Manchester United vs Watford
complete head-to-head record time-line

Explore the complete all-time statistical record of every competitive first-team match played by Newton Heath and Manchester United against Watford.

This archive includes the full time-line and head-to-head record, results, wins, draws, defeats, goals scored, goals conceded, venues, competitions, managers, attendances, red cards, penalties, own goals, hat-tricks and a full chronological list of all matches played against Watford. It is designed as a complete historical reference point for supporters, historians and football statisticians researching Manchester United’s record against this opponent.

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Manchester United v Watford All-Time Record

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	17	12	4	1	33	9	+24	70.59
A	18	10	2	6	25	24	+1	55.56
N	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100.00
Total	37	24	6	7	64	34	+30	64.86

First Match Played:	28 Jan 1950 W 1-0 FA Cup @ Vicarage Road
Last Match Played:	26 Feb 2022 D 0-0 Premiership @ Old Trafford
Highest Attendance:	(76032) 31 Jan 2007 W 4-0 Premiership @ Old Trafford
Most Goals Scored v Opponent:	(4) See table below
Most Goals Conceded v Opponent:	(5) See table below

Watford managers against Manchester United

Manchester United managers against Watford

Player

1.	Martial, Anthony	4	10
2.	Law, Denis	3	2
3.	Yorke, Dwight	3	3
4.	Rooney, Wayne	3	3
5.	Stapleton, Frank	3	10
6.	Rashford, Marcus	3	10
7.	Cole, Andrew	2	1
8.	Kidd, Brian	2	2
9.	McClair, Brian	2	2
10.	Giggs, Ryan	2	4
11.	Ronaldo, Cristiano	2	5
12.	Strachan, Gordon	2	6
13.	Solskjær, Ole-Gunnar	2	6
14.	Young, Ashley	2	6
15.	McGrath, Paul	2	8
16.	Mata, Juan	2	8
17.	Rowley, Jack	1	1
18.	Jordan, Joe	1	1
19.	Cunningham, Laurie	1	1
20.	Irwin, Denis	1	1
21.	Cruyff, Jordi	1	1
22.	Larsson, Henrik	1	1
23.	Grimes, Ashley	1	2
24.	Lukaku, Romelu	1	2
25.	van de Beek, Donny	1	2
26.	Brazil, Alan	1	3
27.	Richardson, Kieran	1	3
28.	Depay, Memphis	1	3
29.	Greenwood, Mason	1	3
30.	Fernandes, Bruno	1	3
31.	Hughes, Mark	1	4
32.	Silvestre, Mikaël	1	4
33.	Davenport, Peter	1	5
34.	Smalling, Chris	1	6
35.	McTominay, Scott	1	6
36.	Moran, Kevin	1	9
37.	Robson, Bryan	1	9
38.	Whiteside, Norman	1	9
39.	Lingard, Jesse	1	9

