2021–22 Watford F.C. season

Watford
2021–22 season
Chairman	Scott Duxbury
Head coach	Xisco; (until 3 October)[1]; Claudio Ranieri; (from 4 October to 24 January)[2][3]; Roy Hodgson; (from 25 January)[4]
Stadium	Vicarage Road
Premier League	19th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Emmanuel Dennis (10); All: ; Emmanuel Dennis (10)

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 also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

Managerial changes

On 3 October, the Hornets sacked head coach Xisco.[1] A day later, Claudio Ranieri was appointed the club's new Head Coach, on a two-year contract.[2]

Ranieri was sacked on 24 January and was replaced the following day by Roy Hodgson.

Players

Current squad

Squad No.	Name	Position	Age	Since	Ends	Signed from	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Ben Foster	GK	39	2018	2022	West Brom	204	0
26	Daniel Bachmann	GK	27	2017	2024	Stoke	40	0
35	Rob Elliot	GK	36	2021	2023	Newcastle	1	0
Defenders
2	Jeremy Ngakia	RB	21	2020	2024	West Ham	43	0
3	Danny Rose	LB	31	2021	2023	Tottenham	16	0
5	William Troost-Ekong	CB	28	2020	2025	Udinese	50	1
11	Adam Masina	LB	28	2018	2023	Bologna	86	3
13	Nicolas Nkoulou	CB	32	2021	2022	Torino	3	0
14	Hassane Kamara	LB	28	2022	2025	Nice	16	1
15	Craig Cathcart	CB	33	2014	2023	Blackpool	218	8
21	Kiko Femenía	RB	31	2017	2024	Alavés	149	2
22	Samir	CB	27	2022	2025	Udinese	16	0
27	Christian Kabasele	CB	31	2016	2024	Genk	136	6
31	Francisco Sierralta	CB	24	2020	2027	Udinese	37	1
42	James Morris	LB	20	2021	2024	Southampton	1	0
Midfielders
4	Peter Etebo	CM	26	2021	2022	Stoke (loan)	8	0
6	Imran Louza	CM	23	2021	2026	Nantes	22	0
8	Tom Cleverley	CM	32	2017	2023	Everton	175	18
16	Dan Gosling	CM	32	2021	2023	Bournemouth	16	2
19	Moussa Sissoko	CM	32	2021	2023	Tottenham	34	2
33	Juraj Kucka	CM	35	2021	2023	Parma	27	1
39	Edo Kayembe	CM	23	2022	2026	Eupen	9	0
45	Kamil Conteh	CM	19	2018	2022	Academy	1	0
Forwards
7	Joshua King	ST	30	2021	2023	Everton	31	5
10	João Pedro	ST	20	2020	2027	Fluminense	71	12
12	Ken Sema	LW	28	2018	2026	Östersunds	81	7
23	Ismaïla Sarr	RW	24	2019	2024	Rennes	91	24
25	Emmanuel Dennis	ST	24	2021	2026	Club Brugge	34	10
28	Samuel Kalu	RW	24	2022	2025	Bordeaux	2	0
29	Cucho Hernández	LW	23	2017	2024	Granada	27	5
34	Kwadwo Baah	LW	19	2021	2026	Rochdale	0	0
47	Shaqai Forde	ST	17	2022	2022	Academy	1	0

