Watford vs Stoke City
Result, Stats, Lineups & H2H

Championship (England)

2026/2027

Watford

Nabizada90+1'

-FT

Sep 12, 2026

Vicarage Road

Stoke City

McGlynn45+4'

Bocat57'

Match Timeline

Man of the Match

Ethan Galbraith

Stoke City

7.8

90'+3Yellow Card

Amin Nabizada

Watford

Goal!

1-2

Amin Nabizada

90'+1·Watford

⚽

90'Substitution

Ben Pearson· In

Jack McGlynn· Out

Stoke City

82'Yellow Card

George Hirst

Stoke City

80'Substitution

Luca Bombino· In

Eric-Junior Bocat· Out

Stoke City

69'Substitution

Luca Kjerrumgaard· In

Iker Bravo· Out

Watford

65'Substitution

George Hirst· In

Lamine Cissé· Out

Stoke City

58'Substitution

Amin Nabizada· In

Othmane Maamma· Out

Watford

58'Substitution

Rocco Vata· In

Stephy Alvaro Mavididi· Out

Watford

Goal!

0-2

Eric-Junior Bocat

57'·Stoke City

⚽

Goal!

0-1

Jack McGlynn

45'+4·Stoke City

⚽

42'Substitution

Omar Traoré· In

Jordan Zemura· Out

Watford

33'Yellow Card

Djibril Soumaré

Stoke City

19'Yellow Card

Iker Bravo

Watford

Statistics of the Game

Watford

Stoke City

41%Ball Possession59%

6Shots Total18

2Shots On Target6

5Corners8

14Fouls6

2Yellow Cards2

0Offsides1

4Saves1

378Passes543

2Shots Off Target8

101Attacks92

46Dangerous Attacks45

4Shots Inside Box10

2Shots Outside Box8

1Goals2

6Free Kicks14

2Shots Blocked4

4Substitutions3

0Hit Woodwork1

18Tackles21

1Assists1

303Accurate Passes472

2Injuries2

16Total Crosses21

2Accurate Crosses7

5Interceptions8

37Duels Won61

0Big Chances Created2

0Big Chances Missed1

Watford

Manager: Alessio Dionisi

Starting XI

6.8

5.9

6.7

6.6

6.8

6.2

6.9

6.7

6.3

Stephy Alvaro Mavididi

6.2

Mamadou Doumbia

6.7

Substitutes

Luca Kjerrumgaard

6.7

Rocco Vata

6.7

Michail Antonio

Amin Nabizada

7.0

6.1

Albert Eames

Manager: Mark Robins

Starting XI

6.8

7.1

6.8

6.7

7.3

7.1

7.8

7.8

7.5

7.2

7.8

Substitutes

6.5

6.2

6.7

Player Stats

Player	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	Passes	Tackles	Duels
Amin Nabizada FW	32'	1	0	1/1	11(82%)	1	1/9
Hector Kyprianou MF	90'	0	0	0/2	48(83%)	3	6/11
Jordan Zemura DF	42'	0	0	-	13(85%)	2	3/3
Federico Ravaglia GK	90'	0	0	-	30(86%)	-	-
Mamadou Doumbia FW	90'	0	0	0/1	20(70%)	2	4/9
Mattie Pollock DF	90'	0	0	-	49(78%)	1	2/4
Luca Kjerrumgaard FW	21'	0	0	1/1	7(71%)	-	1/3
Rocco Vata FW	32'	0	0	-	11(80%)	2	3/9
Othmane Maamma MF	58'	0	0	0/1	13(77%)	2	4/7
Soumaïla Coulibaly DF	90'	0	0	-	37(92%)	2	3/5
Iker Bravo MF	69'	0	0	-	20(90%)	-	3/6
Edo Kayembe MF	90'	0	1	-	45(80%)	1	2/15
Stephy Alvaro Mavididi MF	58'	0	0	-	15(60%)	-	1/4
Omar Traoré DF	48'	0	0	-	23(86%)	-	0/5
Kévin Keben DF	90'	0	0	-	36(69%)	2	4/10

Watford vs Stoke City H2H, Form & Key Stats

Stoke City moved from 15th to 8th in the Championship (England) table with this result.(7 places up. Before kickoff: 15th, 7 points from 6 matches. After: 8th, 10 points from 7 matches; 24 teams; the table also counts 6 matches played at the same time.)