Player

1.	Albiston, Arthur	12	0
2.	de Gea, David	11	0
3.	Stapleton, Frank	10	3
4.	Duxbury, Mick	10	0
5.	Martial, Anthony	10	4
6.	Rashford, Marcus	10	3
7.	Moran, Kevin	9	1
8.	Robson, Bryan	9	1
9.	Whiteside, Norman	9	1
10.	Lingard, Jesse	9	1
11.	McGrath, Paul	8	2
12.	Mata, Juan	8	2
13.	Pogba, Paul	8	0
14.	Bailey, Gary	7	0
15.	Moses, Remi	7	0
16.	Shaw, Luke	7	0
17.	Matic, Nemanja	7	0
18.	Olsen, Jesper	6	0
19.	Strachan, Gordon	6	2
20.	Solskjær, Ole-Gunnar	6	2
21.	Herrera, Ander	6	0
22.	Smalling, Chris	6	1
23.	Young, Ashley	6	2
24.	Lindelöf, Victor	6	0
25.	McTominay, Scott	6	1
26.	Davenport, Peter	5	1
27.	Ronaldo, Cristiano	5	2
28.	Rojo, Marcos	5	0
29.	Bailly, Eric	5	0
30.	McQueen, Gordon	4	0
31.	Wilkins, Ray	4	0
32.	Hogg, Graeme	4	0
33.	Hughes, Mark	4	1
34.	Turner, Chris	4	0
35.	Giggs, Ryan	4	2
36.	Silvestre, Mikaël	4	1
37.	Brown, Wesley	4	0
38.	Carrick, Michael	4	0
39.	Blind, Daley	4	0
40.	Valencia, Antonio	4	0
41.	Maguire, Harry	4	0
42.	Wan-Bissaka, Aaron	4	0
43.	Best, George	3	0
44.	Charlton, Bobby	3	0
45.	Dunne, Tony	3	0
46.	Fitzpatrick, John	3	0
47.	Morgan, Willie	3	0
48.	Stiles, Nobby	3	0
49.	Buchan, Martin	3	0
50.	Gidman, John	3	0
51.	Muhren, Arnold	3	0
52.	Brazil, Alan	3	1
53.	Gibson, Colin	3	0
54.	Greening, Jonathan	3	0
55.	Neville, Phillip	3	0
56.	Yorke, Dwight	3	3
57.	O'Shea, John	3	0
58.	Ferdinand, Rio	3	0
59.	Richardson, Kieran	3	1
60.	Rooney, Wayne	3	3
61.	Depay, Memphis	3	1
62.	Fellaini, Marouane	3	0
63.	Ibrahimovic, Zlatan	3	0
64.	Greenwood, Mason	3	1
65.	James, Daniel	3	0
66.	Rodrigues, Fredico "Fred"	3	0
67.	Fernandes, Bruno	3	1
68.	James, Steve	2	0
69.	Law, Denis	2	3
70.	Crerand, Pat	2	0
71.	Kidd, Brian	2	2
72.	Stepney, Alex	2	0
73.	Coppell, Steve	2	0
74.	Grimes, Ashley	2	1
75.	McIlroy, Sammy	2	0
76.	Graham, Arthur	2	0
77.	Blackmore, Clayton	2	0
78.	Garton, Billy	2	0
79.	Anderson, Viv	2	0
80.	McClair, Brian	2	2
81.	Butt, Nicky	2	0
82.	Scholes, Paul	2	0
83.	van der Gouw, Raimond	2	0
84.	Fletcher, Darren	2	0
85.	van der Sar, Edwin	2	0
86.	Heinze, Gabriel	2	0
87.	Jones, Phil	2	0
88.	McNair, Paddy	2	0
89.	Pereira, Andreas	2	0
90.	Schneiderlin, Morgan	2	0
91.	Darmian, Matteo	2	0
92.	Lukaku, Romelu	2	1
93.	Sánchez, Alexis	2	0
94.	Telles, Alex	2	0
95.	van de Beek, Donny	2	1
96.	Sancho, Jadon	2	0
97.	Aston Snr, John	1	0
98.	Bogan, Thomas	1	0
99.	Carey, Johnny	1	0
100.	Chilton, Allenby	1	0
101.	Cockburn, Henry	1	0
102.	Delaney, Jimmy	1	0
103.	Lancaster, Joseph	1	0
104.	Mitten, Charlie	1	0
105.	Pearson, Stan	1	0
106.	Rowley, Jack	1	1
107.	Warner, Jack	1	0
108.	Kopel, Frank	1	0
109.	Rimmer, Jimmy	1	0
110.	Sartori, Carlo	1	0
111.	Sadler, David	1	0
112.	Ure, Ian	1	0
113.	Greenhoff, Brian	1	0
114.	Greenhoff, Jimmy	1	0
115.	Houston, Stewart	1	0
116.	Jordan, Joe	1	1
117.	McCreery, David	1	0
118.	Roche, Paddy	1	0
119.	Birtles, Garry	1	0
120.	Macari, Lou	1	0
121.	Cunningham, Laurie	1	1
122.	Wealands, Jeff	1	0
123.	Crooks, Garth	1	0
124.	Davies, Alan	1	0
125.	Sivebaek, Johnny	1	0
126.	Gibson, Terry	1	0
127.	Walsh, Gary	1	0
128.	Bruce, Steve	1	0
129.	O'Brien, Liam	1	0
130.	Beckham, David	1	0
131.	Bosnich, Mark	1	0
132.	Cole, Andrew	1	2
133.	Irwin, Denis	1	1
134.	Keane, Roy	1	0
135.	Stam, Jaap	1	0
136.	Berg, Henning	1	0
137.	Cruyff, Jordi	1	1
138.	Higginbotham, Danny	1	0
139.	Johnsen, Ronny	1	0
140.	Sheringham, Teddy	1	0
141.	Wilson, Mark	1	0
142.	Chadwick, Luke	1	0
143.	Clegg, Michael	1	0
144.	Fortune, Quinton	1	0
145.	Rachubka, Paul	1	0
146.	Stewart, Michael	1	0
147.	Wallwork, Ronnie	1	0
148.	Park, Ji-Sung	1	0
149.	Saha, Louis	1	0
150.	Kuszczak, Tomasz	1	0
151.	Larsson, Henrik	1	1
152.	Neville, Gary	1	0
153.	Vidic, Nemanja	1	0
154.	Evra, Patrice	1	0
155.	Smith, Alan	1	0
156.	Schweinsteiger, Bastian	1	0
157.	Fosu-Mensah, Timothy	1	0
158.	Varela, Guillermo	1	0
159.	Mkhitaryan, Henrikh	1	0
160.	Romero, Sergio	1	0
161.	Chong, Tahith	1	0
162.	Ighalo, Odion	1	0
163.	Henderson, Dean	1	0
164.	Tuanzebe, Axel	1	0
165.	Williams, Brandon	1	0
166.	Dalot, Diogo	1	0
167.	Elanga, Anthony	1	0
168.	Varane, Raphaël	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	Count

