Stoke City - Watford

Stoke City

Championship Season 2025 - Round 38

Saturday 14 March 2026 15:00

3 - 1

Finished

Referee: L. Doughty

Watford

Result

Ball possession

45%

55%

Timeline

Tomáš Rigo

17'

Million Manhoef

1-0

28'

Sorba Thomas

50'

51'

Nampalys Mendy

Maksym Talovierov

60'

62'

Vivaldo Leandro Semedo Moura Sousa (out)
Nestory Irankunda (in)

Eric Junior Bocat (out)
Ben Gibson (in)

70'

Milan Smit (out)
Sam Gallagher (in)

71'

Thomas Ince (out)
(in)

71'

Nampalys Mendy (out)
Pierre Ekwah Elimby (in)

Tommy Simkim

72'

Million Manhoef

2-0

77'

Joon-Ho Bae (out)
Ben Pearson (in)

79'

Million Manhoef (out)
Jesuran Rak-Sakyi (in)

79'

81'

2-1

Nestory Irankunda

Steven N'Kemboanza Mike Christ Nzonzi (out)
Tatsuki Seko (in)

83'

Sam Gallagher

3-1

85'

86'

Stephen Mfuni (out)
Edoardo Bove (in)

86'

Imran Louza (out)
Luca Kjerrumgaard (in)

90+3'

Nestory Irankunda

Odds

1X2	10Bet	188Bet	1xBet	Bet365	Betano	Betfair	Marathonbet	Pinnacle	Superbet	Unibet	William Hill
1 Stoke City	2.64	2.69	2.71	2.70	2.70	2.63	2.71	2.83	2.72	2.55	2.70
X Draw	3.20	3.35	3.24	3.30	3.30	3.30	3.24	3.36	3.25	3.30	3.10
2 Watford	2.64	2.44	2.53	2.50	2.67	2.70	2.53	2.61	2.65	2.75	2.50

Previous confrontations (H2H)

6 Stoke City

3 Draw

7 Watford

38% Over 2.5 goals

31% Both teams scored

2.1 Goals per match

6 | 7 Clean sheets

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

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

Goals scored all matches

0.88

1.25

Goals in home matches

0.57

1.33

Goals in away matches

1.11

1.14

Above is calculated based on the below matches

2025-12-20 Saturday 15:00

Won 😀

Watford 3

Stoke City 3

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

Stoke City

Watford

Shots on goal

Shots off goal

Total shots

Blocked shots

Shots inside box

Shots outside box

Fouls

Corners

Yellow cards

Goalkeeper saved

318

Total passes

391

227

Passes success

306

71%

Passes %

78%

1.66

Expected goals (xG)

1.83

0.82

Goals prevented

0.82

Stadion

Stadion name

bet365 Stadium

Capacity

30089

Address

Stanley Matthews Way
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

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

Stoke City — Formation: 4-2-3-1

Coach: Mark Gordon Robins

Tommy Simkim

Junior Tchamadeu

Maksym Talovierov

Ashley Famiwuya

Eric Junior Bocat

Steven N'Kemboanza Mike Christ Nzonzi

Tomáš Rigo

Million Manhoef

Joon-Ho Bae

Sorba Thomas

Milan Smit

Vivaldo Leandro Semedo Moura Sousa

Edo Kayembe

Giorgi Chakvetadze

Nampalys Mendy

Imran Louza

Thomas Ince

Marc Bola

Stephen Mfuni

Saba Goglichidze

James Abankwah

Egil Selvik

Watford — Formation: 4-4-2 Logo Watford

Coach: Edward Still

Stoke City — Formation: 4-2-3-1

Coach: Mark Gordon Robins

Watford — Formation: 4-4-2 Logo Watford

Coach: Edward Still

Tommy Simkim

Junior Tchamadeu

Maksym Talovierov

Ashley Famiwuya

Eric Junior Bocat

Steven N'Kemboanza Mike Christ Nzonzi

Tomáš Rigo

Million Manhoef

Joon-Ho Bae

Sorba Thomas

Milan Smit

Vivaldo Leandro Semedo Moura Sousa

Edo Kayembe

Giorgi Chakvetadze

Nampalys Mendy

Imran Louza

Thomas Ince

Marc Bola

Stephen Mfuni

Saba Goglichidze

James Abankwah

Egil Selvik

Substitutes

Substitutes Stoke City

Name	Age	Position
Frank Fielding	38	Goalkeeper
Ben Gibson	33	Defender
Ben Pearson	31	Midfielder
Tatsuki Seko	28	Midfielder
Jesuran Rak-Sakyi	23	Midfielder
Mohamed Lamine Cisse	23	Attacker
Sam Gallagher	30	Attacker

