Watford vs Oxford United · Championship
Watford
3-3-3
2 – 1
FT
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Oxford United
1-3-5
Vicarage Road · Watford · England
Oxford United led by one and still lost 2-1 to Watford at Vicarage Road (crowd 19,187). Oxford Utd went 1-0 up at the 3-minute mark thanks to a Max Alleyne own goal and the equaliser came from Jeremy Ngakia after 45 minutes; Jeremy Ngakia scored the winner in added time before the break. Seven players went into the book. Watford led the shot count 27-15 and held 57% possession. Watford hit the target 10 times from 27 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Championship England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- Vicarage Road · Watford · England
- Crowd
- 19,187
- Referee
- Lewis Smith
- Watford form
- LLLWD
- Oxford Utd form
- WDWDD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watford | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Oxford Utd | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Side by side
6Fouls9
3Yellow Cards4
0Red Cards0
1Offsides0
9Corner Kicks3
5Saves9
56.5%Possession43.5%
27Shots15
10On Goal5
40%On Target %30%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
367Accurate Passes268
447Passes342
80%Pass Completion %80%
3Accurate Crosses2
17Crosses12
20%Cross %20%
52Long Balls48
20Accurate Long Balls23
40%Long Balls %50%
5Blocked Shots4
9Effective Tackles13
16Tackles16
60%Tackle %80%
13Interceptions7
32Effective Clearances35
32Clearances35
Timeline
Full time · 2-1
90'+2'
🟨Jack Currie
🔁Kwadwo Baahreplacing Nestory Irankunda
87'
85'
🔁Mark Harrisreplacing Siriki Dembele
85'
🔁Tom Bradshawreplacing Nik Prelec
73'
🔁Jack Curriereplacing Greg Leigh
🔁Moussa Sissokoreplacing Imran Louza
70'
🔁Jeremy Petrisreplacing Caleb Wiley
70'
🔁Edo Kayembereplacing Rocco Vata
70'
57'
🔁Will Vaulksreplacing Will Lankshear
57'
🔁Przemyslaw Plachetareplacing Stanley Mills
🟨Imran Louza
53'
🟨Luca Kjerrumgaard
49'
Half-time · 2-1
45'+5'
🟨Michal Helik
⚽Jeremy Ngakia
45'+4'2 - 1
⚽Jeremy Ngakia
45'1 - 1
🟨Kévin Keben
39'
🔁Luca Kjerrumgaardreplacing Vivaldo Semedo
32'
30'
🟨Stanley Mills
5'
🟨Cameron Brannagan
3'0 - 1
⚽Max AlleyneOwn goal
Kick-off
Teams
Watford3-4-1-2
18↓Semedo
66↓Irankunda
11↓Vata
26↓Wiley
23Mendy
2⚽⚽Ngakia
10🟨↓Louza
25Abankwah
4🟨Keben
3Alleyne
1Selvik
Bench
- 34Kwadwo Baahon for Nestory Irankunda, 87'
- 9Luca Kjerrumgaardon for Vivaldo Semedo, 32' 🟨
- 39Edo Kayembeon for Rocco Vata, 70'
- 12Nathan Baxter
- 29Jeremy Petrison for Caleb Wiley, 70'
- 17Moussa Sissokoon for Imran Louza, 70'
- 6Matthew Pollock
- 5Hector Kyprianou
- 16Marc Bola
Oxford United4-4-2
27↓Lankshear
16↓Prelec
8🟨Brannagan
23↓Dembele
14Keersmaecker
17🟨↓Mills
22↓Leigh
2Long
15Spencer
6🟨Helik
1Cumming
Bench
- 19Tyler Goodrham
- 4Will Vaulkson for Will Lankshear, 57'
- 29Ben Davies
- 21Matt Ingram
- 7Przemyslaw Plachetaon for Stanley Mills, 57'
- 9Mark Harrison for Siriki Dembele, 85'
- 12Luke Harris
- 26Jack Currieon for Greg Leigh, 73' 🟨
- 20Tom Bradshawon for Nik Prelec, 85'
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
1Watford wins
1Level
1Oxford Utd wins
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Form
Last games: Watford
D2-2L1-0L1-0W2-1D2-2
Last games: Oxford Utd
D2-2D2-2W3-1L1-0D0-0
