3 STO

1 WAT

STO 3

1 WAT

Stoke City
-
Watford

Championship, Round 38
Saturday, March 14, 2026 3:00 PM
bet365 Stadium

Result

3-1

Match Recap

Million Manhoef 28'

Million Manhoef 77'

Nestory Irankunda 81'

Sam Gallagher 85'

Match Events

Second Half 3 - 1

90+3'

Nestory Irankunda

Yellow Card

86'

L. Kjerrumgaard

I. Louza

86'

Edoardo Bove

S. Mfuni

Sam Gallagher

S. Thomas

85'

Tatsuki Seko

Steven N'Zonzi

83'

81'

Nestory Irankunda

G. Chakvetadze

Ben Pearson

J. Bae

79'

J. Rak-Sakyi

Million Manhoef

79'

Million Manhoef

Goal

77'

Tommy Simkin

Yellow Card

72'

71'

Pierre Ekwah

N. Mendy

71'

Jonathan Lawson

T. Ince

Sam Gallagher

Milan Smit

71'

Ben Gibson

Eric Bocat

70'

62'

Nestory Irankunda

Vivaldo

Maksym Talovierov

Yellow Card

60'

51'

N. Mendy

Yellow Card

S. Thomas

Yellow Card

50'

First Half 1 - 0

Million Manhoef

Milan Smit

28'

Tomáš Rigo

Yellow Card

17'

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

44%

56%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

1.52

1.81

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 38
Date	March 14, 2026
Time	15:00
Venue	bet365 Stadium
Result	3 - 1

Lineups

Stoke City

25. T. Simkin Tommy Simkin

22. J. Tchamadeu Junior Tchamadeu

40. M. Talovierov Maksym Talovierov

26. A. Phillips A. Phillips

17. E. Bocat Eric Bocat

15. S. N'Zonzi Steven N'Zonzi

19. T. Rigo Tomáš Rigo

42. M. Manhoef Million Manhoef

10. J. Bae J. Bae

7. S. Thomas S. Thomas

49. M. Smit Milan Smit

18. Vivaldo Vivaldo

39. E. Kayembe E. Kayembe

8. G. Chakvetadze G. Chakvetadze

23. N. Mendy N. Mendy

10. I. Louza I. Louza

7. T. Ince T. Ince

16. M. Bola Marc Bola

21. S. Mfuni S. Mfuni

3. S. Goglichidze Saba Goglichidze

25. J. Abankwah James Abankwah

1. E. Selvik Egil Selvik

Watford

Substitutes

Stoke City

Watford

Unused Players

Stoke City

Watford

Form before the match

Stoke City

Watford

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

December 20, 2025

Watford

Stoke City

Championship 2024/25

March 1, 2025

Stoke City

Watford

August 17, 2024

Watford

Stoke City

Championship 2023/24

December 29, 2023

Watford

Stoke City

August 19, 2023

Stoke City

Watford

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	38	23	8	7	78	40	38	77
2	Middlesbrough	39	20	11	8	59	37	22	71
Promotion Playoffs
3	Ipswich	38	19	12	7	67	39	28	69
4	Millwall	39	20	9	10	53	44	9	69
5	Hull City	38	19	6	13	59	56	3	63
6	Southampton	38	16	12	10	61	48	13	60

7	Wrexham	38	16	12	10	58	50	8	60
8	Derby	39	17	9	13	56	48	8	60
9	Watford	38	14	13	11	50	46	4	55
10	Birmingham	39	14	11	14	48	49	-1	53
11	Swansea	38	15	7	16	44	46	-2	52
12	Preston	39	13	13	13	45	49	-4	52
13	Norwich	38	15	6	17	51	46	5	51
14	Stoke City	39	14	9	16	46	43	3	51
15	Bristol City	38	14	9	15	49	49	0	51
16	Sheffield Utd	38	15	5	18	53	52	1	50
17	QPR	38	14	8	16	49	60	-11	50
18	Charlton	38	12	12	14	36	45	-9	48
19	Blackburn	39	11	10	18	36	49	-13	43
20	Portsmouth	37	10	10	17	36	48	-12	40
21	West Brom	38	10	10	18	39	54	-15	40
Relegation
22	Oxford United	38	9	12	17	36	49	-13	39
23	Leicester	38	11	11	16	51	60	-9	38
24	Sheffield Wednesday	38	1	9	28	23	76	-53	-6

Updated March 14, 2026 4:55 PM