1.	Taylor, Graham	15
2.	Furphy, Ken	3
3.	Boothroyd, Adrian	3
4.	Gracia, Javi	3
5.	Bassett, Dave	2
6.	Flores, Quique	2
7.	Mazzarri, Walter	2
8.	Pearson, Nigel	2
9.	Hapgood, Eddie	1
10.	Silva, Marco	1
11.	Munoz, Xisco	1
12.	Ranieri, Claudio	1
13.	Hodgson, Roy	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

1.	Atkinson, Ron	10
2.	Ferguson, Alex	9
3.	Mourinho, Jose	5
4.	Solskjaer, Ole-Gunnar	5
5.	Busby, Matt	3
6.	van Gaal, Louis	2
7.	McGuinness, Wilf	1
8.	Sexton, Dave	1
9.	Rangnick, Ralf	1

No	Opponent	Count

Watford

No	Nationality	Count

England

No	Competition	Count

1.	Premiership	16
2.	League Division One	12
3.	FA Cup	7
4.	League Cup	2

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Vicarage Road	18
2.	Old Trafford	17
3.	Highbury	1
4.	Villa Park	1

Manchester United red cards against Watford

No	Date	Player	Competition	HAN	WDL	F-A

1.	29-04-2000	Butt, Nicky	Premiership	A	W	3-2
2.	31-10-2000	van der Gouw, Raimond	League Cup	A	W	3-0
3.	15-09-2018	Matic, Nemanja	Premiership	A	W	2-1
4.	20-11-2021	Maguire, Harry	Premiership	A	L	1-4

No	Date	WDL	F-A	Opponent	Competition

No cup finals found vs Watford.

Manchester United penalties scored against Watford

Manchester United penalties conceded against Watford

No	Date	Player	Pens	WDL	F-A	Competition

1.	23-04-1983	Grimes, Ashley	1	W	2-0	League Division One
2.	25-08-1984	Strachan, Gordon	1	D	1-1	League Division One
3.	14-02-1987	Davenport, Peter	1	W	3-1	League Division One
4.	16-10-1999	Irwin, Denis	1	W	4-1	Premiership
5.	31-01-2007	Ronaldo, Cristiano	1	W	4-0	Premiership
6.	23-02-2020	Fernandes, Bruno	1	W	3-0	Premiership

No	Date	Count	F-A	Competition	Opponent scorers

1.	21-11-2015	1	2-1	Premiership	Troy Deeney 87' (pen)
2.	18-09-2016	1	1-3	Premiership	Etienne Capoue 34', Juan Camilo Zuniga 83', Troy Deeney 90'+5 (pen)
3.	28-11-2017	1	4-2	Premiership	Troy Deeney 77' (pen), Abdoulaye Doucoure 84'
4.	22-12-2019	1	0-2	Premiership	Ismaila Sarr 50', Troy Deeney 54' (pen)

Own goals in favour of Manchester United against Watford

Own goals against Manchester United versus Watford

No	Date	OG	F-A	Scorers
1.	31-01-2007	1	4-0	Cristiano Ronaldo 20' (pen), Lloyd Doyley 60' (o.g.), Henrik Larsson 70', Wayne Rooney 71'
2.	21-11-2015	1	2-1	Memphis Depay 11', Troy Deeney 89' (o.g.)

Date	OG	WDL	F-A	HAN	Comp	Player
No own goals against found vs Watford.

