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

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December 9, 2023

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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	34	20	8	6	70	37	33	68
2	Middlesbrough	34	18	9	7	51	34	17	63
Promotion Playoffs
3	Millwall	34	17	8	9	45	40	5	59
4	Ipswich	32	16	9	7	56	34	22	57
5	Hull City	33	17	6	10	55	48	7	57
6	Wrexham	34	14	12	8	53	45	8	54

7	Watford	35	13	12	10	45	41	4	51
8	Southampton	34	13	11	10	54	45	9	50
9	Bristol City	35	14	8	13	48	44	4	50
10	Preston	34	12	13	9	41	38	3	49
11	Birmingham	34	13	10	11	45	43	2	49
12	Derby	34	13	9	12	49	45	4	48
13	Stoke City	34	13	8	13	38	32	6	47
14	QPR	34	13	8	13	46	52	-6	47
15	Swansea	34	13	7	14	40	40	0	46
16	Sheffield Utd	34	14	3	17	48	48	0	45
17	Norwich	34	12	6	16	45	44	1	42
18	Charlton	34	10	11	13	33	43	-10	41
19	Portsmouth	33	10	9	14	34	43	-9	39
20	Blackburn	34	10	8	16	32	43	-11	38
21	West Brom	34	9	8	17	33	50	-17	35
Relegation
22	Leicester	34	10	10	14	47	54	-7	34
23	Oxford United	34	6	11	17	29	46	-17	29
24	Sheffield Wednesday	34	1	8	25	20	68	-48	-7

Updated August 30, 2025 4:56 PM