Watford - Southampton

Logo Watford
Watford
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Championship Season 2026 - Round 1
2 - 1
Finished
Referee: Matt Donohue
Logo Southampton
Southampton
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Result

Ball possession

34%
66%

Timeline

Hector Kyprianou
8'
Iker Bravo Solanilla
1-0
12'
Matthew Pollock
13'
14'
Cyle Larin
18'
James Bree
Marc Bola (out)
Jordan Zemura (in)
24'
Amin Nabizada
2-0
29'
Amin Nabizada
43'
56'
2-1
Cyle Larin
57'
Lewis Norman Dobbin (out)
Finn Azaz (in)
Iker Bravo Solanilla (out)
Martín Ismael Payero (in)
61'
Edoardo Bove (out)
Edo Kayembe (in)
61'
Amin Nabizada (out)
Michael Adu-Poku (in)
61'
70'
Cameron Bragg (out)
Samuel Edozie (in)
70'
Cyle Larin (out)
Divin Mubama (in)
Mamadou Doumbia
72'
Othmane Maamma
74'
74'
Flynn Downes
Othmane Maamma (out)
Rocco Vata (in)
77'
Martín Ismael Payero
84'
89'
Kuryu Matsuki (out)
Ben Brereton (in)

Odds

1X2 10Bet 1xBet 888Sport Bet365 Betano Betfair BetVictor Dafabet Marathonbet Pinnacle SBO Unibet William Hill
1 Watford 3.15 3.50 3.40 3.60 3.75 3.60 3.50 3.55 3.52 3.65 2.98 3.50 3.40
X Draw 3.55 3.50 3.30 3.50 3.70 3.50 3.60 3.60 3.50 3.61 3.15 3.50 3.30
2 Southampton 2.12 2.02 2.05 2.00 1.95 2.00 2.00 2.09 1.99 2.07 2.09 2.00 2.05

Previous confrontations (H2H)

2 Watford
9 Draw
9 Southampton
40% Over 2.5 goals
60% Both teams scored
2.5 Goals per match
Logo Watford 3 | Logo Southampton 7 Clean sheets
Biggest win: Southampton 3-0 Watford (2024)
Most goals: Watford 3-4 Southampton (2017)
Goals scored all matches
Logo Watford
1.00
Logo Southampton
1.50
Goals in home matches
Logo Watford
1.10
Logo Southampton
1.50
Goals in away matches
Logo Watford
0.90
Logo Southampton
1.50
Above is calculated based on the below matches

Stats

Watford
Southampton
3
Shots on goal
3
6
Shots off goal
8
16
Total shots
17
7
Blocked shots
6
11
Shots inside box
11
5
Shots outside box
6
12
Fouls
9
4
Corners
8
6
Yellow cards
3
2
Goalkeeper saved
1
266
Total passes
514
207
Passes success
451
78%
Passes %
88%
0.81
Expected goals (xG)
1.71
-1.10
Goals prevented
-1.10

Stadion

Stadion name

Vicarage Road

Capacity

21577

Address

Vicarage Road
Watford

table 2026

Championship
Team Pts
Charlton Charlton 9
Wolves Wolves 7
Swansea Swansea 7
QPR QPR 7
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 6
West Brom West Brom 6
Millwall Millwall 6
Birmingham Birmingham 5
Watford Watford 5
Blackburn Blackburn 4
Bolton Bolton 4
Bristol City Bristol City 4
Cardiff Cardiff 3
Sheffield Utd Sheffield Utd 3
Portsmouth Portsmouth 3
Norwich Norwich 3
Lincoln Lincoln 3
Southampton Southampton 2
West Ham United West Ham United 2
Wrexham Wrexham 2
Derby Derby 1
Burnley Burnley 1
Preston Preston 0
Stoke City Stoke City 0
Complete table

Line-ups

Logo Watford Watford — Formation: 4-2-3-1
Coach: Alessio Dionisi
1
Federico Ravaglia
23
Omar Haktab Traorè
6
Matthew Pollock
4
Kévin Keben
16
Marc Bola
8
Edoardo Bove
5
Hector Kyprianou
21
Amin Nabizada
17
Iker Bravo Solanilla
7
Othmane Maamma
20
Mamadou Doumbia
9
Cyle Larin
11
Lewis Norman Dobbin
7
Leonardo Weschenfelder-Scienza
27
Kuryu Matsuki
4
Flynn Downes
26
Cameron Bragg
3
Ryan Manning
5
Jack Stephens
6
Taylor Harwood-Bellis
14
James Bree
1
Daniel Peretz
Southampton — Formation: 4-2-3-1 Logo Southampton
Coach: Tonda Eckert

Substitutes

Substitutes Watford

Name Age Position
Daniel Bachmann 32 Goalkeeper
Jordan Zemura - Defender
James Clarridge 22 Defender
Albert Eames 20 Defender
Edo Kayembe 28 Midfielder
Martín Ismael Payero 27 Midfielder
Rocco Vata 21 Midfielder
Michael Adu-Poku 20 Attacker
Luca Kjerrumgaard 23 Attacker