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
17 May 2021	LW	Kwadwo Baah	Rochdale	Undisclosed	[5]
27 May 2021	CB	Mattie Pollock	Grimsby Town	Undisclosed	[6]
2 June 2021	CM	Imran Louza	Nantes	Undisclosed	[7]
21 June 2021	CF	Emmanuel Dennis	Club Brugge	Undisclosed	[8]
1 July 2021	CF	Ashley Fletcher	Middlesbrough	Free transfer	[9]
1 July 2021	LB	Danny Rose	Tottenham Hotspur	Free transfer	[10]
9 July 2021	SS	Joshua King	Everton	Free transfer	[11]
9 July 2021	CF	Dapo Mebude	Rangers	Undisclosed	[12]
14 July 2021	GK	Vincent Angelini	Celtic	Free transfer	[13]
5 August 2021	LB	James Morris	Southampton	Free transfer	[14]
6 August 2021	CM	Juraj Kucka	Parma	Undisclosed	[15]
27 August 2021	CM	Moussa Sissoko	Tottenham Hotspur	£3,000,000	[16]
23 September 2021	CF	Jimiel Chikukwa	Leeds United	Free transfer	[17]
7 October 2021	CB	Nicolas Nkoulou	Torino	Free transfer	[18]
1 January 2022	GK	Maduka Okoye	Sparta Rotterdam	Undisclosed	[19]
4 January 2022	LB	Hassane Kamara	Nice	£4,000,000	[20]
6 January 2022	CB	Samir	Udinese	Undisclosed	[21]
7 January 2022	DM	Edo Kayembe	KAS Eupen	Undisclosed	[22]
26 January 2022	RW	Samuel Kalu	Bordeaux	Undisclosed	[23]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
9 June 2021	CB	Craig Dawson	West Ham United	£2,000,000	[24]
24 June 2021	CB	Ben Wilmot	Stoke City	Undisclosed	[25]
30 June 2021	CB	Mason Barrett	Unattached	Released	[26]
30 June 2021	AM	Mitchel Bergkamp	Unattached	Released	[26]
30 June 2021	GK	Mac Chisholm	West Bromwich Albion	Released (scholar)	[26]
30 June 2021	CF	Sam Dalby	Southend United	Released	[26][27]
30 June 2021	RM	Harry Forster	Bromley	Released	[26][28]
30 June 2021	CF	Thomas Horsewood	Hertford Town	Released (scholar)	[26][29]
30 June 2021	LB	Achraf Lazaar	Portimonense	Released	[26][30]
30 June 2021	CM	Henry Ochieng	Billericay Town	Released	[26]
30 June 2021	AM	Phoenix Patterson	Waterford	Released	[26]
30 June 2021	CB	Teddy Perkins	Welling United	Released	[26][31]
30 June 2021	DM	Carlos Sánchez	Santa Fe	Released	[26]
30 June 2021	CF	Jerome Sinclair	Unattached	Released	[26]
30 June 2021	CB	Bayli Spencer-Adams	Leicester City	Released	[26]
30 June 2021	CB	Maxwell Statham	Welling United	Released	[26]
30 June 2021	LB	Toby Stevenson	Bromley	Released	[26][32]
30 June 2021	FW	Max Thompson	Unattached	Released (scholar)	[26]
14 July 2021	DF	James Debayo	Leeds United	Undisclosed	[33]
16 July 2021	LB	Tomas Galvez	Manchester City	Undisclosed	[34]
16 July 2021	MF	Bosun Lawal	Celtic	Undisclosed	[35]
9 August 2021	CF	Filip Stuparević	Metalac Gornji Milanovac	Free transfer	[36]
14 August 2021	CF	Stipe Perica	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Undisclosed	[37]
26 August 2021	CF	Isaac Success	Udinese	Undisclosed	[38]
28 August 2021	CM	Will Hughes	Crystal Palace	Undisclosed	[39]
30 August 2021	CF	Troy Deeney	Birmingham City	Free transfer	[40]
31 August 2021	DM	Nathaniel Chalobah	Fulham	Undisclosed	[41]
31 August 2021	RB	Marc Navarro	Unattached	Released	[42]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
9 July 2021	CM		Peter Etebo	Stoke City	End of season	[43]
19 August 2021	CM		Ozan Tufan	Fenerbahçe	2 February 2022[lower-alpha 1]	[45]

