3 STO

1 WAT

STO 3

1 WAT

Stoke City
-
Watford

Championship, Round 38
Saturday, March 14, 2026 3:00 PM
bet365 Stadium

Result

3-1

Match Recap

Million Manhoef 28'

Million Manhoef 77'

Nestory Irankunda 81'

Sam Gallagher 85'

Match Events

Second Half 3 - 1

90+3'

Nestory Irankunda

Yellow Card

86'

L. Kjerrumgaard

I. Louza

86'

Edoardo Bove

S. Mfuni

Sam Gallagher

S. Thomas

85'

Tatsuki Seko

Steven N'Zonzi

83'

81'

Nestory Irankunda

G. Chakvetadze

Ben Pearson

J. Bae

79'

J. Rak-Sakyi

Million Manhoef

79'

Million Manhoef

Goal

77'

Tommy Simkin

Yellow Card

72'

71'

Pierre Ekwah

N. Mendy

71'

Jonathan Lawson

T. Ince

Sam Gallagher

Milan Smit

71'

Ben Gibson

Eric Bocat

70'

62'

Nestory Irankunda

Vivaldo

Maksym Talovierov

Yellow Card

60'

51'

N. Mendy

Yellow Card

S. Thomas

Yellow Card

50'

First Half 1 - 0

Million Manhoef

Milan Smit

28'

Tomáš Rigo

Yellow Card

17'

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

44%

56%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

1.52

1.81

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 38
Date	March 14, 2026
Time	15:00
Venue	bet365 Stadium
Result	3 - 1

Lineups

Stoke City

25. T. Simkin Tommy Simkin

22. J. Tchamadeu Junior Tchamadeu

40. M. Talovierov Maksym Talovierov

26. A. Phillips A. Phillips

17. E. Bocat Eric Bocat

15. S. N'Zonzi Steven N'Zonzi

19. T. Rigo Tomáš Rigo

42. M. Manhoef Million Manhoef

10. J. Bae J. Bae

7. S. Thomas S. Thomas

49. M. Smit Milan Smit

18. Vivaldo Vivaldo

39. E. Kayembe E. Kayembe

8. G. Chakvetadze G. Chakvetadze

23. N. Mendy N. Mendy

10. I. Louza I. Louza

7. T. Ince T. Ince

16. M. Bola Marc Bola

21. S. Mfuni S. Mfuni

3. S. Goglichidze Saba Goglichidze

25. J. Abankwah James Abankwah

1. E. Selvik Egil Selvik

Watford

Substitutes

Stoke City

Watford

Unused Players

Stoke City

Watford

Form before the match

Stoke City

Watford

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

December 20, 2025

Watford

Stoke City

Championship 2024/25

March 1, 2025

Stoke City

Watford

August 17, 2024

Watford

Stoke City

Championship 2023/24

December 29, 2023

Watford

Stoke City

August 19, 2023

Stoke City

Watford

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	42	25	10	7	84	42	42	85
2	Ipswich	40	21	12	7	71	40	31	75
Promotion Playoffs
3	Millwall	42	21	10	11	56	47	9	73
4	Middlesbrough	42	20	12	10	62	42	20	72
5	Southampton	41	19	12	10	70	50	20	69
6	Hull City	42	20	8	14	64	60	4	68

7	Wrexham	42	17	13	12	63	59	4	64
8	Derby	42	18	9	15	61	53	8	63
9	Norwich	42	17	7	18	55	50	5	58
10	Bristol City	42	16	10	16	52	51	1	58
11	QPR	42	16	10	16	58	63	-5	58
12	Watford	42	14	15	13	52	51	1	57
13	Preston	42	14	15	13	50	53	-3	57
14	Swansea	42	16	9	17	50	54	-4	57
15	Birmingham	42	15	11	16	50	52	-2	56
16	Stoke City	42	15	10	17	49	46	3	55
17	Sheffield Utd	42	16	6	20	59	59	0	54
18	Charlton	42	12	13	17	39	51	-12	49
19	Blackburn	42	12	12	18	38	50	-12	48
20	West Brom	42	11	13	18	42	56	-14	46
21	Portsmouth	41	11	12	18	41	57	-16	45
Relegation
22	Oxford United	42	10	14	18	41	54	-13	44
23	Leicester	42	11	14	17	54	64	-10	41
24	Sheffield Wednesday	42	1	11	30	25	82	-57	-4

Updated March 14, 2026 4:55 PM