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2020–21 Watford F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was the 122nd season in existence of Watford Football Club and their first season back in the Championship following relegation from the Premier League in the previous season. Watford competed in the FA Cup and in the EFL Cup.

Watford F.C.
2020–21 season
ChairmanScott Duxbury
Head CoachVladimir Ivić
(until 19 December)[1]
Xisco
(from 20 December)[2]
StadiumVicarage Road
Championship2nd (promoted)
FA CupThird round
EFL CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ismaïla Sarr (13)
All:
Ismaïla Sarr (13)

With their win over Millwall on 24 April 2021, Watford confirmed their promotion back to the Premier League at the first time of asking.[3]

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 11 February 2021[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ENG Ben Foster
3 DF   ENG Jeremy Ngakia
5 DF   NGA William Troost-Ekong
6 DF   ENG Ben Wilmot
7 FW   DEN Philip Zinckernagel
8 MF   ENG Tom Cleverley (vice-captain)
9 FW   ENG Troy Deeney (captain)
10 FW   BRA João Pedro
11 DF   MAR Adam Masina
12 MF   SWE Ken Sema
14 MF   ENG Nathaniel Chalobah (3rd captain)
15 DF   NIR Craig Cathcart
16 MF   ENG Dan Gosling
17 DF   MAR Achraf Lazaar
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW   JAM Andre Gray
19 MF   ENG Will Hughes (4th captain)
21 DF   ESP Kiko Femenía
22 FW   NGA Isaac Success
23 FW   SEN Ismaïla Sarr
24 MF   NGA Tom Dele-Bashiru
25 FW   CRO Stipe Perica
26 GK   AUT Daniel Bachmann
27 DF   BEL Christian Kabasele
28 MF   COL Carlos Sánchez
31 DF   CHI Francisco Sierralta
32 DF   ESP Marc Navarro
33 GK   IRL Rob Elliot
35 GK   ENG Adam Parkes

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
14 August 2020 RB   Jeremy Ngakia   West Ham United Free transfer [5]
7 September 2020 CF   Stipe Perica   Udinese Undisclosed [6]
9 September 2020 CB   Francisco Sierralta   Udinese Undisclosed [7]
15 September 2020 LB   Toby Stevenson   Charlton Athletic Free transfer [8]
24 September 2020 CB   Maxwell Statham   Tottenham Hotspur Free transfer [9]
29 September 2020 CB   William Troost-Ekong   Udinese Undisclosed [10]
1 December 2020 AM   Phoenix Patterson Unattached Free transfer [11]
1 January 2021 FW   Djibril Touré   Ceffomig FC Undisclosed [10]
1 January 2021 RW   Philip Zinckernagel   FK Bodø/Glimt Free transfer [12]
14 January 2021 CF   Tiago Çukur   AZ Alkmaar Free transfer [13]
25 January 2021 CM   Henry Ochieng   Cork City Undisclosed [14]
28 January 2021 GK   Rob Elliot   Newcastle United Free transfer [15]
31 January 2021 CM   Dan Gosling   Bournemouth Undisclosed [16]
31 January 2021 RW   Maurizio Pochettino   Tottenham Hotspur Free transfer [17]
1 February 2021 AM   Mitchel Bergkamp   Almere City Free transfer [18]
11 February 2021 LB   Achraf Lazaar   Newcastle United Free transfer [19]
4 March 2021 DM   Carlos Sánchez   West Ham United Free transfer [20]

Loans in edit

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
1 September 2020 CF   Glenn Murray   Brighton & Hove Albion 30 January 2021 [21][22]
18 September 2020 DM   James Garner   Manchester United 30 January 2021 [23][22]

Loans out edit

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
23 July 2020 CM   Jaime Alvarado   Athletico Paranaense End of season [24]
4 August 2020 CM   Matheus Santana   Recreativo Huelva End of season [25]
7 August 2020 LW   Ryan Cassidy   Accrington Stanley End of season [26]
9 August 2020 AM   Juergen Elitim   Ponferradina End of season [27]
11 August 2020 GK   Pontus Dahlberg   BK Häcken End of season [28]
12 August 2020 CM   Kwasi Sibo   UD Ibiza End of season [29]
14 August 2020 CF   Cucho Hernández   Getafe End of season [30]
20 August 2020 RB   Kingsley Fobi   Recreativo Granada End of 2021–22 season [31]
2 September 2020 CB   Jorge Segura   Atlético Nacional 31 December 2020 [32]
18 September 2020 MF   Harry Forster   Bromley End of season [33][34]
18 September 2020 GK   Myles Roberts   Wingate & Finchley 14 October 2020 [35]
5 October 2020 CB   Derek Agyakwa   Como 1907 End of season [36]
5 October 2020 LW   Gerard Deulofeu   Udinese 30 January 2021 [37][22]
5 October 2020 RW   Ignacio Pussetto   Udinese End of season [38]
5 October 2020 FW   Adalberto Peñaranda   CSKA Sofia End of season [39]
5 October 2020 FW   Jerome Sinclair   CSKA Sofia End of season [40]
12 October 2020 CB   Craig Dawson   West Ham United End of season [41]
16 October 2020 CB   Bayli Spencer-Adams   Dover Athletic 31 January 2021 [42]
12 November 2020 LW   Joseph Hungbo   Aldershot Town 8 January 2021 [43][44]
1 February 2021 CM   Domingos Quina   Granada End of season [45]
1 February 2021 FW   Djibril Touré   R. Charleroi S.C. End of season [46]
1 February 2021 CB   George Langston   Wealdstone Short-term [47]
19 February 2021 CF   Sam Dalby   Stockport County March 2021 [48]
16 April 2021 RW   Sonny Blu Lo-Everton   Wealdstone End of season [49]

Transfers out edit

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2020 CM   Emmanuel Adebiyi   Unattached Released [50]
1 July 2020 RB   Jamal Balogun   Unattached Released [51]
1 July 2020 LW   Jayden Bennetts   Paderborn 07 Released [51][52]
1 July 2020 CF   Michael Folivi   Colchester United Released [51][53]
1 July 2020 LB   Lewis Gordon   Brentford Released [51][54]
1 July 2020 LB   Cameron Green   Unattached Released [51]
1 July 2020 SS   Kaylen Hinds   Aldershot Town Released [51][55]
1 July 2020 GK   James Hoskins   Unattached Released [50]
1 July 2020 CB   Harry Hudson   Unattached Released [50]
1 July 2020 CM   Ryan Maclean   Unattached Released [50]
1 July 2020 CB   James Matthews   Unattached Released [50]
1 July 2020 DM   Imaad Sankoh   Unattached Released [50]
24 July 2020 RB   Dimitri Foulquier   Granada Undisclosed [56]
1 August 2020 GK   Heurelho Gomes Retired N/A [51]
1 August 2020 LB   José Holebas   Olympiacos Released [51][57]
1 August 2020 CB   Adrian Mariappa   Bristol City Released [51][58]
1 August 2020 DM   Callum Whelan   Oldham Athletic Released [51][59]
5 August 2020 CF   Alex Jakubiak   Dundee Free transfer [60]
21 August 2020 CF   Matheus Aiás   Orlando City Undisclosed [61]
26 August 2020 CF   Juan Camilo Becerra   Espanyol Undisclosed [62]
8 September 2020 CM   Abdoulaye Doucouré   Everton £20,000,000 [63]
18 September 2020 GK   Harvey White   Woking Free transfer [64]
16 September 2020 LB   Pervis Estupiñán   Villarreal £15,000,000 [65]
28 September 2020 AM   Roberto Pereyra   Udinese Undisclosed [66]
2 October 2020 CF   Luis Suárez   Granada £10,000,000 [67]
6 October 2020 CF   Danny Welbeck   Brighton & Hove Albion Released [68][69]
29 December 2020 RB   Daryl Janmaat   ADO Den Haag Undisclosed [70]
30 December 2020 DM   Étienne Capoue   Villarreal Undisclosed [71]
30 January 2021 LW   Gerard Deulofeu   Udinese Undisclosed [22]