Substitutes Southampton

Name Age Position
George Long 32 Goalkeeper
Welington Damascena Santos 25 Defender
Finn Azaz 25 Midfielder
Samuel Edozie 23 Midfielder
Nathan Wood-Gordon 24 Midfielder
Tom Fellows 23 Midfielder
Divin Mubama 21 Attacker
Ben Brereton 27 Attacker
Cameron Archer 25 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 Pen+ Pen- PenSv
17 Logo Watford Iker Bravo Solanilla 7.9 61 Midfielder 1 0 1 1 13 1 9 - - 2 5 3 1 1 - 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
3 Logo Southampton Ryan Manning 7.7 90 Defender - 0 1 - 74 3 68 - 1 - 4 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
9 Logo Southampton Cyle Larin 7.7 70 Attacker 1 0 3 2 16 1 13 - - - 6 2 3 1 1 - 1 0 2 - 0 0 0 -
21 Logo Watford Amin Nabizada 7.3 61 Midfielder 1 0 1 1 8 1 7 2 - - 6 2 - - 1 - 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
6 Logo Southampton Taylor Harwood-Bellis 7.3 90 Defender - 0 2 - 83 1 75 2 2 - 13 6 - - - 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
1 Logo Watford Federico Ravaglia 7.2 90 Goalkeeper - 0 - - 27 - 18 - - - 3 3 - - - - 0 0 - 2 1 0 0 0
7 Logo Watford Othmane Maamma 7.2 77 Midfielder - 0 1 - 19 1 16 - - 1 6 4 3 1 - 3 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
26 Logo Southampton Cameron Bragg 7.2 70 Midfielder - 1 - - 46 1 42 4 1 1 8 4 - - 2 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
5 Logo Watford Hector Kyprianou 7.0 90 Midfielder - 0 1 - 41 2 31 4 3 - 12 7 2 1 1 - 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
4 Logo Southampton Flynn Downes 7.0 90 Midfielder - 0 - - 60 - 53 6 - - 11 9 1 1 1 1 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
6 Logo Watford Matthew Pollock ©️ 6.9 90 Defender - 0 1 - 31 - 27 2 1 2 6 4 - - 1 - 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
4 Logo Watford Kévin Keben 6.9 90 Defender - 0 - - 40 1 36 2 1 - 5 3 1 - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
8 Logo Watford Edoardo Bove 6.7 61 Midfielder - 0 1 - 19 - 15 3 - 2 10 5 - - - 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
48 Logo Watford Michael Adu-Poku (sub) 6.7 29 Attacker - 0 - - 3 1 3 1 - - 2 1 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
22 Logo Watford Martín Ismael Payero (sub) 6.7 29 Midfielder - 0 - - 1 - - - 1 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
11 Logo Watford Rocco Vata (sub) 6.7 13 Attacker - 0 1 - - - - - - - 3 2 2 1 - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
7 Logo Southampton Leonardo Weschenfelder-Scienza 6.7 90 Midfielder - 0 1 - 36 1 28 1 - - 10 7 4 2 1 4 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
23 Logo Southampton Samuel Edozie (sub) 6.7 20 Midfielder - 0 - - 8 1 7 1 - - 7 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
16 Logo Watford Marc Bola 6.6 24 Defender - 0 1 - 9 1 5 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
20 Logo Watford Mamadou Doumbia 6.6 90 Attacker - 0 - - 16 1 9 - - - 15 7 3 1 3 - 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
39 Logo Watford Edo Kayembe (sub) 6.6 29 Midfielder - 0 - - 5 - 4 - - - 3 1 - - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
23 Logo Watford Omar Haktab Traorè 6.5 90 Defender - 0 1 1 12 - 11 2 - 1 6 2 - - 2 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
28 Logo Southampton Divin Mubama (sub) 6.5 20 Attacker - 0 - - 3 - 3 - - - 2 - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
33 Logo Watford Jordan Zemura (sub) 6.3 66 Defender - 0 - - 22 3 16 1 - - 8 4 1 - 2 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
27 Logo Southampton Kuryu Matsuki 6.3 89 Midfielder - 0 - - 30 2 26 3 2 - 10 4 1 - 1 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
10 Logo Southampton Finn Azaz (sub) 6.3 33 Midfielder - 0 2 - 14 2 11 1 - - 4 2 1 - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
14 Logo Southampton James Bree 6.2 90 Defender - 0 - - 33 2 31 1 - 1 5 1 - - 1 - 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
11 Logo Southampton Lewis Norman Dobbin 6.2 57 Midfielder - 0 - - 19 - 17 1 - - 8 3 6 1 - 1 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
1 Logo Southampton Daniel Peretz 5.6 90 Goalkeeper - 0 - - 25 - 17 - - - 1 - - - - - 0 0 - 1 2 0 0 0
5 Logo Southampton Jack Stephens ©️ 5.6 90 Defender - 0 2 1 67 - 60 - 1 1 4 1 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
26 Logo Watford Daniel Bachmann (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
53 Logo Watford James Clarridge (sub) - - Defender - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
56 Logo Watford Albert Eames (sub) - - Defender - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
9 Logo Watford Luca Kjerrumgaard (sub) - - Attacker - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
22 Logo Southampton Ben Brereton (sub) - 1 Attacker - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
25 Logo Southampton George Long (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
15 Logo Southampton Nathan Wood-Gordon (sub) - - Defender - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
34 Logo Southampton Welington Damascena Santos (sub) - - Defender - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
18 Logo Southampton Tom Fellows (sub) - - Midfielder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
19 Logo Southampton Cameron Archer (sub) - - Attacker - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -