1 WAT

0 STO

WAT 1

0 STO

Watford
-
Stoke City

Championship, Round 22
Saturday, December 20, 2025 3:00 PM
Vicarage Road

Result

1-0

Match Recap

L. Kjerrumgaard 74'

Match Events

Second Half 1 - 0

N. Mendy

I. Louza

90'

Nestory Irankunda

Yellow Card

89'

83'

Maksym Talovierov

Yellow Card

77'

D. Mubama

J. Bae

Moussa Sissoko

G. Chakvetadze

76'

Nestory Irankunda

L. Kjerrumgaard

76'

L. Kjerrumgaard

Hector Kyprianou

74'

M. Pollock

Yellow Card

69'

Vivaldo

Yellow Card

66'

Vivaldo

T. Ince

65'

Ben Pearson

Steven N'Zonzi

65'

Tatsuki Seko

B. Lawal

59'

S. Thomas

Yellow Card

46'

Sam Gallagher

Róbert Boženík

First Half 0 - 0

30'

Róbert Boženík

Yellow Card

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

41%

59%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

1.06

0.18

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 22
Date	December 20, 2025
Time	15:00
Venue	Vicarage Road
Result	1 - 0

Lineups

Watford

1. E. Selvik Egil Selvik

2. J. Ngakia Jeremy Ngakia

6. M. Pollock M. Pollock

3. M. Alleyne Max Alleyne

16. M. Bola Marc Bola

7. T. Ince T. Ince

5. H. Kyprianou Hector Kyprianou

10. I. Louza I. Louza

42. O. Maamma Othmane Maamma

8. G. Chakvetadze G. Chakvetadze

9. L. Kjerrumgaard L. Kjerrumgaard

11. R. Boženík Róbert Boženík

7. S. Thomas S. Thomas

10. J. Bae J. Bae

42. M. Manhoef Million Manhoef

15. S. N'Zonzi Steven N'Zonzi

18. M. O. Lawal Mohammed Olabosun Lawal

3. A. Cresswell A. Cresswell

16. B. Wilmot Ben Wilmot

26. A. Phillips A. Phillips

40. M. Talovierov Maksym Talovierov

1. V. Johansson Viktor Johansson

Stoke City

Substitutes

Watford

Stoke City

Unused Players

Watford

Stoke City

Form before the match

Watford

Stoke City

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2024/25

March 1, 2025

Stoke City

Watford

August 17, 2024

Watford

Stoke City

Championship 2023/24

December 29, 2023

Watford

Stoke City

August 19, 2023

Stoke City

Watford

Upcoming Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

March 14, 2026

15:00

Stoke City

Watford

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	25	15	7	3	55	26	29	52
2	Ipswich	25	12	8	5	42	24	18	44
Promotion Playoffs
3	Middlesbrough	25	12	7	6	33	26	7	43
4	Watford	25	11	8	6	37	29	8	41
5	Hull City	25	12	5	8	40	38	2	41
6	Preston	25	10	10	5	34	25	9	40

7	Millwall	25	11	7	7	27	32	-5	40
8	Bristol City	25	11	6	8	38	27	11	39
9	Stoke City	25	11	4	10	30	23	7	37
10	Wrexham	25	9	10	6	36	31	5	37
11	Derby	25	9	8	8	34	33	1	35
12	QPR	25	10	5	10	35	39	-4	35
13	Leicester	25	9	7	9	35	37	-2	34
14	Southampton	25	8	9	8	38	34	4	33
15	Sheffield Utd	25	10	2	13	36	38	-2	32
16	Swansea	25	9	5	11	26	31	-5	32
17	Birmingham	25	8	7	10	32	34	-2	31
18	West Brom	25	9	4	12	28	33	-5	31
19	Charlton	24	7	7	10	23	30	-7	28
20	Blackburn	24	7	6	11	22	28	-6	27
21	Portsmouth	24	6	7	11	21	35	-14	25
Relegation
22	Norwich	25	6	6	13	28	37	-9	24
23	Oxford United	25	5	7	13	25	35	-10	22
24	Sheffield Wednesday	24	1	8	15	18	48	-30	-7

Updated December 20, 2025 4:55 PM