Watford

20th · 2-2-4 · 8 pts · -3

Ugh, no.

Watford lost to Stoke City

3-1-3 2 – 1

2-2-3

FT · Sat, Sep 12

Match Details

Vicarage Road (Watford) · 18,296 fans · Paramount+

Commentary

·Match ends, Watford 1, Stoke City 2.
90'+7'Second Half ends, Watford 1, Stoke City 2.
90'+4'Attempt saved. Justin Devenny (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Federico Ravaglia (Watford). Assisted by Ben Pearson.
90'+3'Amin Nabizada (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+3'Luca Bombino (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+3'Foul by Amin Nabizada (Watford).
90'+1'Goal! Watford 1, Stoke City 2. Amin Nabizada (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Edo Kayembe following a corner.
90'+1'Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
90'Corner, Watford. Conceded by Viktor Johansson.
90'Attempt saved. Luca Kjerrumgaard (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Viktor Johansson (Stoke City). Assisted by Rocco Vata.
90'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'Substitution, Stoke City. Ben Pearson replaces Jack McGlynn.

Line Score

	1	2	T
STK	1	1	2
WAT	0	1	1

Match Leaders

Stoke City

JM Jack McGlynn · 1Goals
LC Lamine Cisse · 4Total Shots
VJ Viktor Johansson · 1Saves
BW Ben Wilmot · 19Defensive Interventions
EG Ethan Galbraith · 69Accurate Passes

Watford

AN Amin Nabizada · 1Goals
HK Hector Kyprianou · 2Total Shots
FR Federico Ravaglia · 4Saves
MP Matthew Pollock · 13Defensive Interventions
HK Hector Kyprianou · 40Accurate Passes

League Table · 2026-27 English League Championship

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Swansea	8	5	2	1	+7	17
2	West Ham	8	4	3	1	+11	15
3	Boro	8	4	3	1	+4	15
4	Wolves	7	4	2	1	+5	14
5	West Brom	8	4	2	2	+2	14
6	QPR	8	3	4	1	+3	13
7	Stoke	8	4	1	3	+1	13
8	Bristol City	8	4	1	3	-1	13
9	Charlton	8	3	3	2	-3	12
10	Birmingham	8	2	5	1	+1	11
11	Millwall	8	3	2	3	0	11
12	Lincoln City	8	3	2	3	-1	11
13	Southampton	8	4	2	2	+9	10
14	Wrexham	8	2	4	2	-3	10
15	Bolton	8	3	1	4	-4	10
16	Blackburn	8	2	3	3	0	9
17	Norwich City	8	3	0	5	-1	9
18	Sheffield Utd	8	2	3	3	-2	9
19	Portsmouth	7	2	2	3	-1	8
20	Watford	8	2	2	4	-3	8
21	Cardiff	8	1	4	3	-2	7
22	Derby	8	1	2	5	-7	5
23	Preston	8	1	1	6	-7	4
24	Burnley	8	0	4	4	-8	4

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Key Events

90'+3'Amin Nabizada (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

90'+1'Goal! Watford 1, Stoke City 2. Amin Nabizada (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Edo Kayembe following a corner.

90'Substitution, Stoke City. Ben Pearson replaces Jack McGlynn.

82'George Hirst (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

80'Substitution, Stoke City. Luca Bombino replaces Eric Bocat because of an injury.

69'Substitution, Watford. Luca Kjerrumgaard replaces Iker Bravo.

65'Substitution, Stoke City. George Hirst replaces Lamine Cissé.

58'Substitution, Watford. Amin Nabizada replaces Othmane Maamma.

58'Substitution, Watford. Rocco Vata replaces Stephy Mavididi.

57'Goal! Watford 0, Stoke City 2. Eric Bocat (Stoke City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lamine Cissé.

45'+4'Goal! Watford 0, Stoke City 1. Jack McGlynn (Stoke City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner.

42'Substitution, Watford. Omar Haktab Traoré replaces Jordan Zemura because of an injury.

33'Djibril Soumaré (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

19'Iker Bravo (Watford) is shown the yellow card.