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

18 August 2020 Friendly Watford XI 1–3 Gillingham St Albans, England
14:00 BST (UTC+1)
  •   14'
 Report
Stadium: Watford F.C. Training Ground
Attendance: 0
29 August 2020 Friendly Watford 1–0 Scunthorpe United Watford, England
15:00 BST (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 0
5 September 2020 Friendly Watford 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Watford, England
15:00 BST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jarred Gillett

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Championship 11 September 2020 8 May 2021 Matchday 1 2nd 46 27 10 9 63 30 +33 058.70
FA Cup 9 January 2021 Third round Third round 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
EFL Cup 14 September 2020 22 September 2020 Second round Third round 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 000.00
Total 49 27 11 11 65 35 +30 055.10

Source: Soccerway

Championship edit

Main article: 2020–21 EFL Championship

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Norwich City (C, P) 46 29 10 7 75 36 +39 97 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Watford (P) 46 27 10 9 63 30 +33 91
3 Brentford (O, P) 46 24 15 7 79 42 +37 87 Qualification for Championship play-offs
4 Swansea City 46 23 11 12 56 39 +17 80
5 Barnsley 46 23 9 14 58 50 +8 78
6 Bournemouth 46 22 11 13 73 46 +27 77
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[72]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 27 10 9 63 30  +33 91 19 2 2 43 12  +31 8 8 7 20 18  +2

Last updated: 8 May 2021.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by matchday edit

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAHAAHHAAHHAAHAHHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAAHHAAHHAHAAHAH
ResultWDWLWWDDLWWDDWDLWWDLWLWWWDLDWWWWLWWWWWWDWLWWLW
Position10857533564255337343556533255443433222222222222
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2021. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.[73]

