Sunderland 2-0 Watford: result and report

Sunderland 2-0 Watford

Championship · Wednesday 4 October 2023, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Sunderland · Watford · Championship predictions

Sunderland won against Watford 2-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 4 October 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

Niall Huggins opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Sunderland's goals came from Niall Huggins (43') and Abdoullah Ba (62'). Watford did not score.

Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Watford received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 4th on 16 points from 9 and Watford 21st on 9 points from 9. Sunderland went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Watford 15th with 56.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Watford in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Anthony Patterson of Sunderland (7.8), level with Niall Huggins (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 2 draws and 3 for Watford.

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