Watford - Stoke City

Watford

Championship Season 2025 - Round 22

Saturday 20 December 2025 15:00

1 - 0

Finished

Referee: Ben Toner

Stoke City

Result

Ball possession

40%

60%

Timeline

30'

Róbert Boženík

46'

Róbert Boženík (out)
Sam Gallagher (in)

59'

Sorba Thomas

Thomas Ince (out)
Vivaldo Leandro Semedo Moura Sousa (in)

65'

Steven N'Kemboanza Mike Christ Nzonzi (out)
Ben Pearson (in)

65'

Mohammed Bosun Lawal (out)
Tatsuki Seko (in)

Vivaldo Leandro Semedo Moura Sousa

66'

Matthew Pollock

69'

Luca Kjerrumgaard

1-0

74'

Giorgi Chakvetadze (out)
Moussa Sissoko (in)

76'

Luca Kjerrumgaard (out)
Nestory Irankunda (in)

76'

77'

Joon-Ho Bae (out)
Divin Mubama (in)

83'

Maksym Talovierov

Nestory Irankunda

89'

Imran Louza (out)
Nampalys Mendy (in)

90'

Odds

1X2	10Bet	188Bet	1xBet	888Sport	Bet365	Betano	Betfair	Marathonbet	Pinnacle	SBO	Superbet	Unibet	William Hill
1 Watford	2.12	2.12	2.14	2.15	2.05	2.12	2.05	2.12	2.14	2.12	2.12	2.10	2.15
X Draw	3.35	3.55	3.32	3.30	3.20	3.35	3.50	3.32	3.50	3.05	3.40	3.40	3.30
2 Stoke City	3.45	3.05	3.34	3.30	3.20	3.55	3.40	3.34	3.50	3.02	3.45	3.45	3.30

Previous confrontations (H2H)

6 Watford

3 Draw

6 Stoke City

40% Over 2.5 goals

33% Both teams scored

2.2 Goals per match

6 | 6 Clean sheets

Biggest win: Stoke City 0-4 Watford (2022)

Most goals: Watford 3-2 Stoke City (2020)

Goals scored all matches

1.27

0.93

Goals in home matches

1.38

0.57

Goals in away matches

1.14

1.25

Above is calculated based on the below matches

2025-03-01 Saturday 15:00

Draw 🤔

Stoke City

Watford 2

2024-08-17 Saturday 15:00

Walkover 🔥

Watford 2

Stoke City 2

2023-12-29 Friday 19:45

Draw 🤔

Watford 4

Stoke City

2023-08-19 Saturday 15:00

Won 😀

Stoke City 4

Watford

2023-05-08 Monday 15:00

Won 😎

Watford

Stoke City 2

2022-10-02 Sunday 12:00

Walkover 🔥

Stoke City 2

Watford 5

2021-09-21 Tuesday 19:45

Won 😎

Watford

Stoke City

2021-01-22 Friday 19:45

Won 😎

Stoke City

Watford 2 P

2020-11-04 Wednesday 19:00

Won 😀

Watford 2 P

Stoke City 2

2018-01-31 Wednesday 20:00

Draw 🤔

Stoke City 4

Watford 3

2017-10-28 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

Watford 4

Stoke City 4

2017-01-03 Tuesday 20:00

Won 😎

Stoke City

Watford 2

2016-11-27 Sunday 12:00

Won 😎

Watford 5

Stoke City

2016-03-19 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

Watford 3

Stoke City

2015-10-24 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

Stoke City 3

Watford

Stats

Watford

Stoke City

Shots on goal

Shots off goal

Total shots

Blocked shots

Shots inside box

Shots outside box

Fouls

Corners

Offsides

Yellow cards

Goalkeeper saved

316

Total passes

478

243

Passes success

404

77%

Passes %

85%

1.22

Expected goals (xG)

0.52

0.87

Goals prevented

0.87

Stadion

Stadion name

Vicarage Road

Capacity

21577

Address

Vicarage Road
Watford

table 2025

Championship

Team	Pts
Coventry	95
Ipswich	84
Millwall	83
Southampton	80
Middlesbrough	80
Hull City	73
Wrexham	71
Derby	69
Norwich	65
Birmingham	64
Swansea	64
Bristol City	62
Sheffield Utd	60
Preston	60
QPR	58
Watford	57
Stoke City	55
Portsmouth	55
Charlton	53
Blackburn	52
West Brom	51
Oxford United	47
Leicester	46
Sheffield Wednesday	0