11 September 2020 1 Watford 1–0 Middlesbrough Watford
19:45 BST Cathcart   11'
Wilmot   85'		 Report Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Keith Stroud
19 September 2020 (2020-09-19) 2 Sheffield Wednesday 0–0 Watford Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 BST Luongo   65'
Bannan   68'		 Report Chalobah   81'
Garner   88'		 Stadium: Hillsborough
Referee: Jarred Gillett
26 September 2020 3 Watford 1–0 Luton Town Watford
15:00 BST João Pedro   35' Report Pearson   75' Stadium: Vicarage Road
Referee: John Brooks
3 October 2020 4 Reading 1–0 Watford Reading
15:00 BST Laurent   39'
Pușcaș   41'
Richards   62'
Tetek   87'		 Report Wilmot   40'
Pedro   87'
Chalobah   90+3'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Grant Ward
16 October 2020 5 Derby County 0–1 Watford Derby
19:45 BST Report João Pedro   76' Stadium: Pride Park
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
21 October 2020 6 Watford 3–1 Blackburn Rovers Watford
19:45 BST Pedro   13'   84'
Cleverley   17'
Kabasele   22'
Lenihan   49' (o.g.)
Ngakia   75'		 Report Brereton   28'
Armstrong   69'		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Woolmer
24 October 2020 7 Watford 1–1 Bournemouth Watford
12:30 BST Perica   12'
Garner   25'
Cleverley   57'
Chalobah   90+7'		 Report Kelly   2'
Rico   64'
Mepham   90+6'		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tim Robinson
27 October 2020 8 Wycombe Wanderers 1–1 Watford High Wycombe
19:45 GMT Stewart   66' Report Sarr   52'
Kiko   80'		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: John Brooks
31 October 2020 9 Barnsley 1–0 Watford Barnsley
15:00 GMT Mowatt   6'
Styles   82'		 Report Troost-Ekong   3' Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 0
Referee: Matt Donohue
4 November 2020 10 Watford 3–2 Stoke City Watford
19:00 GMT Cleverley   28'
Chalobah   56'
Pedro   61' (pen.)
Sarr   90+2'
Capoue   90+3'		 Report Fletcher   2'
Gunn   61'
Mikel   79'
Powell   81'		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Davies
7 November 2020 11 Watford 3–2 Coventry City Watford
15:00 GMT Gray   54'
Kiko   62'
Troost-Ekong   66'
Sarr   83' (pen.)		 Report Østigård   55'
Hamer   63'
Walker   64'
O'Hare   83'		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Simon Hooper
21 November 2020 12 Queens Park Rangers 1–1 Watford Shepherd's Bush
15:00 GMT Chair   77'
Dykes   90+1'		 Report Wilmot   3'
Sema   59'
Cathcart   85'		 Stadium: Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michael Salisbury
25 November 2020 13 Bristol City 0–0 Watford Ashton Gate
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dean Whitestone
28 November 2020 14 Watford 4–1 Preston North End Watford
15:00 GMT Quina   9'
Garner   23'
Deeney   52' (pen.)
Chalobah   58'
Pedro   74'		 Report Barkhuizen   55' Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jarred Gillett
2 December 2020 15 Nottingham Forest 0–0 Watford West Bridgford
19:45 GMT Lolley   23'
Knockaert   54'
Arter   84'		 Report Chalobah   69'
Quina   71'		 Stadium: The City Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Webb
5 December 2020 16 Watford 0–1 Cardiff City Watford
15:00 GMT Perica   89' Report Moore   43'
Ojo   60'
Ralls   66'		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 1,973
Referee: Stephen Martin
8 December 2020 17 Watford 2–0 Rotherham United Watford
19:45 GMT Kabasele   4'
Deeney   15'		 Report Jones   67'
Ihiekwe   71'		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 1,976
Referee: Josh Smith
12 December 2020 18 Birmingham City 0–1 Watford Bordesley
15:00 GMT Kieftenbeld   15'
Pedersen   57'   84'		 Report Deeney   85' (pen.)
Capoue   90+1'		 Stadium: St Andrew's Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Matt Donohue
15 December 2020 19 Watford 1–1 Brentford Watford
20:00 GMT Deeney   60' (pen.)   87'
Kabasele   76'
Troost-Ekong   90+1'
Sarr   90+3'		 Report Pinnock   58'
Toney   63' (pen.)		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Linington
19 December 2020 20 Huddersfield Town 2–0 Watford Huddersfield
15:00 GMT Campbell   9'
Schofield   21'
Capoue   32' (o.g.)
Bacuna   86'		 Report Wilmot   34' Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Leigh Doughty
26 December 2020 21 Watford 1–0 Norwich City Watford
19:45 GMT Capoue   18'
Sarr   39'   78'
Cleverley   63'
Hughes   87'		 Report Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: John Brooks
2 January 2021 22 Swansea City 2–1 Watford Swansea
15:00 GMT Guehi   21'
Bidwell   33'
Lowe   43', 67'
Grimes   45+2'		 Report Cleverley   20'
Chalobah   42'
Masina   90'		 Stadium: The Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Darren Bond
16 January 2021 23 Watford 2–0 Huddersfield Town Watford
15:00 GMT Deeney   30'
Cleverley   54'
Sierralta   56'
Chalobah   59'
João Pedro   64'		 Report Campbell   40'
Crichlow   66'		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michael Salisbury
19 January 2021 24 Watford 1–0 Barnsley Watford
19:45 GMT Deeney   27' (pen.)
Sarr   90+3'		 Report Sollbauer   90' Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tim Robinson
22 January 2021 25 Stoke City 1–2 Watford Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 GMT Collins   81'
Fletcher   83'		 Report Sierralta   18'
Femenía   34'
Deeney   64' (pen.)
Sarr   68'		 Stadium: bet365 Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Oliver Langford
26 January 2021 26 Millwall 0–0 Watford Bermondsey
19:00 GMT Kieftenbeld   26'
Cooper   33'		 Report Masina   45+2'
Cleverley   45+3'
Chalobah   56'
Sierralta   74'		 Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
1 February 2021 27 Watford 1–2 Queens Park Rangers Watford
19:45 GMT Deeney   52' (pen.)
Sierralta   54'
Navarro   90+3'		 Report Wallace   33'
Austin   73'
Adomah   90'		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jarred Gillett
6 February 2021 28 Coventry City 0–0 Watford Bordesley
12:30 GMT Report Sierralta   24'
Gray   29'		 Stadium: St Andrew's Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Graham Scott
13 February 2021 29 Watford 6–0 Bristol City Watford
15:00 GMT Sema   2', 35'
Sarr   15', 55'
Chalobah   17'
Hughes   30'
João Pedro   81'
Zinckernagel   90'		 Report Moore   7'
Diédhiou   47'
Palmer   81'		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: John Brooks
16 February 2021 30 Preston North End 0–1 Watford Preston
19:00 GMT Report João Pedro   51' (pen.)
Cleverley   63'		 Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tony Harrington
19 February 2021 31 Watford 2–1 Derby County Watford
19:45 GMT João Pedro   19'
Hughes   20',   21'
Cleverley   42'		 Report Buchanan   45'
Troost-Ekong   77' (o.g.)
Byrne   90+1'		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tim Robinson
24 February 2021 32 Blackburn Rovers 2–3 Watford Blackburn
19:45 GMT Rothwell   34'
Elliott   43'
Brereton   82'		 Report Pedro   25'
Sarr   38'
Sema   61'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Linington
27 February 2021 33 Bournemouth 1–0 Watford King's Park, Boscombe
12:30 GMT Cook   47'
Danjuma   61'
Wilshere   90+7'   90+9'
Begović   90+7'		 Report Masina   34'
Hughes   49'
Chalobah   60'
Pedro   90+5'   90+7'
Sarr   90+8'		 Stadium: Vitality Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tony Harrington
3 March 2021 34 Watford 2–0 Wycombe Wanderers Watford
19:00 GMT Gray   14', 57' Report Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
6 March 2021 35 Watford 1–0 Nottingham Forest Watford
12:30 GMT Masina   17'
Pedro   45+1'
Zinckernagel   50'		 Report Knockaert   10' Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jonathan Moss
13 March 2021 (2021-03-13) 36 Cardiff City 1–2 Watford Cardiff
15:00 GMT Sierralta   14' (o.g.)
Bacuna   81'
Ng   90+2'		 Report Chalobah   15'
Bachmann   39'
Hughes   45+1'
Sarr   82'
Sierralta   85'
Masina   90+3'		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Referee: Keith Stroud
16 March 2021 37 Rotherham United 1–4 Watford Rotherham
19:00 GMT Smith   61'
Ladapo   68'		 Report Sierralta   9'
Sarr   26'
Sema   39'
Gosling   69'		 Stadium: New York Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
20 March 2021 38 Watford 3–0 Birmingham City Watford
15:00 GMT Sema   4'
Success   44'
Chalobah   55'
Gray   80'		 Report Pedersen   35' Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Darren Bond
2 April 2021 39 Watford 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday Watford
15:00 BST Lees   7' (o.g.)
Sierralta   30'
Hughes   64'		 Report Börner   3'
Urhoghide   38'
Reach   41'
Wildsmith   78'		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
5 April 2021 40 Middlesbrough 1–1 Watford Middlesbrough
12:30 BST Bolasie   78' Report Chalobah   25'
Sarr   32'		 Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tim Robinson
9 April 2021 41 Watford 2–0 Reading Watford
19:45 BST Sarr   12', 14'
Zinckernagel   17'
Hughes   75'
Success   90+3'		 Report Rinomhota   56' Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Linington
17 April 2021 42 Luton Town 1–0 Watford Luton
12:30 BST Bradley   28'
Collins   78' (pen.)
Berry   80'		 Report Femenía   72'   88'
Bachmann   75'
Sierralta   76'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gavin Ward
20 April 2021 43 Norwich City 0–1 Watford Norwich
18:00 BST Skipp   62'
McLean   73'
Hugill   90+6'		 Report Hughes   27'
Masina   49'
Gosling   57'
Cleverley   65'
Chalobah   90+8'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tim Robinson
24 April 2021 44 Watford 1–0 Millwall Watford
15:00 BST Sarr   11' (pen.) Report Muller   86' Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dean Whitestone
1 May 2021 45 Brentford 2–0 Watford Brentford
15:00 BST Forss   46'
Toney   60'
Bidstrup   66'
Canós   69'		 Report Perica   88' Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lee Mason
8 May 2021 46 Watford 2–0 Swansea City Watford
12:30 BST Gray   56'
Success   87'		 Report Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Geoff Eltringham

