Jan 2021 W 1–0 FAC

20 Nov 2021 L 1–4 This match

26 Feb 2022 D 0–0 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	17	12	4	1	33	9	70.6
Away	18	10	2	6	25	24	55.6
Neutral	2	2	0	0	6	1	100.0

All 37 meetings with Watford →

Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →