3 WAT

0 BIR

WAT 3

0 BIR

Watford - Birmingham

Result

3-0

T. Ince 9'

T. Ince 38'

T. Ince 60'

Match Events

Second Half 3 - 0

78'

Paik Seung-Ho

Yellow Card

77'

Lewis Koumas

Keshi Anderson

K. Baah

T. Ince

77'

Moussa Sissoko

Othmane Maamma

70'

N. Mendy

I. Louza

69'

68'

M. Ducksch

K. Furuhashi

Vivaldo

L. Kjerrumgaard

64'

63'

Lyndon Dykes

Yellow Card

62'

Eiran Joe Cashin

Alex Cochrane

T. Ince

Nestory Irankunda

60'

Nestory Irankunda

G. Chakvetadze

46'

Lyndon Dykes

Willum Thor Willumsson

46'

Marc Leonard

A. Sampsted

First Half 2 - 0

M. Pollock

Yellow Card

43'

T. Ince

Goal

38'

T. Ince

G. Chakvetadze

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

45%

55%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

1.54

0.40

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 25
Date	January 1, 2026
Time	15:00
Venue	Vicarage Road
Result	3 - 0

Lineups

Watford

1. E. Selvik Egil Selvik

25. J. Abankwah James Abankwah

6. M. Pollock M. Pollock

3. M. Alleyne Max Alleyne

16. M. Bola Marc Bola

42. O. Maamma Othmane Maamma

5. H. Kyprianou Hector Kyprianou

10. I. Louza I. Louza

7. T. Ince T. Ince

8. G. Chakvetadze G. Chakvetadze

9. L. Kjerrumgaard L. Kjerrumgaard

9. K. Furuhashi K. Furuhashi

14. K. Anderson Keshi Anderson

18. W. T. Willumsson Willum Thor Willumsson

16. P. Roberts P. Roberts

8. P. Seung-Ho Paik Seung-Ho

24. T. Iwata Tomoki Iwata

20. A. Cochrane Alex Cochrane

6. J. Robinson J. Robinson

5. P. Neumann Phil Neumann

23. A. Sampsted A. Sampsted

25. J. Beadle James Beadle

Birmingham

Substitutes

Watford

Birmingham

Unused Players

Watford

Birmingham

Form before the match

Watford

Birmingham

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

December 1, 2025

Birmingham

Watford

Championship 2023/24

March 16, 2024

Birmingham

Watford

September 16, 2023

Watford

Birmingham

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	46	28	11	7	97	45	52	95
2	Ipswich	46	23	15	8	80	47	33	84
Promotion Playoffs
3	Millwall	46	24	11	11	64	49	15	83
4	Southampton	46	22	14	10	82	56	26	80
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	14	10	72	47	25	80
6	Hull City	46	21	10	15	70	66	4	73

7	Wrexham	46	19	14	13	69	65	4	71
8	Derby	46	20	9	17	67	59	8	69
9	Norwich	46	19	8	19	63	56	7	65
10	Birmingham	46	17	13	16	57	56	1	64
11	Swansea	46	18	10	18	57	59	-2	64
12	Bristol City	46	17	11	18	59	59	0	62
13	Sheffield Utd	46	18	6	22	66	66	0	60
14	Preston	46	15	15	16	55	62	-7	60
15	QPR	46	16	10	20	61	73	-12	58
16	Watford	46	14	15	17	53	65	-12	57
17	Stoke City	46	15	10	21	51	56	-5	55
18	Portsmouth	46	14	13	19	49	64	-15	55
19	Charlton	46	13	14	19	44	58	-14	53
20	Blackburn	46	13	13	20	42	56	-14	52
21	West Brom	46	13	14	19	48	58	-10	51
Relegation
22	Oxford United	46	11	14	21	45	59	-14	47
23	Leicester	46	12	16	18	58	68	-10	46
24	Sheffield Wednesday	46	2	12	32	29	89	-60	0

Updated May 20, 2026 3:32 PM