FA Cup edit

Main article: 2020–21 FA Cup

The third round draw was made on 30th November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition.[74]

9 January 2021 Third round Manchester United 1–0 Watford Trafford
20:00 GMT McTominay   5'
Tuanzebe   65'
Telles   72'		 Report Sarr   38' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andrew Madley

EFL Cup edit

Main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup

The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.[75]

15 September 2020 Second round Oxford United 1–1
(0–3 p)		 Watford Oxford
19:00 BST Hall   26' Report Navarro   72'
Sema   89'		 Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Leigh Doughty
Penalties
Forde  
McGuane  
Hall  		   Sema
  Quina
  Perica
22 September 2020 Third round Newport County 3–1 Watford Newport
19:00 BST Abrahams   18' (pen.)
Labadie   28'   42'
Amond   65'
Bennett   80'		 Report Stevenson   17'
Agyakwa   40'
Peñaranda   54' (pen.)   62'
Pussetto   76'
Perica   88'		 Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 0
Referee: Charles Breakspear

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   ENG Ben Foster 23 0 23 0 0 0 0 0
26 GK   AUT Daniel Bachmann 26 0 23 0 1 0 2 0
30 GK   SWE Pontus Dahlberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 GK   IRL Rob Elliot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 GK   ENG Adam Parkes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
3 DF   ENG Jeremy Ngakia 26 0 18+7 0 0+1 0 0 0
5 DF   NGA William Troost-Ekong 33 1 31+1 1 1 0 0 0
6 DF   ENG Ben Wilmot 27 1 14+11 1 0+1 0 1 0
11 DF   MAR Adam Masina 26 2 21+4 2 1 0 0 0
15 DF   NIR Craig Cathcart 25 1 20+5 1 0 0 0 0
17 DF   MAR Achraf Lazaar 5 0 2+3 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF   ESP Kiko Femenía 37 0 36+1 0 0 0 0 0
27 DF   BEL Christian Kabasele 21 1 19+1 1 0 0 0+1 0
31 DF   CHI Francisco Sierralta 29 1 24+2 1 1 0 2 0
32 DF   ESP Marc Navarro 8 0 2+4 0 1 0 1 0
47 DF   ENG Toby Stevenson 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Midfielders
8 MF   ENG Tom Cleverley 34 4 32+2 4 0 0 0 0
12 MF   SWE Ken Sema 43 6 38+3 5 0+1 0 0+1 1
14 MF   ENG Nathaniel Chalobah 40 3 32+6 3 1 0 1 0
16 MF   ENG Dan Gosling 14 2 6+7 2 0 0 1 0
19 MF   ENG Will Hughes 31 2 21+9 2 1 0 0 0
24 MF   NGA Tom Dele-Bashiru 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF   COL Carlos Sánchez 9 0 2+7 0 0 0 0 0
38 MF   ESP Maurizio Pochettino 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
44 MF   ENG Joseph Hungbo 6 0 1+4 0 0 0 1 0
49 MF   BER Kane Crichlow 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
52 MF   TRI Daniel Phillips 5 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 2 0
Forwards
7 FW   DEN Philip Zinckernagel 21 1 9+11 1 1 0 0 0
9 FW   ENG Troy Deeney 19 7 14+5 7 0 0 0 0
10 FW   BRA João Pedro 40 9 31+7 9 1 0 0+1 0
18 FW   JAM Andre Gray 31 5 14+16 5 1 0 0 0
22 FW   NGA Isaac Success 10 1 3+7 1 0 0 0 0
23 FW   SEN Ismaïla Sarr 40 13 39 13 1 0 0 0
25 FW   CRO Stipe Perica 18 1 2+14 1 0 0 1+1 0
Players transferred out during the season
4 DF   ENG Craig Dawson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
45 DF   NED Derek Agyakwa 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
20 MF   POR Domingos Quina 15 1 8+6 1 0 0 1 0
33 MF   ARG Ignacio Pussetto 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
13 FW   VEN Adalberto Peñaranda 1 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 1
17 FW   ENG Glenn Murray 6 0 1+4 0 0 0 1 0
34 FW   ENG Jerome Sinclair 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

Last updated: 8 May 2021
Source: Competitions

Notes edit

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