On 2 February, Tufan's loan was terminated by mutual consent.[44]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2021	RW	Ignacio Pussetto	Udinese	End of season	[46]
1 July 2021	CB	Jorge Segura	América de Cali	End of season	[47]
9 July 2021	AM	Juergen Elitim	Deportivo La Coruña	End of season	[48]
12 July 2021	CF	Adalberto Peñaranda	Las Palmas	End of season	[49]
19 July 2021	CF	Tiago Çukur	Doncaster Rovers	11 January 2022[lower-alpha 1]	[51]
20 July 2021	GK	Myles Roberts	Concord Rangers	End of season	[52]
23 July 2021	GK	Adam Parkes	Dover Athletic	End of season	[53]
23 July 2021	CM	Daniel Phillips	Gillingham	End of season	[54]
30 July 2021	GK	Alfie Marriott	Kings Langley	January 2022	[55]
4 August 2021	GK	Dante Baptiste	Farnborough	End of season	[56]
4 August 2021	CF	Dapo Mebude	AFC Wimbledon	End of season	[57]
6 August 2021	GK	Pontus Dahlberg	Doncaster Rovers	14 January 2022[lower-alpha 2]	[59]
7 August 2021	RW	Philip Zinckernagel	Nottingham Forest	End of season	[60]
12 August 2021	CM	Tom Dele-Bashiru	Reading	End of season	[61]
12 August 2021	MF	Dominic Hutchinson	Eastbourne Borough	End of season	[62]
13 August 2021	RW	Sonny Blu Lo-Everton	Yeovil Town	End of season	[63][64]
17 August 2021	LW	Joseph Hungbo	Ross County	End of season	[65]
30 August 2021	CB	Mattie Pollock	Cheltenham Town	End of season	[66]
31 August 2021	CM	Jaime Alvarado	Racing de Ferrol	End of season	[42]
31 August 2021	CF	Andre Gray	Queens Park Rangers	End of season	[42]
31 August 2021	CM	Domingos Quina	Fulham	1 February 2022[lower-alpha 3]	[41]
2 October 2021	CB	Will Hall	Kings Langley	Undisclosed	[68][69]
18 December 2021	CM	Adian Manning	Kings Langley	Undisclosed	[68][70]
1 January 2022	GK	Maduka Okoye	Sparta Rotterdam	End of season	[19]
14 January 2022	GK	Pontus Dahlberg	Gillingham	End of season	[71]
22 January 2022	MF	JJ McKiernan	Bohemians	13 November 2022	[72]
23 January 2022	CF	Ryan Cassidy	Bohemians	End of season	[73]
1 February 2022	CM	Domingos Quina	Barnsley	End of season	[67]
5 February 2022	CM	Kamil Conteh	Braintree Town	End of season	[74]
28 February 2022	CF	Ashley Fletcher	New York Red Bulls	End of season	[75]
1 March 2022	MF	Adian Manning	Biggleswade Town	26 March 2022	[76]

On 11 January, Çukur was recalled back from his loan spell at Doncaster.[50]
On 14 January, Dahlberg was recalled early from his loan spell at Doncaster.[58]
On 1 February, Quina was recalled to facilitate a loan to Barnsley.[67]

Pre-season and friendlies

Watford announced they will play friendlies against West Bromwich Albion,[77] Stevenage[77] Nantes,[77] and Udinese[77] as part of their pre-season schedule.

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

14 July 2021 Friendly	Watford	3–2	Millwall	London Colney
14:00 BST	Quina 36' Masina 60' Fletcher 86'	Report	Smith 57' Wallace 59'	Stadium: UCL Sports Ground Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

17 July 2021 Friendly	Watford	2–1	Colchester United	London Colney
13:00 BST	Sarr ?' (pen.) Mebude ?'	Report	Judge ?'	Stadium: UCL Sports Ground Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

17 July 2021 Friendly	Watford	2–0	Colchester United	London Colney
15:00 BST	Hernández ?' Gosling ?'	Report		Stadium: UCL Sports Ground Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

24 July 2021 Friendly	Watford	1–3	Brentford	London Colney
12:00 BST	Wise ?' (pen.)	Report	Toney ?', ?' Dervişoğlu ?'	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	Reid 2'	Report	Sema 37'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium

28 July 2021 Friendly	Arsenal	4–1	Watford	London Colney
10:00 BST	Nketiah ?' Lacazette ?' (pen.) Tierney ?' Azeez ?'	Report	Zinckernagel 40'	Stadium: Arsenal Training Centre Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

4 August 2021 Friendly	Watford	4–0	Doncaster Rovers	Burton upon Trent
BST	Etebo 5' Deeney 15' Gosling 19' Fletcher 60' (pen.)	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 30' (pen.), 54' McArthur 50' Benteke 86'		Deeney 83'	Stadium: Selhurst Park

Competitions

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Burnley	34	7	13	14	31	46	−15	34
17	Leeds United	34	8	10	16	38	72	−34	34
18	Everton	33	9	5	19	35	55	−20	32	Relegation to the EFL Championship
19	Watford	34	6	4	24	32	69	−37	22
20	Norwich City (R)	34	5	6	23	22	71	−49	21

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2022. 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[78]
(R) Relegated

