English League Championship

FT Monday, December 1, 2025
Watford WDDWD 1
–
Birmingham City WWLWD 2
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WAT011
BIR202
St. Andrew's Stadium · 26,086 att. · Paramount+

Team Stats

10
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
3
50.7
Possession
49.3
12
SHOTS
13
4
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
342
Accurate Passes
323
424
Passes
420
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
3
27
Crosses
21
0.2
Cross %
0.1
51
Long Balls
52
18
Accurate Long Balls
12
0.4
Long Balls %
0.2
3
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
9
13
Tackles
21
0.8
Tackle %
0.4
6
Interceptions
5
25
Effective Clearances
26
25
Clearances
26

Head to Head

WAT leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

BIR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25James BeadleG
  2. 4Christoph KlarerCD-L
  3. 5Phil NeumannCD-R
  4. 20Alex CochraneLB
  5. 26Bright Osayi-SamuelRB
  6. 28Jay StansfieldAM
  7. 8Paik Seung-HoLM
  8. 7Tommy DoyleRM
  9. 33Marvin DuckschF
  10. 10Demarai GrayAM-L
  11. 16Patrick RobertsAM-R

WAT · 4-4-2

  1. 12Nathan BaxterG
  2. 6Matthew PollockCD-L
  3. 4Kévin KebenCD-R
  4. 16Marc BolaLB
  5. 2Jeremy NgakiaRB
  6. 5Hector KyprianouCM-L
  7. 10Imran LouzaCM-R
  8. 42Othmane MaammaLM
  9. 7Tom InceRM
  10. 9Luca KjerrumgaardCF-L
  11. 20Mamadou DoumbiaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 20' Hector Kyprianou (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 24' Tommy Doyle (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 31' Goal! Birmingham City 1, Watford 0. Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  4. 43' Goal! Birmingham City 2, Watford 0. Demarai Gray (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jay Stansfield following a fast break.
  5. 59' Substitution, Watford. Giorgi Chakvetadze replaces Tom Ince.
  6. 60' Substitution, Watford. Vivaldo Semedo replaces Luca Kjerrumgaard.
  7. 60' Substitution, Watford. Edo Kayembe replaces Hector Kyprianou.
  8. 61' Goal! Birmingham City 2, Watford 1. Othmane Maamma (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marc Bola.
  9. 69' Substitution, Birmingham City. Keshi Anderson replaces Demarai Gray.
  10. 73' Substitution, Birmingham City. Lyndon Dykes replaces Marvin Ducksch.
  11. 73' Substitution, Birmingham City. Alfons Sampsted replaces Bright Osayi-Samuel.
  12. 76' Imrân Louza (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 78' Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 80' Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 85' Substitution, Watford. Moussa Sissoko replaces Othmane Maamma.
  16. 90'+2' Substitution, Birmingham City. Marc Leonard replaces Jay Stansfield.
  17. 90'+2' Substitution, Birmingham City. Lewis Koumas replaces Patrick Roberts.

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