Complete table

Line-ups

Watford — Formation: 4-4-2

Coach: Javier Gracia Carlos

Egil Selvik

Jeremy Ngakia

Matthew Pollock

Max Alleyne

Marc Bola

Thomas Ince

Hector Kyprianou

Imran Louza

Othmane Maamma

Giorgi Chakvetadze

Luca Kjerrumgaard

Róbert Boženík

Sorba Thomas

Joon-Ho Bae

Million Manhoef

Steven N'Kemboanza Mike Christ Nzonzi

Mohammed Bosun Lawal

Aaron Cresswell

Ben Wilmot

Ashley Famiwuya

Maksym Talovierov

Viktor Johansson

Stoke City — Formation: 4-2-3-1 Logo Stoke City

Coach: Mark Gordon Robins

Watford — Formation: 4-4-2

Coach: Javier Gracia Carlos

Stoke City — Formation: 4-2-3-1 Logo Stoke City

Coach: Mark Gordon Robins

Egil Selvik

Jeremy Ngakia

Matthew Pollock

Max Alleyne

Marc Bola

Thomas Ince

Hector Kyprianou

Imran Louza

Othmane Maamma

Giorgi Chakvetadze

Luca Kjerrumgaard

Róbert Boženík

Sorba Thomas

Joon-Ho Bae

Million Manhoef

Steven N'Kemboanza Mike Christ Nzonzi

Mohammed Bosun Lawal

Aaron Cresswell

Ben Wilmot

Ashley Famiwuya

Maksym Talovierov

Viktor Johansson

Substitutes

Substitutes Watford

Name	Age	Position
Nathan Baxter	27	Goalkeeper
James Morris	24	Defender
James Abankwah	22	Defender
Formose Mendy	25	Defender
Moussa Sissoko	36	Midfielder
Nampalys Mendy	34	Midfielder
Vivaldo Leandro Semedo Moura Sousa	21	Attacker
Amin Nabizada	19	Attacker
Nestory Irankunda	20	Attacker

Substitutes Stoke City

Name	Age	Position
Jack Bonham	32	Goalkeeper
Ben Gibson	33	Defender
Ben Pearson	31	Midfielder
Tatsuki Seko	28	Midfielder
Tomáš Rigo	24	Midfielder
Jamie Donley	21	Attacker
Mohamed Lamine Cisse	23	Attacker
Sam Gallagher	30	Attacker
Divin Mubama	21	Attacker

Player stats

#	Name	FN rating	Min	Pos	G	A	Sh	SoT	Pas	KP	Pas+	Tkl	Blk	Int	Du	Du+	Dri	Dri+	Foul	Foul+	🟨	Off	Sav	GC	PenSv
5	Hector Kyprianou	7.7	90	Midfielder	-	1	-	-	24	1	21	1	1	2	10	6	1	1	1	2	0	-	-	0	-
9	Luca Kjerrumgaard	7.7	76	Attacker	1	0	3	2	8	-	5	2	-	1	13	5	-	-	1	1	0	-	-	0	-
16	Ben Wilmot ©️	7.7	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	105	-	97	1	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
16	Marc Bola	7.5	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	34	1	26	2	-	3	5	4	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
10	Imran Louza ©️	7.5	89	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	45	2	39	1	-	-	10	7	1	1	-	4	0	-	-	0	-
2	Jeremy Ngakia	7.3	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	33	-	24	1	1	-	5	3	1	1	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
6	Matthew Pollock	7.3	90	Defender	-	0	1	-	34	-	27	1	1	3	10	6	-	-	3	2	1	1	-	0	-
1	Viktor Johansson	7.3	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	27	-	22	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	1	0	-	3	1	0
1	Egil Selvik	7.2	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	26	-	15	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	0	-	1	0	0
12	Tatsuki Seko (sub)	7.2	25	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	20	-	17	1	1	-	2	2	1	1	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
3	Aaron Cresswell	7.0	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	53	1	49	1	-	1	5	3	-	-	-	2	0	-	-	0	-
3	Max Alleyne	6.9	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	27	-	23	1	1	2	6	2	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
42	Othmane Maamma	6.9	90	Midfielder	-	0	1	1	31	2	21	2	-	1	11	6	4	3	2	1	0	-	-	0	-
8	Giorgi Chakvetadze	6.9	76	Attacker	-	0	-	-	27	1	21	1	-	-	5	3	2	1	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
42	Million Manhoef	6.9	90	Midfielder	-	0	1	1	16	-	11	-	-	-	10	3	3	3	2	-	0	1	-	0	-
23	Nampalys Mendy (sub)	6.7	8	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
18	Mohammed Bosun Lawal	6.7	65	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	23	1	17	-	-	-	8	3	4	3	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
9	Divin Mubama (sub)	6.7	13	Attacker	-	0	1	-	4	1	4	-	-	-	4	2	1	1	1	1	0	-	-	0	-
7	Thomas Ince	6.6	65	Midfielder	-	0	2	1	21	2	16	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
26	Ashley Famiwuya	6.6	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	79	-	71	-	-	-	9	4	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
15	Steven N'Kemboanza Mike Christ Nzonzi	6.6	65	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	32	-	30	1	-	1	4	2	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
20	Sam Gallagher (sub)	6.6	45	Attacker	-	0	-	-	4	-	-	1	-	-	8	5	1	-	1	1	0	1	-	0	-
66	Nestory Irankunda (sub)	6.5	14	Attacker	-	0	-	-	3	1	2	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	0	-
40	Maksym Talovierov	6.5	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	32	-	27	-	1	2	7	2	1	-	1	2	1	1	-	0	-
18	Vivaldo Leandro Semedo Moura Sousa (sub)	6.3	25	Attacker	-	0	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	0	-
17	Moussa Sissoko (sub)	6.3	14	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
10	Joon-Ho Bae	6.3	77	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	25	-	21	-	-	1	5	3	1	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
7	Sorba Thomas	6.3	90	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	33	2	18	-	-	2	6	1	2	-	1	-	1	-	-	0	-
4	Ben Pearson (sub)	6.3	25	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	19	-	18	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
11	Róbert Boženík	6.0	45	Attacker	-	0	-	-	6	-	2	-	-	-	8	2	-	-	4	1	1	2	-	0	-
12	Nathan Baxter (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
22	James Morris (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
27	Formose Mendy (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
25	James Abankwah (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
53	Amin Nabizada (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
13	Jack Bonham (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
23	Ben Gibson (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
14	Jamie Donley (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
19	Tomáš Rigo (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
29	Mohamed Lamine Cisse (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-