English League Championship

FT Saturday, December 20, 2025
Stoke City WLLLW 0
–
Watford DLWDD 1
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Vicarage Road · 19,285 att. · Paramount+

Team Stats

12
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
1
59.6
Possession
40.4
7
SHOTS
10
1
ON GOAL
5
0.1
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
404
Accurate Passes
243
478
Passes
316
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
3
19
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.2
58
Long Balls
64
35
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
1
4
Effective Tackles
8
5
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
7
Interceptions
13
21
Effective Clearances
39
21
Clearances
39

Head to Head

WAT leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

WAT · 4-4-2

  1. 1Egil SelvikG
  2. 3Max AlleyneCD-L
  3. 6Matthew PollockCD-R
  4. 16Marc BolaLB
  5. 2Jeremy NgakiaRB
  6. 10Imran LouzaCM-L
  7. 5Hector KyprianouCM-R
  8. 42Othmane MaammaLM
  9. 7Tom InceRM
  10. 9Luca KjerrumgaardCF-L
  11. 8Giorgi ChakvetadzeCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Nampalys MendySUB
  2. 66Nestory IrankundaSUB
  3. 27Formose MendySUB
  4. 17Moussa SissokoSUB
  5. 25James AbankwahSUB
  6. 12Nathan BaxterSUB
  7. 18Vivaldo SemedoSUB
  8. 22James MorrisSUB
  9. 53Amin NabizadaSUB

STK · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Viktor JohanssonG
  2. 16Ben WilmotCD-L
  3. 26Ashley PhillipsCD-R
  4. 3Aaron CresswellLB
  5. 40Maksym TaloverovRB
  6. 10Bae Jun-HoAM
  7. 15Steven N'ZonziLM
  8. 18Bosun LawalRM
  9. 11Róbert BozeníkF
  10. 7Sorba ThomasAM-L
  11. 42Million ManhoefAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Divin MubamaSUB
  2. 12Tatsuki SekoSUB
  3. 4Ben PearsonSUB
  4. 13Jack BonhamSUB
  5. 23Ben GibsonSUB
  6. 20Sam GallagherSUB
  7. 14Jamie DonleySUB
  8. 29Lamine CisseSUB
  9. 19Tomás RigoSUB

Timeline

  1. 30' Róbert Bozeník (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 45' Substitution, Stoke City. Sam Gallagher replaces Róbert Bozeník.
  3. 59' Sorba Thomas (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 65' Substitution, Stoke City. Tatsuki Seko replaces Bosun Lawal.
  5. 65' Substitution, Stoke City. Ben Pearson replaces Steven Nzonzi.
  6. 65' Substitution, Watford. Vivaldo Semedo replaces Tom Ince.
  7. 66' Vivaldo Semedo (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 69' Mattie Pollock (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 74' Goal! Watford 1, Stoke City 0. Luca Kjerrumgaard (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hector Kyprianou with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
  10. 76' Substitution, Watford. Nestory Irankunda replaces Luca Kjerrumgaard.
  11. 76' Substitution, Watford. Moussa Sissoko replaces Giorgi Chakvetadze.
  12. 77' Substitution, Stoke City. Divin Mubama replaces Bae Jun-Ho.
  13. 83' Maksym Talovierov (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 89' Nestory Irankunda (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90' Substitution, Watford. Nampalys Mendy replaces Imrân Louza.

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