Watford vs Stoke City
Championship · 2026 · Regular Season - 7
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Championship · 2026 · Regular Season - 7
Vicarage Road, WatfordCapacity 22,200
Timeline
- Kick-off
- 19'Yellow card. Iker BravoYellow Card · DissentTeam: Watford
- 33'Yellow card. El Hadji Djibril SoumaréYellow Card · FoulTeam: Stoke City
- 42'Substitution. Jordan Zemura replaced by O. TraoréSubstitution 1Team: Watford
- 45+4'0-1Goal. J. McGlynnNormal GoalTeam: Stoke City
- 0-1Half time
- Second half
- 57'0-2Goal. E. Bocat (L. Cissé)Normal GoalTeam: Stoke City
- 58'Substitution. Stephy Mavididi replaced by Rocco VataSubstitution 2Team: Watford
- 58'Substitution. Othmane Maamma replaced by Amin NabizadaSubstitution 3Team: Watford
- 65'Substitution. L. Cissé replaced by George HirstSubstitution 1Team: Stoke City
- 69'Substitution. Iker Bravo replaced by Luca KjerrumgaardSubstitution 4Team: Watford
- 80'Substitution. E. Bocat replaced by Luca BombinoSubstitution 2Team: Stoke City
- 82'Yellow card. George HirstYellow Card · FoulTeam: Stoke City
- 90'Substitution. J. McGlynn replaced by Ben PearsonSubstitution 3Team: Stoke City
- 90+1'1-2Goal. Amin Nabizada (Edo Kayembe)Normal GoalTeam: Watford
- 90+3'Yellow card. Amin NabizadaYellow Card · FoulTeam: Watford
- 1-2Full time
Line-ups
Watford
Formation 4-2-3-1
Stoke City
Formation 3-4-2-1
Watford
4-2-3-1
Substitutes
- 9Luca Kjerrumgaard
- 11Rocco Vata
- 18Michail Antonio
- 21Amin Nabizada
- 23O. Traoré
- 24S. Walker
- 26Daniel Bachmann
- 56Albert Eames
Coach: Alessio Dionisi
Stoke City
3-4-2-1
Substitutes
- 4Ben Pearson
- 9R. Boženík
- 15George Hirst
- 19Tomáš Rigo
- 21Luca Bombino
- 23Ben Gibson
- 24J. Griffiths
- 42M. Manhoef
- 43F. Anderson
Coach: Mark Robins
We publish a page only for players we can describe properly. Names without a link are in our records but have no page yet.
Match statistics
- 40%
- Possession
- 60%
- 6
- Shots
- 18
- 2
- Shots on target
- 6
- 2
- Shots off target
- 8
- 2
- Shots blocked
- 4
- 4
- Shots inside the box
- 10
- 2
- Shots outside the box
- 8
- 4
- Saves
- 1
- 5
- Corners
- 8
- 0
- Offsides
- 3
- 14
- Fouls
- 6
- 2
- Yellow cards
- 2
- 356
- Passes
- 536
- 284
- Accurate passes
- 469
WatfordStoke City
Championship
| Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | +15 | 28 |
| 2 | 14 | +11 | 28 |
| 3 | 14 | +8 | 27 |
| 4 | 14 | +13 | 26 |
| 5 | 14 | +5 | 26 |
| 6 | 14 | +5 | 26 |
| 7 | 14 | +5 | 25 |
| 8 | 14 | +15 | 23 |
| 9 | 14 | +3 | 22 |
| 10 | 14 | +3 | 22 |
| 11 | 14 | +5 | 21 |
| 12 | 14 | +3 | 18 |
| 13 | 14 | -1 | 18 |
| 14 | 14 | -2 | 18 |
| 15 | 14 | -3 | 18 |
| 16 | 14 | -2 | 17 |
| 17 | 15 | -9 | 17 |
| 18 | 14 | -1 | 15 |
| 19 | 14 | -10 | 15 |
| 20 | 14 | -10 | 14 |
| 21 | 14 | -11 | 14 |
| 22 | 14 | -8 | 10 |
| 23 | 15 | -16 | 10 |
| 24 | 14 | -18 | 5 |
Head to head
Up to the ten most recent meetings between these clubs in the fixtures we hold.
- Watford
- 5
- Drawn
- 2
- Stoke City
- 3
The record over the 10 meetings listed below.
- Stoke City

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Stoke CityFTEFL Cup - Stoke City

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Stoke City beat Watford 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 12 September. 442ball records this match from the fixture feed and recomputes every table and total from the match record rather than copying a feed.
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