3 STO
Stoke City
1 WAT
Watford
STO 3
1 WAT

Stoke City - Watford

Result

Stoke City
3-1
Watford
1H
Million Manhoef 28'
2H
Million Manhoef 77'
Nestory Irankunda 81'
Sam Gallagher 85'

Match Events

Second Half 3 - 1

Yellow Card
90+3'
Fifth Substitution
86'
Fourth Substitution
86'
Goal
85'
Fifth Substitution
83'
Goal
81'
Fourth Substitution
79'
Third Substitution
79'
Goal
77'
Yellow Card
Yellow Card
72'
Third Substitution
71'
Second Substitution
71'
Second Substitution
71'
First Substitution
70'
First Substitution
62'
Yellow Card
60'
Yellow Card
51'
Yellow Card
Yellow Card
Yellow Card
50'

First Half 1 - 0

Goal
28'
Yellow Card
Yellow Card
17'

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

44%
56%

Total Shots

19
15

Shots on Goal

12
4

Corners

6
7

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
Tommy Simkin
25. T. Simkin
Junior Tchamadeu
22. J. Tchamadeu
Maksym Talovierov
40. M. Talovierov
A. Phillips
26. A. Phillips
Eric Bocat
17. E. Bocat
Steven​ N'Zonzi
15. S. N'Zonzi
Tomáš Rigo
19. T. Rigo
Netherlands
Million Manhoef
42. M. Manhoef
South Korea
Bae Jun-Ho
10. B. Jun-Ho
S. Thomas
7. S. Thomas
Netherlands
Milan Smit
49. M. Smit
Vivaldo
18. Vivaldo
E. Kayembe
39. E. Kayembe
G. Chakvetadze
8. G. Chakvetadze
N. Mendy
23. N. Mendy
I. Louza
10. I. Louza
T. Ince
7. T. Ince
Marc Bola
16. M. Bola
S. Mfuni
21. S. Mfuni
Saba Goglichidze
3. S. Goglichidze
James Abankwah
25. J. Abankwah
Norway
Egil Selvik
1. E. Selvik
Watford

Form before the match

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2025/26
Championship 2025/26

December 20, 2025

FT
1
0
Watford
Watford
Stoke City
Stoke City

Championship 2024/25
Championship 2024/25

March 1, 2025

FT
0
0
Stoke City
Stoke City
Watford
Watford

August 17, 2024

FT
3
0
Watford
Watford
Stoke City
Stoke City

Championship 2023/24
Championship 2023/24

December 29, 2023

FT
1
1
Watford
Watford
Stoke City
Stoke City

August 19, 2023

FT
1
0
Stoke City
Stoke City
Watford
Watford

Championship

Team P GD Pts

Promotion

1
Coventry
Coventry 		46 52 95
2
Ipswich
Ipswich 		46 33 84

Promotion Playoffs

3
Millwall
Millwall 		46 15 83
4
Southampton
Southampton 		46 26 80
5
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough 		46 25 80
6
Hull City
Hull City 		46 4 73
7
Wrexham
Wrexham 		46 4 71
8
Derby
Derby 		46 8 69
9
Norwich
Norwich 		46 7 65
10
Birmingham
Birmingham 		46 1 64
11
Swansea
Swansea 		46 -2 64
12
Bristol City
Bristol City 		46 0 62
13
Sheffield Utd
Sheffield Utd 		46 0 60
14
Preston
Preston 		46 -7 60
15
QPR
QPR 		46 -12 58
16
Watford
Watford 		46 -12 57
17
Stoke City
Stoke City 		46 -5 55
18
Portsmouth
Portsmouth 		46 -15 55
19
Charlton
Charlton 		46 -14 53
20
Blackburn
Blackburn 		46 -14 52
21
West Brom
West Brom 		46 -10 51

Relegation

22
Oxford United
Oxford United 		46 -14 47
23
Leicester
Leicester 		46 -10 46
24
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday 		46 -60 0