Stoke City 1-2 Watford: result and report

Championship · Friday 22 January 2021

Result

Stoke City 1-2 Watford

Championship · Friday 22 January 2021, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Stoke City 1-2 Watford: match report

Stoke City lost to Watford 1-2 in the Championship on Friday 22 January 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.

Troy Deeney opened the scoring in the 64th minute. Stoke City's goal came from Steven Fletcher (83'). Watford scored through Troy Deeney (64', penalty) and Ismaïla Sarr (68').

Discipline: Stoke City received 1 yellow card; Watford received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Stoke City were 8th on 37 points from 25 and Watford 4th on 43 points from 24. Stoke City went on to finish that season 14th with 60 points, and Watford 3rd with 91.

Stoke City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Watford in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Troy Deeney of Watford (8.4), ahead of Joe Allen (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Stoke City wins, 4 draws and 3 for Watford.

Going into the match Stoke City's last five read D-D-L-D-D and Watford's W-W-L-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · F. SierraltaWatford
  • 34'Yellow card · Kiko FemeníaWatford
  • 64'Penalty goal · Troy DeeneyWatford · 0-1
  • 68'Goal · Ismaïla SarrWatford · 0-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Nathan CollinsStoke City
  • 83'Goal · Steven FletcherStoke City · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Stoke City 3, draws 4, Watford 3.

Team news

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Stoke City line-up (4-3-3)

Josef Bursik, Nathan Collins, Harry James Souttar, James Chester, Rhys Norrington-Davies, Joe Allen, John Mikel Obi, Sam Clucas, Jack Clarke, Nick Powell, James McClean

Watford line-up (4-4-2)

Daniel Bachmann, Kiko Femenía, William Troost-Ekong, Francisco Sierralta, Adam Masina, Tom Cleverley, Will Hughes, Nathaniel Chalobah, Ismaïla Sarr, Troy Deeney, João Pedro