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
34	6	4	24	32	69	−37	22	2	1	14	16	41	−25	4	3	10	16	28	−12

Last updated: 30 April 2022.
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L
Position	7	11	12	15	11	12	15	16	14	16	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	19	18	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	19

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2022. Source: Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 16 June 2021.[79]

14 August 2021 1	Watford	3–2	Aston Villa	Watford
15:00 BST	Dennis 10' Kucka 23' Sarr 42' Sema 55' Hernández 67' Etebo 86'	Report	Mings 54' McGinn 70' Ings 90+7' (pen.)	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,051 Referee: Mike Dean

21 August 2021 2	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	Watford	Falmer
17:30 BST	Duffy 10', 65' Maupay 41' Webster 62' Mwepu 86' March 90+1'	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 Heung-min 42' Kane 45+1' Alli 61' Skipp 85'	Report	Etebo 29' Sissoko 54' Dennis 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 13' Rose 67' Dennis 68'	Report	Marçal 68' Sierralta 74' (o.g.) Hwang Hee-chan 83' Jiménez 90+2' Kilman 90+5'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,019 Referee: Peter Bankes

18 September 2021 5	Norwich City	1–3	Watford	Norwich
15:00 BST	Pukki 35' Williams 90+5'	Report	Dennis 17' Cathcart 37' Sarr 63', 80'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,649 Referee: Robert Jones

25 September 2021 6	Watford	1–1	Newcastle United	Watford
15:00 BST	Dennis 17' Troost-Ekong 40' Rose 56' Cathcart 69' Sarr 72'	Report	Manquillo 18' Longstaff 23' Ritchie 30' Darlow 90+1'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,650 Referee: Jarred Gillett

2 October 2021 7	Leeds United	1–0	Watford	Leeds
15:00 BST	Llorente 18'	Report	Femenía 59' Sarr 65' Dennis 90'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,261 Referee: Simon Hooper

16 October 2021 8	Watford	0–5	Liverpool	Watford
12:30 BST		Report	Mané 8' Firmino 37', 52', 90+1' Salah 54'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 21,085 Referee: Jonathan Moss

23 October 2021 9	Everton	2–5	Watford	Walton
15:00 BST	Davies 3' Digne 17' Allan 54' Richarlison 63', 72' Rondón 90+3'	Report	King 13', 80', 86', 81' Troost-Ekong 44' Kucka 78' Dennis 70', 90+1'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,834 Referee: Graham Scott

30 October 2021 10	Watford	0–1	Southampton	Watford
15:00 BST	João Pedro 45+2' Kucka 76'	Report	Adams 20' Salisu 55' Ward-Prowse 58'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,869 Referee: Peter Bankes

7 November 2021 11	Arsenal	1–0	Watford	Holloway
14:00 GMT	Sambi Lokonga 20' Tomiyasu 30' Aubameyang 36', 52' Smith Rowe 56' Gabriel 80'	Report	King 10' Kucka 31' 89' Sissoko 54'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,833 Referee: Kevin Friend

20 November 2021 12	Watford	4–1	Manchester United	Watford
15:00 GMT	Sarr 11', 44' King 28' Louza 45' João Pedro 90+2' Dennis 90+6', 90+7'	Report	McTominay 19' Van de Beek 50' Maguire 62' 69'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 21,087 Referee: Jonathan Moss

28 November 2021 13	Leicester City	4–2	Watford	Leicester
14:00 GMT	Maddison 16' Vardy 34', 42' Lookman 68'	Report	King 30' (pen.) Dennis 61'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 34,310 Referee: Andrew Madley

1 December 2021 14	Watford	1–2	Chelsea	Watford
19:30 GMT	Dennis 43' Louza 45' Troost-Ekong 45+4' Cleverley 84' Rose 84'	Report	Saúl 16' Mount 29' Alonso 45+2' Ziyech 65', 72'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,388 Referee: David Coote

4 December 2021 15	Watford	1–3	Manchester City	Watford
17:30 GMT	King 7' Rose 31' Hernández 74' Cathcart 85'	Report	Sterling 4' Silva 31', 63'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,673 Referee: Simon Hooper

10 December 2021 16	Brentford	2–1	Watford	Brentford
20:00 GMT	Janelt 68' Jansson 70', 84' Goode 81' Onyeka 90+1' Mbeumo 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Dennis 24'	Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium Attendance: 16,861 Referee: Michael Oliver

