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'

R. 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'

R. 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'

R. 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 R. 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

Previous Fixtures

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April 13, 2024

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Watford

FA Cup 2023/24

February 6, 2024

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January 28, 2024

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Championship 2023/24

December 9, 2023

Watford

Southampton

Upcoming Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

February 7, 2026

Southampton

Watford

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	38	23	8	7	78	40	38	77
2	Middlesbrough	38	20	10	8	59	37	22	70
Promotion Playoffs
3	Ipswich	37	19	11	7	66	38	28	68
4	Millwall	38	20	8	10	52	43	9	68
5	Hull City	38	19	6	13	59	56	3	63
6	Southampton	38	16	12	10	61	48	13	60

7	Wrexham	38	16	12	10	58	50	8	60
8	Derby	38	16	9	13	55	48	7	57
9	Watford	38	14	13	11	50	46	4	55
10	Birmingham	38	14	11	13	48	48	0	53
11	Swansea	38	15	7	16	44	46	-2	52
12	Norwich	38	15	6	17	51	46	5	51
13	Stoke City	38	14	9	15	45	40	5	51
14	Bristol City	38	14	9	15	49	49	0	51
15	Sheffield Utd	38	15	5	18	53	52	1	50
16	QPR	38	14	8	16	49	60	-11	50
17	Preston	38	12	13	13	42	48	-6	49
18	Charlton	38	12	12	14	36	45	-9	48
19	Blackburn	38	11	9	18	36	49	-13	42
20	Portsmouth	37	10	10	17	36	48	-12	40
21	West Brom	38	10	10	18	39	54	-15	40
Relegation
22	Oxford United	38	9	12	17	36	49	-13	39
23	Leicester	38	11	11	16	51	60	-9	38
24	Sheffield Wednesday	38	1	9	28	23	76	-53	-6

Updated August 30, 2025 4:56 PM