Stoke City vs Watford · Championship
Stoke City
14-9-15
3 – 1
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Watford
13-13-11
bet365 Stadium · Stoke-on-Trent · England
Stoke City finished 3-1 ahead of Watford at bet365 Stadium (crowd 22,085). Million Manhoef scored the winner at the 28-minute mark and Million Manhoef added to the lead after 77 minutes; a goal from Nestory Irankunda at the 81-minute mark cut it to 2-1 and Sam Gallagher added to the lead late on, at 85 minutes. Yellow cards: six. Watford kept the ball 56% of the time and shot 15 times, Stoke 19. From 19 shots, Stoke found the target 12 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Championship England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- bet365 Stadium · Stoke-on-Trent · England
- Crowd
- 22,085
- Referee
- Leigh Doughty
- Stoke form
- WWLWD
- Watford form
- LLLWD
On TV
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- USParamount+Streaming
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Watford | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Side by side
11Fouls13
4Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
2Offsides0
6Corner Kicks7
3Saves9
44.5%Possession55.5%
19Shots15
12On Goal4
60%On Target %30%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
227Accurate Passes306
318Passes391
70%Pass Completion %80%
7Accurate Crosses3
20Crosses27
40%Cross %10%
51Long Balls58
19Accurate Long Balls23
40%Long Balls %40%
3Blocked Shots4
7Effective Tackles6
11Tackles13
60%Tackle %50%
11Interceptions6
29Effective Clearances34
29Clearances34
Timeline
Full time · 3-1
90'+3'
🟨Nestory Irankunda
86'
🔁Luca Kjerrumgaardreplacing Imran Louza
86'
🔁Edoardo Bovereplacing Stephen Mfuni
⚽Sam GallagherAssist: Sorba Thomas
85'3 - 1
🔁Tatsuki Sekoreplacing Steven N'Zonzi
83'
81'2 - 1
⚽Nestory IrankundaAssist: Giorgi Chakvetadze
🔁Ben Pearsonreplacing Bae Jun-Ho
79'
🔁Jesurun Rak-Sakyireplacing Million Manhoef
79'
⚽Million Manhoef
77'2 - 0
🟨Tommy Simkin
72'
71'
🔁Pierre Ekwahreplacing Nampalys Mendy
71'
🔁Jonathan Lawsonreplacing Tom Ince
🔁Sam Gallagherreplacing Milan Smit
71'
🔁Ben Gibsonreplacing Eric Bocat
70'
62'
🔁Nestory Irankundareplacing Vivaldo Semedo
🟨Maksym Taloverov
60'
51'
🟨Nampalys Mendy
🟨Sorba Thomas
50'
Half-time · 1-0
⚽Million ManhoefAssist: Milan Smit
28'1 - 0
🟨Tomás Rigo
17'
Kick-off
Teams
Stoke City4-2-3-1
49↓Smit
7🟨Thomas
10↓Jun-Ho
42⚽⚽↓Manhoef
19🟨Rigo
15↓N'Zonzi
17↓Bocat
26Phillips
22Tchamadeu
40🟨Taloverov
25🟨Simkin
Bench
- 12Tatsuki Sekoon for Steven N'Zonzi, 83'
- 4Ben Pearsonon for Bae Jun-Ho, 79'
- 21Jesurun Rak-Sakyion for Million Manhoef, 79'
- 50Sydney Agina
- 23Ben Gibsonon for Eric Bocat, 70'
- 34Frank Fielding
- 59Gabriel Kelly
- 29Lamine Cisse
- 20Sam Gallagheron for Milan Smit, 71' ⚽
Watford4-4-2
18↓Semedo
39Kayembe
23🟨↓Mendy
8Chakvetadze
10↓Louza
7↓Ince
16Bola
21↓Mfuni
25Abankwah
3Goglichidze
1Selvik
Bench
- 12Nathan Baxter
- 17Pierre Ekwahon for Nampalys Mendy, 71'
- 9Luca Kjerrumgaardon for Imran Louza, 86'
- 15Edoardo Boveon for Stephen Mfuni, 86'
- 64Jonathan Lawsonon for Tom Ince, 71'
- 53Amin Nabizada
- 6Matthew Pollock
- 66Nestory Irankundaon for Vivaldo Semedo, 62' ⚽🟨
- 4Kévin Keben
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Middlesbrough | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +10 | 25 |
| 2 |  Swansea City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 23 |
| 3 |  West Ham United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +17 | 22 |
| 4 |  Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 21 |
| 5 |  West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 21 |
| 6 |  Southampton | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | +12 | 20 |
| 7 |  Birmingham City | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 8 |  Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 9 |  Stoke City | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 20 |
| 10 |  Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 18 |
| 11 |  Portsmouth | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 18 |
| 12 |  Sheffield United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 16 |
| 13 |  Millwall | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 |  Bristol City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 |  Lincoln City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 |  Cardiff City | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | +2 | 14 |
| 17 |  Wrexham | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| 18 |  Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 19 |  Charlton Athletic | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -7 | 14 |
| 20 |  Norwich City | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 21 |  Watford | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 11 |
| 22 |  Burnley | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 |  Derby County | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -11 | 7 |
| 24 |  Preston North End | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -15 | 5 |
Meetings
1Stoke wins
2Level
2Watford wins
Last times they met
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Watford
1–0
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0–0
Watford · 2024-25 English League Championship
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Watford
3–0
Stoke · 2024-25 English League Championship
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Watford
1–1
Stoke · 2023-24 English League Championship
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Stoke
1–0
Watford · 2023-24 English League Championship
Form
Last games: Stoke
D2-2W2-1L2-1L2-0D3-3
Last games: Watford
D2-2W2-0L2-0W2-1D1-1