28 December 2021 20	Watford	1–4	West Ham United	Watford
15:00 GMT	Dennis 4'	Report	Souček 27' Benrahma 29' Noble 58' (pen.) Dawson 81' Vlašić 90+2'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,073 Referee: Darren England

1 January 2022 21	Watford	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Watford
15:00 GMT		Report	Skipp 61' Sánchez 90+6'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,391 Referee: Robert Jones

15 January 2022 22	Newcastle United	1–1	Watford	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT	Shelvey 6' Saint-Maximin 49' Fraser 53' Dummett 71'	Report	Sissoko 51' João Pedro 88' Samir 90'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,223 Referee: Paul Tierney

21 January 2022 23	Watford	0–3	Norwich City	Watford
20:00 GMT	Dennis 36' 78'	Report	McLean 38' Sargent 51', 74' Kucka 90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,782 Referee: Mike Dean

5 February 2022 17	Burnley	0–0	Watford	Burnley
18:00 GMT	Stephens 45'	Report	King 20' Cleverley 90+1'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 19,527 Referee: Craig Pawson
Note: The match was postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak within Watford's squad. It was rescheduled to 5 February 2022.[80]

8 February 2022 24	West Ham United	1–0	Watford	Stratford
19:45 GMT	Bowen 68' Coufal 83'	Report		Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,581 Referee: Martin Atkinson

12 February 2022 25	Watford	0–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Watford
15:00 GMT	Dennis 56' Kamara 65' Louza 90+2'	Report	Dunk 25' Maupay 44' Lamptey 75' Webster 82'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,795 Referee: Jonathan Moss

19 February 2022 26	Aston Villa	0–1	Watford	Aston
15:00 GMT	Cash 57'	Report	Sarr 66' Dennis 78' Kamara 82'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Rob Jones

23 February 2022 18	Watford	1–4	Crystal Palace	Watford
19:30 GMT	Sissoko 18' Samir 40' Femenía 61'	Report	Mateta 15' Gallagher 42' Kouyaté 44' Zaha 85', 90'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,012 Referee: Andre Marriner
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 18 December 2021, was postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak within Watford's squad.[81]

26 February 2022 27	Manchester United	0–0	Watford	Manchester
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 73,152 Referee: Kevin Friend

6 March 2022 28	Watford	2–3	Arsenal	Watford
14:00 GMT	Hernández 11', 90+6' Sissoko 87'	Report	Ødegaard 5' Saka 30' Martinelli 52' Cédric 58' Nketiah 90+3'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 21,142 Referee: Craig Pawson

10 March 2022 19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–0	Watford	Wolverhampton
19:30 GMT	Jiménez 13' Hernández 18' (o.g.) Podence 21' Aït-Nouri 35' Saïss 59' Neves 85'	Report	Louza 19' Samir 40'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 29,658 Referee: Darren England
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 26 December 2021, was postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak within Watford's squad.[82]

13 March 2022 29	Southampton	1–2	Watford	Southampton
14:00 GMT	Elyounoussi 45' Perraud 48' Romeu 65' Bednarek 76'	Report	Hernández 14', 34', 60' Sissoko 86'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 28,863 Referee: Graham Scott

2 April 2022 30	Liverpool	2–0	Watford	Liverpool
12:30 BST	Jota 22' Gomez 45+1' Fabinho 89' (pen.)	Report	Hernández 59'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 53,104 Referee: Stuart Attwell

9 April 2022 31	Watford	0–3	Leeds United	Watford
15:00 BST	Louza 57' Sissoko 80'	Report	Raphinha 21' Rodrigo 73' Harrison 85'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,957 Referee: Andre Marriner

16 April 2022 32	Watford	1–2	Brentford	Watford
15:00 BST	Kamara 53' Dennis 55' Louza 87'	Report	Nørgaard 15' Toney 62' Jansson 90+5'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,747 Referee: Simon Hooper

23 April 2022 33	Manchester City	5–1	Watford	Manchester
15:00 BST	Gabriel Jesus 4', 23', 49', 53' Rodri 34' Cancelo 43'	Report	Kamara 28'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 53,013 Referee: Kevin Friend

