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
LLWLLStoke City
WWDWWLast 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 | Swansea City | 8 | +7 | 17 |
| 2 | West Ham United | 8 | +11 | 15 |
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 8 | +4 | 15 |
| 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 7 | +5 | 14 |
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 8 | +2 | 14 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 8 | +3 | 13 |
| 7 | Stoke City | 8 | +1 | 13 |
| 8 | Bristol City | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 10 | Birmingham City | 8 | +1 | 11 |
| 11 | Millwall | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Lincoln City | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | Southampton | 8 | +9 | 10 |
| 14 | Wrexham | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 16 | Blackburn Rovers | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 17 | Norwich City | 8 | -1 | 9 |
| 18 | Sheffield United | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 19 | Portsmouth | 7 | -1 | 8 |
| 20 | Watford | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 21 | Cardiff City | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 22 | Derby County | 8 | -7 | 5 |
| 23 | Preston North End | 8 | -7 | 4 |
| 24 | Burnley | 8 | -8 | 4 |
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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See the detailed analysis