Watford

20th · 2-2-4 · 8 pts · -3

YES!

Watford beat Southampton

0-0-1 1 – 2

1-0-0

FT · Sun, Aug 16

Match Details

Vicarage Road (Watford) · 19,542 fans · Paramount+

Commentary

·Match ends, Watford 2, Southampton 1.
90'+6'Second Half ends, Watford 2, Southampton 1.
90'+6'Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Kévin Keben.
90'+5'Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Federico Ravaglia.
90'+5'Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Martín Payero.
90'+4'Attempt missed. Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ryan Manning.
90'+2'Foul by Samuel Edozie (Southampton).
90'+2'Rocco Vata (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
89'Substitution, Southampton. Ben Brereton replaces Kuryu Matsuki.
89'Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Kévin Keben.
87'Attempt blocked. Flynn Downes (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Line Score

	1	2	T
SOU	0	1	1
WAT	2	0	2

Match Leaders

Southampton

CL Cyle Larin · 1Goals
CL Cyle Larin · 3Total Shots
DP Daniel Peretz · 2Saves
JS Jack Stephens · 9Defensive Interventions
RM Ryan Manning · 67Accurate Passes

Watford

IB Iker Bravo · 1Goals
IB Iker Bravo · 4Total Shots
FR Federico Ravaglia · 2Saves
MP Matthew Pollock · 16Defensive Interventions
KK Kévin Keben · 36Accurate 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

89'Substitution, Southampton. Ben Brereton replaces Kuryu Matsuki.

84'Martín Payero (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

77'Substitution, Watford. Rocco Vata replaces Othmane Maamma.

74'Flynn Downes (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.

74'Othmane Maamma (Watford) is shown the yellow card.

72'Mamadou Doumbia (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

70'Substitution, Southampton. Samuel Edozie replaces Cameron Bragg.

70'Substitution, Southampton. Divin Mubama replaces Cyle Larin.

61'Substitution, Watford. Martín Payero replaces Iker Bravo.

61'Substitution, Watford. Michael Adu-Poku replaces Amin Nabizada.

61'Substitution, Watford. Edo Kayembe replaces Edoardo Bove.

57'Substitution, Southampton. Finn Azaz replaces Lewis Dobbin.

56'Goal! Watford 2, Southampton 1. Cyle Larin (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cameron Bragg.

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

29'Goal! Watford 2, Southampton 0. Amin Nabizada (Watford) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom left corner following a fast break.

24'Substitution, Watford. Jordan Zemura replaces Marc Bola because of an injury.

18'James Bree (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

14'Cyle Larin (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.

13'Mattie Pollock (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

12'Goal! Watford 1, Southampton 0. Iker Bravo (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.

8'Hector Kyprianou (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.