Watford vs Stoke City · Championship
Watford
8-8-6
1 – 0
FT
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Stoke City
10-3-9
Vicarage Road · Watford · England
Watford got past Stoke City 1-0 at Vicarage Road (crowd 19,285). The first goal went to Luca Kjerrumgaard at the 74-minute mark. The game had six bookings. With 60% of possession, Stoke had 7 attempts against 10 from Watford. From 10 shots, Watford found the target 5 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Championship England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- Vicarage Road · Watford · England
- Crowd
- 19,285
- Referee
- Ben Toner
- Watford form
- LLLWD
- Stoke form
- WWLWD
On TV
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- USParamount+Streaming
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watford | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Stoke | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Side by side
10Fouls12
3Yellow Cards3
0Red Cards0
1Offsides5
7Corner Kicks5
1Saves3
40.4%Possession59.6%
10Shots7
5On Goal1
50%On Target %10%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
243Accurate Passes404
316Passes478
80%Pass Completion %80%
3Accurate Crosses3
20Crosses19
20%Cross %20%
64Long Balls58
25Accurate Long Balls35
40%Long Balls %60%
1Blocked Shots4
8Effective Tackles4
13Tackles5
60%Tackle %80%
13Interceptions7
39Effective Clearances21
39Clearances21
Timeline
Full time · 1-0
🔁Nampalys Mendyreplacing Imran Louza
90'
🟨Nestory Irankunda
89'
83'
🟨Maksym Taloverov
77'
🔁Divin Mubamareplacing Bae Jun-Ho
🔁Moussa Sissokoreplacing Giorgi Chakvetadze
76'
🔁Nestory Irankundareplacing Luca Kjerrumgaard
76'
⚽Luca KjerrumgaardAssist: Hector Kyprianou
74'1 - 0
🟨Matthew Pollock
69'
🟨Vivaldo Semedo
66'
🔁Vivaldo Semedoreplacing Tom Ince
65'
65'
🔁Ben Pearsonreplacing Steven N'Zonzi
65'
🔁Tatsuki Sekoreplacing Bosun Lawal
59'
🟨Sorba Thomas
45'
🔁Sam Gallagherreplacing Róbert Bozeník
Half-time
30'
🟨Róbert Bozeník
Kick-off
Teams
Watford4-4-2
9⚽↓Kjerrumgaard
8↓Chakvetadze
10↓Louza
42Maamma
5Kyprianou
7↓Ince
16Bola
3Alleyne
2Ngakia
6🟨Pollock
1Selvik
Bench
- 23Nampalys Mendyon for Imran Louza, 90'
- 66Nestory Irankundaon for Luca Kjerrumgaard, 76' 🟨
- 27Formose Mendy
- 17Moussa Sissokoon for Giorgi Chakvetadze, 76'
- 25James Abankwah
- 12Nathan Baxter
- 18Vivaldo Semedoon for Tom Ince, 65' 🟨
- 22James Morris
- 53Amin Nabizada
Stoke City4-2-3-1
11🟨↓Bozeník
7🟨Thomas
10↓Jun-Ho
42Manhoef
15↓N'Zonzi
18↓Lawal
3Cresswell
16Wilmot
40🟨Taloverov
26Phillips
1Johansson
Bench
- 9Divin Mubamaon for Bae Jun-Ho, 77'
- 12Tatsuki Sekoon for Bosun Lawal, 65'
- 4Ben Pearsonon for Steven N'Zonzi, 65'
- 13Jack Bonham
- 23Ben Gibson
- 20Sam Gallagheron for Róbert Bozeník, 45'
- 14Jamie Donley
- 29Lamine Cisse
- 19Tomás Rigo
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
2Watford wins
2Level
1Stoke wins
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Form
Last games: Watford
D1-1L2-1W3-2D1-1D2-2
Last games: Stoke
W3-0L2-1L4-0L1-0W2-1