Most goals scored by Manchester United against Watford

Most goals conceded by Manchester United against Watford

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition

19-11-1983	Watford	W	4-1	H	League Division One
16-10-1999	Watford	W	4-1	H	Premiership
31-01-2007	Watford	W	4-0	H	Premiership
14-04-2007	Watford	W	4-1	N	FA Cup
28-11-2017	Watford	W	4-2	A	Premiership

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition

13-05-1985

Watford

1-5

League Division One

Manchester United hat-tricks against Watford

No	Date	Player		WDL	F-A	Competition

19-11-1983

Stapleton, Frank

4-1

League Division One

No	Date		Shirt	F-A	HAN	Scorers	Opp Scorers
1.	28-01-1950	?	?	1-0	A	Jack Rowley 89'
2.	25-01-1969			1-1	H	Denis Law 60'	Stewart Scullion 3'
3.	03-02-1969	?		2-0	A	Denis Law 31', 87'
4.	10-04-1970	?		2-0	N	Brian Kidd 65', 88'
5.	04-10-1978			1-2	H	Joe Jordan 40'	Luther Blissett 46', 71'
6.	02-01-1982			0-1	A		Jan Lohman 44'
7.	04-12-1982	?		1-0	A	Norman Whiteside 59'
8.	23-04-1983			2-0	H	Laurie Cunningham 50', Ashley Grimes 62' (pen)
9.	19-11-1983	?		4-1	H	Frank Stapleton 9', 31', 83', Bryan Robson 73'	Nigel Callaghan 88'
10.	17-04-1984	?		0-0	A
11.	25-08-1984			1-1	H	Gordon Strachan 22' (pen)	Nigel Callaghan 89'
12.	13-05-1985	?		1-5	A	Kevin Moran 90'+2	Nigel Callaghan 11, 14', Colin West 33', Luther Blissett 66, Kenny Jackett 82'
13.	30-11-1985	?		1-1	H	Alan Brazil 68'	Colin West 89'
14.	03-05-1986	?		1-1	A	Mark Hughes 23'	Luther Blisset 73'
15.	16-09-1986	?		0-1	A		Iwan Roberts 75'
16.	14-02-1987	?		3-1	H	Paul McGrath 26', Peter Davenport 48' (pen), Gordon Strachan 65'	Kenny Jackett 87'
17.	22-08-1987	?		2-0	H	Paul McGrath 10', Brian McClair 20'
18.	02-01-1988			1-0	A	Brian McClair 39'
19.	16-10-1999			4-1	H	Dwight Yorke 40', Andrew Cole 42', 50', Denis Irwin 45' (pen)	Richard Johnson 68'
20.	29-04-2000			3-2	A	Dwight Yorke 69', Ryan Giggs 71', Jordi Cruyff 87'	Heidar Helguson 34', Tommy Smith 78'
21.	31-10-2000	?		3-0	A	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 12', 81', Dwight Yorke 54'
22.	26-08-2006			2-1	A	Mikaël Silvestre 12', Ryan Giggs 52'	Damien Francis 34'
23.	31-01-2007			4-0	H	Cristiano Ronaldo 20' (pen), Lloyd Doyley 60' (o.g.), Henrik Larsson 70', Wayne Rooney 71'
24.	14-04-2007			4-1	N	Wayne Rooney 7', 66', Cristiano Ronaldo 28', Kieran Richardson 82'	Hameur Bouazza 26'
25.	21-11-2015	?		2-1	A	Memphis Depay 11', Troy Deeney 89' (o.g.)	Troy Deeney 87' (pen)
26.	02-03-2016			1-0	H	Juan Mata 83'
27.	18-09-2016	?		1-3	A	Marcus Rashford 62'	Etienne Capoue 34', Juan Camilo Zuniga 83', Troy Deeney 90'+5 (pen)
28.	11-02-2017			2-0	H	Juan Mata 32', Anthony Martial 60'
29.	28-11-2017			4-2	A	Ashley Young 19', 25', Anthony Martial 32', Jesse Lingard 86'	Troy Deeney 77' (pen), Abdoulaye Doucoure 84'
30.	13-05-2018			1-0	H	Marcus Rashford 34'
31.	15-09-2018			2-1	A	Romelu Lukaku 35', Chris Smalling 38'	Andre Gray 65'
32.	30-03-2019			2-1	H	Marcus Rashford 28', Anthony Martial 72'	Abdoulaye Doucoure 90'
33.	22-12-2019			0-2	A		Ismaila Sarr 50', Troy Deeney 54' (pen)
34.	23-02-2020			3-0	H	Bruno Fernandes 42' (pen), Anthony Martial 58', Mason Greenwood 75'
35.	09-01-2021			1-0	H	Scott McTominay 5'
36.	20-11-2021			1-4	A	Donny van de Beek 50'	*Joshua King 28', Ismaila Sarr 44', Joao Pedro 90'+2, Emmanuel Dennis 90'+6
37.	26-02-2022			0-0	H