Scorers
- 45'Jack McGlynn (Stoke City)
- 57'Eric-Junior Bocat (Stoke City) · assist Lamine Cissé
- 90'Amin Nabizada (Watford) · assist Edo Kayembe
Recent form
Watford
DWLLWStoke City
WWWDWLast 5 matches, most recent first.
Head-to-head
- 12/09/2026Watford 1 - 2 Stoke City
- 14/03/2026Stoke City 3 - 1 Watford
- 20/12/2025Watford 1 - 0 Stoke City
- 01/03/2025Stoke City 0 - 0 Watford
- 17/08/2024Watford 3 - 0 Stoke City
Standings Championship
| # | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham City | 15 | +14 | 29 |
| 2 | Middlesbrough | 15 | +11 | 29 |
| 3 | Stoke City | 15 | +6 | 29 |
| 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 15 | +8 | 28 |
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 15 | +8 | 28 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 15 | +4 | 26 |
| 7 | Southampton | 15 | +14 | 24 |
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers | 15 | +6 | 24 |
| 9 | West Ham United | 15 | +14 | 23 |
| 10 | Sheffield United | 15 | +2 | 22 |
| 11 | Portsmouth | 15 | +2 | 22 |
| 12 | Norwich City | 15 | +8 | 21 |
| 13 | Blackburn Rovers | 15 | -1 | 21 |
| 14 | Cardiff City | 15 | 0 | 18 |
| 15 | Wrexham | 15 | -2 | 18 |
| 16 | Millwall | 15 | -4 | 18 |
| 17 | Bristol City | 15 | -8 | 18 |
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 15 | -9 | 17 |
| 19 | Charlton Athletic | 15 | -10 | 17 |
| 20 | Watford | 15 | -10 | 15 |
| 21 | Lincoln City | 15 | -11 | 15 |
| 22 | Burnley | 15 | -9 | 10 |
| 23 | Derby County | 15 | -16 | 10 |
| 24 | Preston North End | 15 | -17 | 8 |
Official lineups
Watford
- Federico Ravaglia
- Soumaïla Coulibaly
- Kévin Keben
- Hector Kyprianou
- Mattie Pollock
- Othmane Maamma
- Mamadou Doumbia
- Martín Payero
- Omar Traoré
- Edo Kayembe
- Stephy Alvaro Mavididi
Stoke City
- Viktor Johansson
- Ben Johnson
- Luke Graham
- Ethan Galbraith
- Róbert Boženík
- Justin Devenny
- George Hirst
- Ben Wilmot
- Eric-Junior Bocat
- Djibril Soumaré
- Maksym Taloverov
Detailed analysis
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