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Watford	15	W1	1	0	1	7	4/15	4-10
Stoke City	15	D1	3	1	12	1	8/15	8-6

Watford — last 5 games

L1-5 vs Peterborough United2026-08-25
D1-1 vs West Ham United2026-08-29
L0-2 @ Swansea City2026-09-01
L0-1 @ West Bromwich Albion2026-09-05
W2-1 vs Preston North End2026-09-08

Stoke City — last 5 games

D1-1 vs Hull City2026-08-25
L1-4 @ Wolverhampton Wanderers2026-08-29
W1-0 vs Norwich City2026-09-01
W4-0 vs Charlton Athletic2026-09-05
D1-1 @ Cardiff City2026-09-08

Goal markets & scoring rates

Team	Games	Avg goals	Over 1.5	Over 2.5	Over 3.5	BTTS	Clean sheets	Failed to score
Watford	15	2.93	80%	60%	27%	53%	13%	33%
Stoke City	15	2.4	73%	33%	27%	53%	33%	13%

Venue split (Home vs Away)

Team	Where	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	PPG	Over 2.5	Clean sheets
Watford	Home	9	4	1	4	11-15	1.44	67%	22%
Stoke City	Away	6	1	2	3	5-11	0.83	33%	17%

1st half vs 2nd half scoring

Team	Games	1H goals	2H goals	2H share	1H Over 0.5	HT W-D-L
Watford	15	8-16	7-13	47%	93%	3-4-8
Stoke City	15	11-8	6-11	35%	73%	4-7-4

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 17
Period covered: 2015-10-24 – 2026-03-14
Watford wins: 7
Draws: 3
Stoke City wins: 7
Avg goals per meeting: 2.24
Over 2.5 goals: 41%
Both teams scored: 35%
Home side won: 41%share of all meetings won by whichever team hosted
Last 5 meetings: 2W 2D 1L (Watford view)
Avg goals, last 5 vs all-time: 2 vs 2.24

Most recent meetings (5 of 17)

Date	Home	Score	Away
2026-03-14	Stoke City	3-1	Watford
2025-12-20	Watford	1-0	Stoke City
2025-03-01	Stoke City	0-0	Watford
2024-08-17	Watford	3-0	Stoke City
2023-12-29	Watford	1-1	Stoke City

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 73 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Watford	14	6	8	-1	DDLLW	16	-2
Stoke City	15	6	7	-1	LLWWD	14	+1

Table context

Points gap: 1 ptsWatford 8 · Stoke City 7
Positions: #14 vs #15
Goals per game: 1/1.17 vs 1.5/1.67scored/conceded per game · league average 1.42

How we calculate this

Watford vs Stoke City — 15-Minute Goal Timing Breakdown

Verified regulation-time goal windows (scored vs conceded)

Watford

Last 20 gamesPeak scoring: 76-90+'76-90+' goal in 40% of games

Minutes	Scored (16)	Conceded (35)
1-15'	3 (19%)	4 (11%)
16-30'	3 (19%)	9 (26%)
31-45+'	1 (6%)	6 (17%)
46-60'	1 (6%)	7 (20%)
61-75'	3 (19%)	6 (17%)
76-90+'	5 (31%)	3 (9%)

Stoke City

Last 20 gamesPeak scoring: 46-60'76-90+' goal in 45% of games

Minutes	Scored (21)	Conceded (27)
1-15'	4 (19%)	3 (11%)
16-30'	4 (19%)	5 (19%)
31-45+'	4 (19%)	4 (15%)
46-60'	7 (33%)	3 (11%)
61-75'	0 (0%)	4 (15%)
76-90+'	2 (10%)	8 (30%)

Watford vs Stoke City — Corners & Cards Trends

WatfordLast 15 games

Corners Profile

Won / Conceded per game: 4.3 / 5.3
Match total corners/g: 9.6
Over 8.5 corners: 60%
Over 9.5 corners: 47%
Over 10.5 corners: 40%
Won corner count: 20%

Cards & Discipline

Team yellows / game: 2
Opponent cards / game: 1.87
Match total cards / game: 3.87
Over 3.5 match cards: 47%
Over 4.5 match cards: 33%