30 April 2022 34	Watford	1–2	Burnley	Watford
15:00 BST	Tarkowski 8' (o.g.) Kucka 87'	Report	Tarkowski 48' Cork 83' Brownhill 86' Collins 90+1'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,738 Referee: Craig Pawson

7 May 2022 35	Crystal Palace	v	Watford	Selhurst
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Selhurst Park

11 May 2022 36	Watford	v	Everton	Watford
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Vicarage Road

FA Cup

Watford were drawn away to Leicester City in the third round.[83]

8 January 2022 Third round	Leicester City	4–1	Watford	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Tielemans 7' (pen.) Maddison 25' Daley-Campbell 36' Barnes 54' Albrighton 85'	Report	João Pedro 27'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 25,710 Referee: Mike Dean

EFL Cup

Watford entered the competition in the second round and were drawn at home to Crystal Palace[84][85] and Stoke City in the third round.[86][87]

24 August 2021 Second round	Watford	1–0	Crystal Palace	Watford
19:45 BST	Hernández 44' Sierralta 61' Fletcher 86' Rose 90+4'	Report	Gallagher 54'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 9,011 Referee: Tim Robinson

21 September 2021 Third round	Watford	1–3	Stoke City	Watford
19:45 BST	Fletcher 61'	Report	Powell 25' Clucas 80' Tymon 85' Batth 90+1'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 8,421 Referee: Tony Harrington

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated: 30 April 2022.
Source: premierleague.com

No.	Pos.	Player	Premier League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Ben Foster	23	0	0	0	1	0	24	0
26	GK	Daniel Bachmann	11	0	1	0	0	0	12	0
35	GK	Rob Elliot	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	Jeremy Ngakia	7+7	0	1	0	2	0	10+7	0
3	DF	Danny Rose	7+1	0	0	0	1	0	8+1	0
5	DF	William Troost-Ekong	15+1	0	0	0	1	0	16+1	0
11	DF	Adam Masina	11	0	0	0	1	0	12	0
13	DF	Nicolas Nkoulou	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0
14	DF	Hassane Kamara	16	1	0	0	0	0	16	1
15	DF	Craig Cathcart	25+3	0	1	0	0	0	26+3	0
21	DF	Kiko Femenía	24+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	24+2	0
22	DF	Samir	16	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
27	DF	Christian Kabasele	9+4	0	0	0	1	0	10+4	0
31	DF	Francisco Sierralta	5	0	1	0	2	0	8	0
42	DF	James Morris	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
4	MF	Peter Etebo	4+3	0	0	0	1	0	5+3	0
6	MF	Imran Louza	17+3	0	0	0	2	0	19+3	0
8	MF	Tom Cleverley	18+8	0	1	0	0+1	0	19+9	0
12	MF	Ken Sema	4+10	0	0+1	0	2	0	6+11	0
16	MF	Dan Gosling	0+1	0	0+1	0	1	0	1+2	0
18	MF	Ozan Tufan	4+3	0	1	0	1	0	6+3	0
19	MF	Moussa Sissoko	32	2	1	0	0+1	0	33+1	2
33	MF	Juraj Kucka	22+4	1	0+1	0	0	0	22+5	1
39	MF	Edo Kayembe	5+4	0	0	0	0	0	5+4	0
45	MF	Kamil Conteh	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
Forwards
7	FW	Joshua King	25+5	5	0	0	1	0	26+5	5
10	FW	João Pedro	12+13	2	1	1	0	0	13+13	3
17	FW	Ashley Fletcher	0+3	0	1	0	2	2	3+3	2
23	FW	Ismaïla Sarr	20+1	5	0	0	0	0	20+1	5
25	FW	Emmanuel Dennis	29+3	10	0	0	0+2	0	29+5	10
28	FW	Samuel Kalu	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
29	FW	Cucho Hernández	12+12	5	1	0	2	0	15+12	5
47	FW	Shaqai Forde	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0

Goalscorers

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

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	FW	25	Emmanuel Dennis	10	0	0	10
2	FW	7	Joshua King	5	0	0	5
	FW	23	Ismaïla Sarr	5	0	0	5
	FW	29	Cucho Hernández	5	0	0	5
5	FW	10	João Pedro	2	1	0	3
6	FW	17	Ashley Fletcher	0	0	2	2
6	MF	19	Moussa Sissoko	2	0	0	2
8	DF	14	Hassane Kamara	1	0	0	1
8	MF	33	Juraj Kucka	1	0	0	1
TOTALS				31	1	2	34

