2 WAT

2 SOU

WAT 2

2 SOU

Watford
-
Southampton

Championship, Round 4
Saturday, August 30, 2025 3:00 PM
Vicarage Road

Result

2-2

Match Recap

C. Archer 10'

K. Baah 65'

Ryan Manning 78'

Nestory Irankunda 81'

Match Events

Second Half 2 - 2

Ryan Andrews

Jeremy Ngakia

90+2'

88'

Ronnie Edwards

Mads Roerslev

86'

D. Downs

Yellow Card

84'

Ross Stewart

F. Azaz

Vivaldo

L. Kjerrumgaard

83'

Mamadou Doumbia

Nestory Irankunda

83'

Nestory Irankunda

Goal

81'

80'

Kuryu Matsuki

Yellow Card

78'

Ryan Manning

Goal

James Abankwah

Yellow Card

76'

Kuryu Matsuki

Ryan Fraser

76'

Adam Armstrong

C. Archer

76'

D. Downs

J. Robinson

Nestory Irankunda

Yellow Card

75'

68'

Shea Charles

Yellow Card

K. Baah

Rocco Vata

65'

64'

Taylor Harwood-Bellis

Yellow Card

K. Baah

Max Alleyne

57'

Rocco Vata

E. Kayembe

57'

First Half 0 - 1

12'

Ryan Manning

Yellow Card

10'

C. Archer

Nathan Wood

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

55%

45%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

0.52

1.64

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 4
Date	August 30, 2025
Time	15:00
Venue	Vicarage Road
Result	2 - 2

Lineups

Watford

1. E. Selvik Egil Selvik

3. M. Alleyne Max Alleyne

4. K. K. Biakolo Kévin Keben Biakolo

25. J. Abankwah James Abankwah

2. J. Ngakia Jeremy Ngakia

17. M. Sissoko Moussa Sissoko

5. H. Kyprianou Hector Kyprianou

39. E. Kayembe E. Kayembe

16. M. Bola Marc Bola

66. N. Irankunda Nestory Irankunda

9. L. Kjerrumgaard L. Kjerrumgaard

19. C. Archer C. Archer

46. J. Robinson J. Robinson

10. F. Azaz F. Azaz

3. R. Manning Ryan Manning

24. S. Charles Shea Charles

26. R. Fraser Ryan Fraser

2. M. Roerslev Mads Roerslev

6. T. Harwood-Bellis Taylor Harwood-Bellis

15. N. Wood Nathan Wood

5. J. Stephens Jack Stephens

31. G. Bazunu G. Bazunu

Southampton

Substitutes

Watford

Southampton

Unused Players

Watford

Southampton

Form before the match

Watford

Southampton

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Upcoming Fixtures

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February 7, 2026

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Watford

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	41	25	9	7	84	42	42	84
2	Ipswich	39	20	12	7	69	40	29	72
Promotion Playoffs
3	Middlesbrough	41	20	12	9	62	41	21	72
4	Millwall	41	21	9	11	56	47	9	72
5	Hull City	41	20	8	13	63	58	5	68
6	Wrexham	40	17	13	10	62	53	9	64

7	Southampton	39	17	12	10	63	48	15	63
8	Derby	41	18	9	14	60	51	9	63
9	Norwich	41	17	7	17	55	48	7	58
10	Watford	41	14	15	12	52	49	3	57
11	Bristol City	41	16	9	16	52	51	1	57
12	QPR	41	16	9	16	58	63	-5	57
13	Stoke City	41	15	9	17	48	45	3	54
14	Preston	41	13	15	13	48	52	-4	54
15	Swansea	41	15	9	17	49	54	-5	54
16	Birmingham	41	14	11	16	49	52	-3	53
17	Sheffield Utd	41	15	6	20	57	58	-1	51
18	Charlton	41	12	13	16	38	49	-11	49
19	Blackburn	41	12	11	18	37	49	-12	47
20	West Brom	41	11	12	18	42	56	-14	45
21	Portsmouth	40	10	12	18	40	57	-17	42
Relegation
22	Leicester	41	11	14	16	54	63	-9	41
23	Oxford United	41	9	14	18	39	54	-15	41
24	Sheffield Wednesday	41	1	10	30	25	82	-57	-5

Updated August 30, 2025 4:56 PM