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'

R. 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'

R. 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'

R. 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 R. 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

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2023/24

April 13, 2024

Southampton

Watford

FA Cup 2023/24

February 6, 2024

Southampton

Watford

January 28, 2024

Watford

Southampton

Championship 2023/24

December 9, 2023

Watford

Southampton

Upcoming Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

February 7, 2026

15:00

Southampton

Watford

Standings

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Qualified for Premier League
1	Coventry	12	8	4	0	34	9	25	28
2	Middlesbrough	12	7	4	1	16	8	8	25
Qualified for Championship
3	Millwall	12	7	2	3	14	13	1	23
4	Bristol City	12	6	4	2	20	11	9	22
5	Stoke City	12	6	3	3	13	8	5	21
6	Charlton	12	5	4	3	14	10	4	19

7	Preston	12	5	4	3	15	12	3	19
8	Hull City	12	5	4	3	20	20	0	19
9	QPR	12	5	3	4	15	17	-2	18
10	Leicester	12	4	5	3	15	12	3	17
11	West Brom	12	5	2	5	12	14	-2	17
12	Ipswich	11	4	4	3	17	13	4	16
13	Swansea	12	4	4	4	12	12	0	16
14	Watford	12	4	3	5	14	16	-2	15
15	Birmingham	12	4	3	5	11	15	-4	15
16	Wrexham	12	3	5	4	16	17	-1	14
17	Derby	12	3	5	4	13	16	-3	14
18	Portsmouth	12	3	4	5	10	13	-3	13
19	Oxford United	12	3	3	6	13	15	-2	12
20	Southampton	12	2	6	4	13	17	-4	12
21	Blackburn	11	3	1	7	10	17	-7	10
Relegation to League One
22	Sheffield Utd	12	3	0	9	9	20	-11	9
23	Norwich	12	2	2	8	12	18	-6	8
24	Sheffield Wednesday	12	1	3	8	10	25	-15	0

Updated August 30, 2025 4:56 PM