Last updated: 23 April 2022.
Source: premierleague.com

Clean sheets

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

Rank	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	1	Ben Foster	3	0	1	4
TOTALS			3	0	1	4

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[52] On 11 January, Çukur was recalled back from his loan spell at Doncaster.[50]

[61] On 14 January, Dahlberg was recalled early from his loan spell at Doncaster.[58]

[71] On 1 February, Quina was recalled to facilitate a loan to Barnsley.[67]

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[ClaudioRanieri-2] "Ranieri Appointed Head Coach". Watford Football Club. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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[4] "Watford appoint Hodgson as manager until end of season". Sky Sports. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

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[6] "Watford Sign Pollock". Watford F.C. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

[7] "Hornets Sign Louza". Watford F.C. Retrieved 2 June 2021.

[8] "Official: Dennis Deal Done". Watford F.C. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

[9] "Official: Ashley Fletcher Signs". Watford F.C. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

[10] "Rose Returns To Watford". Watford F.C. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[11] "Official: Watford Sign King". Watford F.C. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

[12] "Official: Mebude Signs For Golden Boys". Watford F.C. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

[13] "Watford Sign Angelini". Watford F.C. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

[14] "O'Brien & Morris Join Watford". Watford F.C. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[15] "Kucka Signs". Watford F.C. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[16] "Moussa Sissoko: Watford sign midfielder from Tottenham for around £3m". BBC Sport. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.

[17] "Watford Sign Chikukwa". Watford Football Club. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.

[18] "Watford Sign Nkoulou". Watford Football Club. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.

[MadukaOkoye-19] "Watford to sign Okoye from Sparta Rotterdam". BBC. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[20] "Watford Sign Kamara". Watford Football Club. Retrieved 4 January 2022.

[21] "Samir Joins Hornets". Watford Football Club. Retrieved 6 January 2022.

[22] "Official: Kayembe Signs On". www.watfordfc.com. Retrieved 7 January 2022.

[23] "Watford sign Nigeria winger Kalu from Bordeaux". BBC. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

[24] "West Ham complete permanent signing of Craig Dawson from Watford after impressive loan spell helps propel Hammers into Champions League contention". talkSPORT. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

[25] "Official: Wilmot Departs". www.watfordfc.com. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

[Retained_List-26] "Retain & Release List Confirmed". Watford F.C. - Official Site. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

[27] "Sam Dalby Signs For Southend United". Southend United F.C. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

[28] "Forster returns!". Bromley F.C. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

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[31] "PLAYER MOVEMENTS". wellingunited.com. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

[32] "Stevenson bolsters back line". Bromley F.C. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

[33] "Youngster Signs Contract At Leeds, After Snubbing Man United". HITC. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[34] "Man City Sign Rising Left-Back Starlet - Player Rejected Liverpool, Chelsea And Arsenal". Si. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

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[36] "#Watford transfer outgoing - Filip Stuparevic". The Athletic. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[37] "#Perica Departs". Watford F.C. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

[38] "Udinese Switch For Success". Watford F.C. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

[39] "Hughes Departs". Watford F.C. Retrieved 29 August 2021.

[40] "Troy Deeney Comes Home!". Birmingham City F.C. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[ChalobahQuina-41] "Chalobah Departs & Quina Loaned Out". Watford F.C. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

[Gray-42] "QPR Loan For Gray". Watford F.C. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[43] "Etebo Joins Hornets". Watford F.C. Retrieved 1 July 2021.

[44] "Official: Tufan Loan Terminated". Watford FC. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

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[54] "Loan Move For Roberts". Watford F.C. Retrieved 21 July 2021.

[55] "Loan Move For Parkes". Watford F.C. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

[56] "Gillingham Loan For Phillips". Watford F.C. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

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[69] "Pollock Leaves On Loan". Watford F.C. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[DQuina-70] "Quina's Barnsley switch confirmed". Watford Observer. Retrieved 1 February 2022.

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[74] "Adian Manning". Kings Langley F.C. Retrieved 4 January 2022.

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[78] "Conteh Makes Loan Switch". Watford FC. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[79] "Fletcher Joins New York Red Bulls On Loan". Watford FC. Retrieved 2 March 2022.

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