Watford 2-0 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 16 September 2023
Result
Watford 2-0 Birmingham City
Championship · Saturday 16 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Watford 2-0 Birmingham City: match report
Watford defeated Birmingham City 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 16 September 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.
M. Rajović opened the scoring in the 90th minute. Watford's goals came from M. Rajović (90+1') and Ryan Andrews (90+6'). Birmingham City did not score.
Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Watford were 18th on 5 points from 5 and Birmingham City 4th on 11 points from 5. Watford went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Birmingham City 22nd with 50.
Watford lined up in a 4-3-3 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Porteous of Watford (7.8), ahead of Imrân Louza (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Watford wins, 1 draw and 1 for Birmingham City.
Going into the match Watford's last five read D-L-L-D-W and Birmingham City's D-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Cody Drameh
- 35'Yellow card · Lee Buchanan
- 38'Yellow card · Krystian Bielik
- 55'Yellow card · Wesley Hoedt
- 57'Yellow card · Jay Stansfield
- 60'Yellow card · Ivan Šunjić
- 88'Second yellow · Lee Buchanan
- 90+1'Goal · M. Rajović
- 90+3'Yellow card · Emmanuel Longelo
- 90+6'Goal · Ryan Andrews
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (4-3-3)
Daniel Bachmann, Jeremy Ngakia, Ryan Porteous, Wesley Hoedt, James Morris, Imrân Louza, Francisco Sierralta, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Tom Ince, Mileta Rajović, Matheus Martins
Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)
John Ruddy, Cody Drameh, