3 WAT
Watford
0 BIR
Birmingham
WAT 3
0 BIR

Watford
-
Birmingham

Championship, Round 25
Thursday, January 1, 2026 3:00 PM
Vicarage Road

Result

3-0

Match Recap

1H
T. Ince 9'
T. Ince 38'
2H
T. Ince 60'

Match Events

Second Half 3 - 0

Yellow Card
78'
Yellow Card
Fifth Substitution
77'
Fifth Substitution
77'
Fourth Substitution
70'
Third Substitution
69'
Fourth Substitution
68'
Second Substitution
64'
Yellow Card
63'
Yellow Card
Third Substitution
62'
Goal
60'
First Substitution
46'
Second Substitution
46'
First Substitution
46'

First Half 2 - 0

Yellow Card
Yellow Card
43'
Goal
38'
Goal
9'

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

45%
55%

Total Shots

12
6

Shots on Goal

5
2

Corners

4
4

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
Norway
Egil Selvik
1. E. Selvik
James Abankwah
25. J. Abankwah
M. Pollock
6. M. Pollock
Max Alleyne
3. M. Alleyne
Marc Bola
16. M. Bola
Othmane Maamma
42. O. Maamma
Hector Kyprianou
5. H. Kyprianou
I. Louza
10. I. Louza
T. Ince
7. T. Ince
G. Chakvetadze
8. G. Chakvetadze
L. Kjerrumgaard
9. L. Kjerrumgaard
K. Furuhashi
9. K. Furuhashi
Keshi Anderson
14. K. Anderson
Willum Thor Willumsson
18. W. T. Willumsson
P. Roberts
16. P. Roberts
Paik Seung-Ho
8. P. Seung-Ho
Japan
Tomoki Iwata
24. T. Iwata
Alex Cochrane
20. A. Cochrane
J. Robinson
6. J. Robinson
Phil Neumann
5. P. Neumann
A. Sampsted
23. A. Sampsted
England
James Beadle
25. J. Beadle
Birmingham

Form before the match

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2025/26
Championship 2025/26

December 1, 2025

FT
2
1
Birmingham
Birmingham
Watford
Watford

Championship 2023/24
Championship 2023/24

March 16, 2024

FT
0
1
Birmingham
Birmingham
Watford
Watford

September 16, 2023

FT
2
0
Watford
Watford
Birmingham
Birmingham

Championship

Team P GD Pts

Promotion

1
Coventry
Coventry 		31 28 59
2
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough 		30 18 58

Promotion Playoffs

3
Ipswich
Ipswich 		30 22 54
4
Hull City
Hull City 		31 7 54
5
Millwall
Millwall 		31 3 53
6
Wrexham
Wrexham 		31 5 47
7
Preston
Preston 		31 4 47
8
Bristol City
Bristol City 		31 5 46
9
Derby
Derby 		31 6 45
10
Birmingham
Birmingham 		31 4 45
11
Watford
Watford 		31 3 44
12
QPR
QPR 		31 -1 44
13
Stoke City
Stoke City 		31 6 43
14
Southampton
Southampton 		31 3 43
15
Swansea
Swansea 		31 1 42
16
Sheffield Utd
Sheffield Utd 		30 0 39
17
Norwich
Norwich 		31 -3 36
18
Charlton
Charlton 		30 -9 36
19
Portsmouth
Portsmouth 		29 -11 33
20
West Brom
West Brom 		31 -15 33
21
Leicester
Leicester 		31 -6 32

Relegation

22
Blackburn
Blackburn 		31 -13 32
23
Oxford United
Oxford United 		31 -13 28
24
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday 		31 -44 -7