English League Championship

FT Saturday, August 30, 2025
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Watford DLLWD 2
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Match Report

BBC

Nestory Irankunda repeats 'perfect' free kick for Watford

Socceroos star Nestory Irankunda has astonished his manager at Championship side Watford by coming up with a second glorious free kick in the space of seven days.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
14
5
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
5
45.3
Possession
54.7
12
SHOTS
10
7
ON GOAL
4
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
256
Accurate Passes
320
331
Passes
398
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
2
16
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.1
47
Long Balls
65
12
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
1
9
Effective Tackles
7
15
Tackles
11
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
4
Interceptions
5
27
Effective Clearances
28
27
Clearances
28

Head to Head

SOU leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

WAT · 3-5-2

  1. 1Egil SelvikG
  2. 4Kévin KebenCD
  3. 25James AbankwahCD-L
  4. 3Max AlleyneCD-R
  5. 39Edo KayembeCM-L
  6. 17Moussa SissokoCM-R
  7. 5Hector KyprianouAM
  8. 16Marc BolaLM
  9. 2Jeremy NgakiaRM
  10. 9Luca KjerrumgaardCF-L
  11. 66Nestory IrankundaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 45Ryan AndrewsSUB
  2. 22James MorrisSUB
  3. 34Kwadwo BaahSUB
  4. 18Vivaldo SemedoSUB
  5. 11Rocco VataSUB
  6. 12Nathan BaxterSUB
  7. 20Mamadou DoumbiaSUB
  8. 6Matthew PollockSUB
  9. 24Tom Dele-BashiruSUB

SOU · 3-4-2-1

  1. 31Gavin BazunuG
  2. 15Nathan WoodCD
  3. 6Taylor Harwood-BellisCD-L
  4. 5Jack StephensCD-R
  5. 24Shea CharlesCM-L
  6. 26Ryan FraserCM-R
  7. 3Ryan ManningLM
  8. 2Mads RoerslevRM
  9. 19Cameron ArcherF
  10. 46Jay RobinsonCF-L
  11. 10Finn AzazCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Joshua QuarshieSUB
  2. 42Damion DownsSUB
  3. 11Ross StewartSUB
  4. 27Kuryu MatsukiSUB
  5. 12Ronnie EdwardsSUB
  6. 21Charlie TaylorSUB
  7. 9Adam ArmstrongSUB
  8. 1Alex McCarthySUB
  9. 25George LongSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Watford 0, Southampton 1. Cameron Archer (Southampton) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nathan Wood following a corner.
  2. 12' Ryan Manning (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 57' Substitution, Watford. Rocco Vata replaces Edo Kayembe.
  4. 57' Substitution, Watford. Kwadwo Baah replaces Max Alleyne.
  5. 64' Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 65' Goal! Watford 1, Southampton 1. Kwadwo Baah (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rocco Vata with a through ball.
  7. 68' Shea Charles (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 75' Nestory Irankunda (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 76' Substitution, Southampton. Damion Downs replaces Jay Robinson.
  10. 76' Substitution, Southampton. Adam Armstrong replaces Cameron Archer.
  11. 76' Substitution, Southampton. Kuryu Matsuki replaces Ryan Fraser.
  12. 77' James Abankwah (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 78' Goal! Watford 1, Southampton 2. Ryan Manning (Southampton) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  14. 80' Kuryu Matsuki (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 81' Goal! Watford 2, Southampton 2. Nestory Irankunda (Watford) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  16. 83' Substitution, Watford. Mamadou Doumbia replaces Nestory Irankunda.
  17. 84' Substitution, Watford. Vivaldo Semedo replaces Luca Kjerrumgaard.
  18. 84' Substitution, Southampton. Ross Stewart replaces Finn Azaz.
  19. 86' Damion Downs (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  20. 88' Substitution, Southampton. Ronnie Edwards replaces Mads Roerslev.
  21. 90'+2' Substitution, Watford. Ryan Andrews replaces Jeremy Ngakia.

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