English League Championship

FT Thursday, January 1, 2026
Birmingham City LDLDD 0
–
Watford DDWWW 3
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WAT213
Vicarage Road · 20,816 att. · CBSSN

Team Stats

14
Fouls
5
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
2
54.8
Possession
45.2
6
SHOTS
13
2
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
396
Accurate Passes
317
484
Passes
402
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
3
23
Crosses
16
0.1
Cross %
0.2
46
Long Balls
69
19
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
2
8
Effective Tackles
7
13
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
8
Interceptions
6
26
Effective Clearances
44
26
Clearances
44

Head to Head

WAT leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

WAT · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Egil SelvikG
  2. 3Max AlleyneCD-L
  3. 6Matthew PollockCD-R
  4. 16Marc BolaLB
  5. 25James AbankwahRB
  6. 8Giorgi ChakvetadzeAM
  7. 10Imran LouzaLM
  8. 5Hector KyprianouRM
  9. 9Luca KjerrumgaardF
  10. 7Tom InceAM-L
  11. 42Othmane MaammaAM-R

BIR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25James BeadleG
  2. 6Jack RobinsonCD-L
  3. 5Phil NeumannCD-R
  4. 20Alex CochraneLB
  5. 23Alfons SampstedRB
  6. 18Willum Thór WillumssonAM
  7. 8Paik Seung-HoLM
  8. 24Tomoki IwataRM
  9. 9Kyogo FuruhashiF
  10. 14Keshi AndersonAM-L
  11. 16Patrick RobertsAM-R

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Watford 1, Birmingham City 0. Tom Ince (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze with a through ball.
  2. 38' Goal! Watford 2, Birmingham City 0. Tom Ince (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  3. 43' Mattie Pollock (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Watford. Nestory Irankunda replaces Giorgi Chakvetadze.
  5. 45' Substitution, Birmingham City. Lyndon Dykes replaces Willum Willumsson.
  6. 45' Substitution, Birmingham City. Marc Leonard replaces Alfons Sampsted.
  7. 60' Goal! Watford 3, Birmingham City 0. Tom Ince (Watford) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Nestory Irankunda following a fast break.
  8. 62' Substitution, Birmingham City. Eiran Cashin replaces Alex Cochrane because of an injury.
  9. 63' Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 64' Substitution, Watford. Vivaldo Semedo replaces Luca Kjerrumgaard.
  11. 68' Substitution, Birmingham City. Marvin Ducksch replaces Kyogo Furuhashi.
  12. 69' Substitution, Watford. Nampalys Mendy replaces Imrân Louza.
  13. 70' Substitution, Watford. Moussa Sissoko replaces Othmane Maamma.
  14. 77' Substitution, Watford. Kwadwo Baah replaces Tom Ince.
  15. 77' Substitution, Birmingham City. Lewis Koumas replaces Keshi Anderson because of an injury.
  16. 78' Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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