Watford vs Stoke City

Championship · Dec 20, 2025 · 15:00

Final score: Watford 1–0 Stoke City

Standings

• Watford: #16 · 57 Pts · 46 P (14W 15D 17L)
• Stoke City: #17 · 55 Pts · 46 P (15W 10D 21L)

Recent form

Watford

• D Dec 13, 2025: Wrexham 2–2 Watford
• D Dec 9, 2025: Watford 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday
• W Dec 6, 2025: Watford 3–2 Norwich
• L Dec 1, 2025: Birmingham 2–1 Watford
• D Nov 25, 2025: Watford 1–1 Preston

Stoke City

• W Dec 13, 2025: Stoke City 2–1 Swansea
• L Dec 10, 2025: Ipswich 1–0 Stoke City
• L Dec 6, 2025: Sheffield Utd 4–0 Stoke City
• L Nov 29, 2025: Stoke City 1–2 Hull City
• W Nov 25, 2025: Stoke City 3–0 Charlton

Head-to-head

• 2026-03-14T15:00:00+00:00: Stoke City 3–1 Watford
• 2025-12-20T15:00:00+00:00: Watford 1–0 Stoke City
• 2025-03-01T15:00:00+00:00: Stoke City 0–0 Watford
• 2024-08-17T14:00:00+00:00: Watford 3–0 Stoke City
• 2023-12-29T19:45:00+00:00: Watford 1–1 Stoke City

Match events

• 30' Card Yellow Card — Róbert Boženík (Stoke City)
• 46' subst Substitution 1 — R. Bozenik (Stoke City) (assists: S. Gallagher)
• 59' Card Yellow Card — Sorba Thomas (Stoke City)
• 65' subst Substitution 1 — T. Ince (Watford) (assists: V. Semedo)
• 65' subst Substitution 2 — S. N'Zonzi (Stoke City) (assists: B. Pearson)
• 65' subst Substitution 3 — B. Lawal (Stoke City) (assists: T. Seko)
• 66' Card Yellow Card — Vivaldo (Watford)
• 69' Card Yellow Card — Matthew Pollock (Watford)
• 74' Goal Normal Goal — L. Kjerrumgaard (Watford) (assists: H. Kyprianou)
• 76' subst Substitution 2 — G. Chakvetadze (Watford) (assists: M. Sissoko)
• 76' subst Substitution 3 — L. Kjerrumgaard (Watford) (assists: N. Irankunda)
• 77' subst Substitution 4 — J. Bae (Stoke City) (assists: D. Mubama)
• 83' Card Yellow Card — Maksym Talovierov (Stoke City)
• 89' Card Yellow Card — Nestory Irankunda (Watford)
• 90' subst Substitution 4 — I. Louza (Watford) (assists: N. Mendy)

Match statistics

• Shots on Goal: 5 — 1
• Shots off Goal: 4 — 2
• Total Shots: 10 — 7
• Blocked Shots: 1 — 4
• Shots insidebox: 7 — 5
• Shots outsidebox: 3 — 2
• Fouls: 10 — 12
• Corner Kicks: 7 — 5
• Offsides: 1 — 5
• Ball Possession: 40% — 60%
• Yellow Cards: 3 — 3
• Red Cards: – — –
• Goalkeeper Saves: 1 — 3
• Total passes: 316 — 478
• Passes accurate: 243 — 404
• Passes %: 77% — 85%
• expected_goals: 1.22 — 0.52
• goals_prevented: 0.87 — 0.87

Injuries

Watford

• K. Baah — Injury (Missing Fixture)
• M. Doumbia — International duty (Missing Fixture)
• J. Grieves — Ankle Injury (Missing Fixture)
• E. Kayembe — International duty (Missing Fixture)
• R. Vata — Hamstring Injury (Missing Fixture)
• C. Wiley — Muscle Injury (Missing Fixture)

Stoke City

• L. Baker — Inactive (Missing Fixture)
• J. Tchamadeu — Yellow Cards (Missing Fixture)