Stoke CityLast 15 games

Corners Profile

Won / Conceded per game: 5.1 / 4.1
Match total corners/g: 9.1
Over 8.5 corners: 47%
Over 9.5 corners: 33%
Over 10.5 corners: 33%
Won corner count: 40%

Cards & Discipline

Team yellows / game: 1.67
Opponent cards / game: 1.53
Match total cards / game: 3.33
Over 3.5 match cards: 40%
Over 4.5 match cards: 20%

Championship Standings

Championship · 2026/2027

Full standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	PTS	Form
1	Middlesbrough	13	8	4	1	+13	28	WDWLW
···
5	Southampton	13	8	3	2	+15	23	DDWWL
6	Birmingham City	13	6	5	2	+10	23	DDWDD
7	Stoke CityA	13	7	2	4	+4	23	WWLLL
8	West Ham United	13	6	4	3	+15	22	WWDLD
9	Queens Park Rangers	13	5	5	3	+5	20	LWWDW
···
19	Bolton Wanderers	13	4	2	7	-8	14	LLLDW
20	Charlton Athletic	13	3	5	5	-10	14	LDWWW
21	WatfordH	13	3	2	8	-11	11	LLDDW
22	Burnley	13	1	6	6	-8	9	LDLLD
23	Derby County	13	1	4	8	-14	7	LWLDL
24	Preston North End	13	1	2	10	-17	5	WLLLL

12 / 24Full standings →

Statistical Comparison

Championship

Watford13 matches

Stoke City

13 matches

3Wins7

2Draws2

8Losses4

12Goals20

0.92Goals per game1.54

23Goals conceded16

1.77Goals per game conceded1.23

Watford vs Stoke City — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Poisson goal model computed from recent form (13 vs 13 matches) & H2H history

1X2 Statistical Win ProbabilityWatford 27% · X · Draw 26% · Stoke City 47%

1 · Home Win

27%

X · Draw

26%

2 · Away Win

47%

Projected Goals (xG Model)

1.10 vs 1.53

Projected Total: 2.63

Over 1.5 Goals

74%

Over 2.5 Goals

49%

Over 3.5 Goals

27%

Both Teams to Score (BTTS)

52%

Clean Sheet Prob. (H / A)

22% / 33%

Watford / Stoke City

Most Likely Scorelines (Poisson):

1 - 1(12.1%)0 - 1(11.0%)1 - 2(9.3%)

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Previous Meetings

Last 17 matches

Won 41%

(7/17)

Draw 18%

(3/17)

Won 41%

(7/17)

Goals

21-17

Total matches

Recent matches (5/17)

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Stoke City

3-1

Watford

Championship•Dec 20, 2025

Watford

1-0

Stoke City

Championship•Mar 1, 2025

Stoke City

0-0

Watford

Championship•Aug 17, 2024

Watford

3-0

Stoke City

Championship•Dec 29, 2023

Watford

1-1

Stoke City

Watford vs Stoke City — Head to Head

Last 17 matches

Watford wins

Draws

Stoke City wins

Goals Scored

21 - 17

Mar 14, 2026 • Championship

Stoke City

3-1

Watford

Dec 20, 2025 • Championship

Watford

1-0

Stoke City

Mar 1, 2025 • Championship

Stoke City

0-0

Watford

Matchday 7 — Championship

Match summary

Stoke City beat Watford 2-1 in the Championship (England).

Before kickoff, Watford sat 14th on 8 points, while Stoke City were 15th on 7 points. Across 17 previous meetings on record, Watford won 7 and Stoke City won 7, with 3 draws (2.24 goals per game).

Goals came from Amin Nabizada (90') for Watford and Jack McGlynn (45') and Eric-Junior Bocat (57') for Stoke City.

More details:

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Match Timeline

Match Statistics

Statistics of the Game

Team Lineups

Starting XI

Substitutes

Starting XI

Substitutes

Player Stats

Watford vs Stoke City H2H, Form & Key Stats

Watford vs Stoke City — 15-Minute Goal Timing Breakdown

Watford vs Stoke City — Corners & Cards Trends

Championship Standings

Statistical Comparison

Statistical Comparison

Watford vs Stoke City — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

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