3 STO
Stoke City
1 WAT
Watford
STO 3
1 WAT

Stoke City
-
Watford

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

Result

3-1

Match Recap

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
J. Bae
10. J. Bae
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 		45 48 92
2
Ipswich
Ipswich 		45 30 81

Promotion Playoffs

3
Millwall
Millwall 		45 13 80
4
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough 		45 25 79
5
Southampton
Southampton 		45 24 77
6
Wrexham
Wrexham 		45 4 70
7
Hull City
Hull City 		45 3 70
8
Derby
Derby 		45 9 69
9
Norwich
Norwich 		45 8 65
10
Birmingham
Birmingham 		45 1 63
11
Swansea
Swansea 		45 -4 61
12
Preston
Preston 		45 -5 60
13
Bristol City
Bristol City 		45 -2 59
14
QPR
QPR 		45 -9 58
15
Sheffield Utd
Sheffield Utd 		45 -1 57
16
Watford
Watford 		45 -8 57
17
Stoke City
Stoke City 		45 -3 55
18
Portsmouth
Portsmouth 		45 -15 54
19
Charlton
Charlton 		45 -12 53
20
Blackburn
Blackburn 		45 -13 52
21
West Brom
West Brom 		45 -9 51

Relegation

22
Oxford United
Oxford United 		45 -12 47
23
Leicester
Leicester 		45 -11 43
24
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday 		45 -61 -3