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

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 December 20, 2025 4:55 PM