English League Championship

FT Saturday, October 4, 2025
Oxford United DDWLD 1
–
Watford DLLWD 2
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OXF101
WAT202
Vicarage Road · 19,187 att.

Team Stats

9
Fouls
6
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
9
9
Saves
5
43.5
Possession
56.5
15
SHOTS
27
5
ON GOAL
10
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
268
Accurate Passes
367
342
Passes
447
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
3
12
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.2
48
Long Balls
52
23
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
5
13
Effective Tackles
9
16
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
7
Interceptions
13
35
Effective Clearances
32
35
Clearances
32

Head to Head

WAT leads series 2-1

Lineups

WAT · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Egil SelvikG
  2. 4Kévin KebenCD
  3. 25James AbankwahCD-L
  4. 3Max AlleyneCD-R
  5. 23Nampalys MendyCM-L
  6. 10Imran LouzaCM-R
  7. 11Rocco VataAM
  8. 26Caleb WileyLM
  9. 2Jeremy NgakiaRM
  10. 18Vivaldo SemedoCF-L
  11. 66Nestory IrankundaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 34Kwadwo BaahSUB
  2. 9Luca KjerrumgaardSUB
  3. 39Edo KayembeSUB
  4. 12Nathan BaxterSUB
  5. 29Jeremy PetrisSUB
  6. 17Moussa SissokoSUB
  7. 6Matthew PollockSUB
  8. 5Hector KyprianouSUB
  9. 16Marc BolaSUB

OXF · 4-4-2

  1. 1Jamie CummingG
  2. 2Sam LongCD-L
  3. 6Michal HelikCD-R
  4. 22Greg LeighLB
  5. 15Brodie SpencerRB
  6. 8Cameron BrannaganCM-L
  7. 14Brian De KeersmaeckerCM-R
  8. 23Siriki DembeleLM
  9. 17Stanley MillsRM
  10. 27Will LankshearCF-L
  11. 16Nik PrelecCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Tyler GoodrhamSUB
  2. 4Will VaulksSUB
  3. 29Ben DaviesSUB
  4. 21Matt IngramSUB
  5. 7Przemyslaw PlachetaSUB
  6. 9Mark HarrisSUB
  7. 12Luke HarrisSUB
  8. 26Jack CurrieSUB
  9. 20Tom BradshawSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Own Goal by Max Alleyne, Watford. Watford 0, Oxford United 1.
  2. 5' Cameron Brannagan (Oxford United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 30' Stanley Mills (Oxford United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 32' Substitution, Watford. Luca Kjerrumgaard replaces Vivaldo Semedo because of an injury.
  5. 39' Kévin Keben (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Goal! Watford 1, Oxford United 1. Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) header from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  7. 45'+4' Goal! Watford 2, Oxford United 1. Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  8. 45'+5' Michal Helik (Oxford United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 49' Luca Kjerrumgaard (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 53' Imrân Louza (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 57' Substitution, Oxford United. Przemyslaw Placheta replaces Stanley Mills.
  12. 57' Substitution, Oxford United. Will Vaulks replaces Will Lankshear.
  13. 70' Substitution, Watford. Edo Kayembe replaces Rocco Vata.
  14. 70' Substitution, Watford. Jeremy Petris replaces Caleb Wiley.
  15. 70' Substitution, Watford. Moussa Sissoko replaces Imrân Louza.
  16. 73' Substitution, Oxford United. Jack Currie replaces Greg Leigh.
  17. 85' Substitution, Oxford United. Tom Bradshaw replaces Nik Prelec.
  18. 85' Substitution, Oxford United. Mark Harris replaces Siriki Dembélé.
  19. 87' Substitution, Watford. Kwadwo Baah replaces Nestory Irankunda.
  20. 90'+2' Jack Currie (Oxford United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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