1 WAT

0 STO

WAT 1

0 STO

Watford
-
Stoke City

Championship, Round 22
Saturday, December 20, 2025 3:00 PM
Vicarage Road

Result

1-0

Match Recap

L. Kjerrumgaard 74'

Match Events

Second Half 1 - 0

N. Mendy

I. Louza

90'

Nestory Irankunda

Yellow Card

89'

83'

Maksym Talovierov

Yellow Card

77'

D. Mubama

J. Bae

Moussa Sissoko

G. Chakvetadze

76'

Nestory Irankunda

L. Kjerrumgaard

76'

L. Kjerrumgaard

Hector Kyprianou

74'

M. Pollock

Yellow Card

69'

Vivaldo

Yellow Card

66'

Vivaldo

T. Ince

65'

Ben Pearson

Steven N'Zonzi

65'

Tatsuki Seko

B. Lawal

59'

S. Thomas

Yellow Card

46'

Sam Gallagher

Róbert Boženík

First Half 0 - 0

30'

Róbert Boženík

Yellow Card

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

41%

59%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

1.06

0.18

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 22
Date	December 20, 2025
Time	15:00
Venue	Vicarage Road
Result	1 - 0

Lineups

Watford

1. E. Selvik Egil Selvik

2. J. Ngakia Jeremy Ngakia

6. M. Pollock M. Pollock

3. M. Alleyne Max Alleyne

16. M. Bola Marc Bola

7. T. Ince T. Ince

5. H. Kyprianou Hector Kyprianou

10. I. Louza I. Louza

42. O. Maamma Othmane Maamma

8. G. Chakvetadze G. Chakvetadze

9. L. Kjerrumgaard L. Kjerrumgaard

11. R. Boženík Róbert Boženík

7. S. Thomas S. Thomas

10. J. Bae J. Bae

42. M. Manhoef Million Manhoef

15. S. N'Zonzi Steven N'Zonzi

18. M. O. Lawal Mohammed Olabosun Lawal

3. A. Cresswell A. Cresswell

16. B. Wilmot Ben Wilmot

26. A. Phillips A. Phillips

40. M. Talovierov Maksym Talovierov

1. V. Johansson Viktor Johansson

Stoke City

Substitutes

Watford

Stoke City

Unused Players

Watford

Stoke City

Form before the match

Watford

Stoke City

Previous Fixtures

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

Upcoming Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

March 14, 2026

15:00

Stoke City

Watford

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	35	21	8	6	72	38	34	71
2	Middlesbrough	35	19	9	7	54	35	19	66
Promotion Playoffs
3	Ipswich	34	18	9	7	60	34	26	63
4	Millwall	35	18	8	9	47	40	7	62
5	Hull City	35	18	6	11	56	49	7	60
6	Wrexham	35	15	12	8	54	45	9	57

7	Southampton	35	14	11	10	57	46	11	53
8	Derby	35	14	9	12	52	46	6	51
9	Watford	35	13	12	10	45	41	4	51
10	Bristol City	35	14	8	13	48	44	4	50
11	Preston	35	12	13	10	41	40	1	49
12	Birmingham	35	13	10	12	46	46	0	49
13	Sheffield Utd	35	15	3	17	50	48	2	48
14	Stoke City	35	13	8	14	39	34	5	47
15	QPR	35	13	8	14	46	54	-8	47
16	Swansea	35	13	7	15	40	43	-3	46
17	Norwich	35	13	6	16	47	44	3	45
18	Charlton	35	10	11	14	33	44	-11	41
19	Portsmouth	34	10	9	15	34	44	-10	39
20	Blackburn	35	10	8	17	33	46	-13	38
21	West Brom	35	9	8	18	34	52	-18	35
Relegation
22	Leicester	35	10	10	15	47	56	-9	34
23	Oxford United	35	7	11	17	31	47	-16	32
24	Sheffield Wednesday	35	1	8	26	21	71	-50	-7

Updated December 20, 2025 4:55 PM