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Watford vs Stoke: match report

Watford hosted Stoke City at Vicarage Road on Saturday 12 September 2026, in the EFL Championship (round 7). Lewis Smith is the referee, averaging 3.5 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.

Result and scorers

Watford 1-2 Stoke. Goals: Jack McGlynn 45'+4' for Stoke; Eric Bocat 57' for Stoke; Amin Nabizada 90'+1' for Watford. Attendance: 18,296.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 19' Yellow card: Iker Bravo (Watford)
  • 33' Yellow card: Djibril Soumaré (Stoke)
  • 45'+4' Goal: Jack McGlynn (Stoke) 0-1
  • 57' Goal: Eric Bocat (Stoke) 0-2
  • 82' Yellow card: George Hirst (Stoke)
  • 90'+1' Goal: Amin Nabizada (Watford) 1-2
  • 90'+3' Yellow card: Amin Nabizada (Watford)
Match stats (contains the result)
41.1%Possession58.9%
6Shots18
2Shots on target6
5Corners8
14Fouls6
0Offsides3
4Saves1
2Yellow cards2
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Watford 4-2-3-1

Coach: Alessio Dionisi

  1. 1 Federico Ravaglia GK
  2. 4 Kévin Keben DEF
  3. 6 Matthew Pollock DEF
  4. 3 Soumaïla Coulibaly DEF
  5. 33 Jordan Zemura DEF
  6. 39 Edo Kayembe MID
  7. 5 Hector Kyprianou MID
  8. 7 Othmane Maamma FWD
  9. 17 Iker Bravo MID
  10. 45 Stephy Mavididi FWD
  11. 20 Mamadou Doumbia FWD

Bench

  • 23 Omar Traoré DEF
  • 21 Amin Nabizada FWD
  • 11 Rocco Vata FWD
  • 9 Luca Kjerrumgaard FWD
  • 26 Daniel Bachmann GK
  • 24 Sam Walker GK
  • 56 Albert Eames DEF
  • 18 Michail Antonio FWD

Stoke 3-4-2-1

Coach: Mark Robins

  1. 1 Viktor Johansson GK
  2. 16 Ben Wilmot DEF
  3. 40 Maksym Talovierov DEF
  4. 5 Luke Graham DEF
  5. 2 Ben Johnson MID
  6. 27 Djibril Soumaré MID
  7. 8 Ethan Galbraith MID
  8. 17 Eric Bocat MID
  9. 7 Jack McGlynn MID
  10. 13 Justin Devenny MID
  11. 11 Lamine Cissé FWD

Bench

  • 15 George Hirst FWD
  • 21 Luca Bombino DEF
  • 4 Ben Pearson MID
  • 24 Joshua Griffiths GK
  • 23 Ben Gibson DEF
  • 43 Freddie Anderson DEF
  • 19 Tomás Rigo MID
  • 9 Róbert Bozeník FWD
  • 42 Million Manhoef FWD
Previous meetings
  • Saturday 14 March 2026: Stoke City 3-1 Watford
  • Saturday 20 December 2025: Watford 1-0 Stoke City
  • Saturday 1 March 2025: Stoke City 0-0 Watford
  • Saturday 17 August 2024: Watford 3-0 Stoke City
  • Friday 29 December 2023: Watford 1-1 Stoke City