2 WAT

2 SOU

WAT 2

2 SOU

Watford
-
Southampton

Championship, Round 4
Saturday, August 30, 2025 3:00 PM
Vicarage Road

Result

2-2

Match Recap

C. Archer 10'

K. Baah 65'

Ryan Manning 78'

Nestory Irankunda 81'

Match Events

Second Half 2 - 2

Ryan Andrews

Jeremy Ngakia

90+2'

88'

Ronnie Edwards

Mads Roerslev

86'

D. Downs

Yellow Card

84'

Ross Stewart

F. Azaz

Vivaldo

L. Kjerrumgaard

83'

Mamadou Doumbia

Nestory Irankunda

83'

Nestory Irankunda

Goal

81'

80'

Kuryu Matsuki

Yellow Card

78'

Ryan Manning

Goal

James Abankwah

Yellow Card

76'

Kuryu Matsuki

Ryan Fraser

76'

Adam Armstrong

C. Archer

76'

D. Downs

J. Robinson

Nestory Irankunda

Yellow Card

75'

68'

Shea Charles

Yellow Card

K. Baah

Rocco Vata

65'

64'

Taylor Harwood-Bellis

Yellow Card

K. Baah

Max Alleyne

57'

Rocco Vata

E. Kayembe

57'

First Half 0 - 1

12'

Ryan Manning

Yellow Card

10'

C. Archer

Nathan Wood

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

55%

45%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

0.52

1.64

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 4
Date	August 30, 2025
Time	15:00
Venue	Vicarage Road
Result	2 - 2

Lineups

Watford

1. E. Selvik Egil Selvik

3. M. Alleyne Max Alleyne

4. K. K. Biakolo Kévin Keben Biakolo

25. J. Abankwah James Abankwah

2. J. Ngakia Jeremy Ngakia

17. M. Sissoko Moussa Sissoko

5. H. Kyprianou Hector Kyprianou

39. E. Kayembe E. Kayembe

16. M. Bola Marc Bola

66. N. Irankunda Nestory Irankunda

9. L. Kjerrumgaard L. Kjerrumgaard

19. C. Archer C. Archer

46. J. Robinson J. Robinson

10. F. Azaz F. Azaz

3. R. Manning Ryan Manning

24. S. Charles Shea Charles

26. R. Fraser Ryan Fraser

2. M. Roerslev Mads Roerslev

6. T. Harwood-Bellis Taylor Harwood-Bellis

15. N. Wood Nathan Wood

5. J. Stephens Jack Stephens

31. G. Bazunu G. Bazunu

Southampton

Substitutes

Watford

Southampton

Unused Players

Watford

Southampton

Form before the match

Watford

Southampton

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Upcoming Fixtures

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February 7, 2026

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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	60	3	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	51	52	-1	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 August 30, 2025 4:56 PM