Substitutes Watford

Name	Age	Position
Nathan Baxter	27	Goalkeeper
Matthew Pollock	24	Defender
Pierre Ekwah Elimby	24	Defender
Edoardo Bove	24	Midfielder
Kévin Keben	22	Midfielder
Luca Kjerrumgaard	23	Attacker
Nestory Irankunda	20	Attacker
Amin Nabizada	19	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
42	Million Manhoef	8.3	79	Midfielder	2	0	5	5	15	1	9	-	-	-	7	3	1	1	2	1	0	-	-	0	-
7	Sorba Thomas	8.3	90	Midfielder	-	1	-	-	29	4	24	1	-	1	10	6	1	1	2	4	1	-	-	0	-
20	Sam Gallagher (sub)	8.0	19	Attacker	1	0	2	2	9	-	5	-	-	-	8	6	1	1	2	-	0	-	-	0	-
8	Giorgi Chakvetadze	7.5	90	Midfielder	-	1	1	-	48	3	42	-	-	1	8	5	1	1	1	4	0	-	-	0	-
66	Nestory Irankunda (sub)	7.5	28	Attacker	1	0	1	1	9	-	8	-	-	-	6	2	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	0	-
17	Eric Junior Bocat	7.3	70	Defender	-	0	1	-	41	1	32	1	1	3	7	4	1	-	-	3	0	-	-	0	-
19	Tomáš Rigo	7.3	90	Midfielder	-	0	3	3	26	2	22	2	2	3	9	4	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	0	-
23	Nampalys Mendy	7.3	71	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	30	-	26	2	1	1	7	5	1	1	2	1	1	-	-	0	-
1	Egil Selvik	7.2	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	27	-	16	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	0	-	9	3	0
15	Steven N'Kemboanza Mike Christ Nzonzi ©️	7.0	83	Midfielder	-	0	2	1	30	-	21	1	-	-	9	7	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
40	Maksym Talovierov	6.9	90	Defender	-	0	1	-	35	-	28	3	-	1	10	8	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	0	-
12	Tatsuki Seko (sub)	6.7	14	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
21	Stephen Mfuni	6.7	86	Defender	-	0	2	-	36	1	24	1	1	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
22	Junior Tchamadeu	6.6	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	19	1	12	1	-	1	2	2	-	-	-	1	0	1	-	0	-
10	Joon-Ho Bae	6.6	79	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	18	1	15	-	-	1	12	4	2	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
4	Ben Pearson (sub)	6.5	11	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
15	Edoardo Bove (sub)	6.5	11	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
26	Ashley Famiwuya	6.3	90	Defender	-	0	1	1	43	-	35	-	1	-	7	3	-	-	1	-	0	1	-	0	-
49	Milan Smit	6.3	71	Attacker	-	1	1	-	9	3	4	1	-	-	9	2	2	1	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
23	Ben Gibson (sub)	6.3	20	Defender	-	0	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
21	Jesuran Rak-Sakyi (sub)	6.3	11	Attacker	-	0	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
9	Luca Kjerrumgaard (sub)	6.3	11	Attacker	-	0	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
3	Saba Goglichidze	6.2	90	Defender	-	0	1	-	35	-	30	1	-	-	10	4	-	-	1	1	0	-	-	0	-
16	Marc Bola	6.2	90	Defender	-	0	1	-	42	1	35	1	-	-	6	3	1	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
39	Edo Kayembe	6.2	90	Attacker	-	0	3	2	27	1	20	2	-	-	18	6	1	1	2	1	0	-	-	0	-
18	Vivaldo Leandro Semedo Moura Sousa	6.2	62	Attacker	-	0	-	-	5	1	3	-	-	2	5	1	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
17	Pierre Ekwah Elimby (sub)	6.2	19	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	15	1	12	1	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
10	Imran Louza ©️	6.0	86	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	51	-	42	2	1	2	13	4	2	1	2	-	0	-	-	0	-
25	Tommy Simkim	5.9	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	37	-	18	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	1	1	-	3	1	0
7	Thomas Ince	5.9	71	Midfielder	-	0	1	1	20	-	15	2	-	-	4	2	1	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
25	James Abankwah	5.6	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	38	1	26	1	-	-	7	4	1	-	2	2	0	-	-	0	-
34	Frank Fielding (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
29	Mohamed Lamine Cisse (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
12	Nathan Baxter (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
4	Kévin Keben (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
6	Matthew Pollock (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
53	Amin Nabizada (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-