Watford 3-0 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 14 March 2023
Result
Watford 3-0 Birmingham City
Championship · Tuesday 14 March 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Watford 3-0 Birmingham City: match report
Watford defeated Birmingham City 3-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 14 March 2023. The half-time score was 2-0.
Imrân Louza opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Watford's goals came from Imrân Louza (6'), Keinan Davis (16') and Britt Assombalonga (74'). Birmingham City did not score.
Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 11th on 51 points from 36 and Birmingham City 18th on 42 points from 36. Watford went on to finish that season 11th with 63 points, and Birmingham City 17th with 53.
Watford lined up in a 3-5-2 and Birmingham City in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniel Bachmann of Watford (8.5), ahead of Imrân Louza (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Watford wins, 1 draw and 2 for Birmingham City.
Going into the match Watford's last five read L-D-L-W-D and Birmingham City's W-D-L-L-L.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Imrân Louza
- 16'Goal · Keinan Davis
- 52'Yellow card · Keinan Davis
- 61'Yellow card · Lukas Jutkiewicz
- 66'Yellow card · Kevin Long
- 74'Goal · Britt Assombalonga
- 80'Yellow card · Harlee Dean
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (3-5-2)
Daniel Bachmann, Ryan Porteous, Craig Cathcart, Wesley Hoedt, Jeremy Ngakia, Ismaël Koné, Leandro Bacuna, Imrân Louza, Ken Sema, João Pedro, Keinan Davis
Birmingham City line-up (3-5-2)
John Ruddy, Kevin Long, Harlee Dean, Auston Trusty, Maxime Colin, Tahith Chong, Krystian Bielik, Hannibal, Jordan Graham, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Reda Khadra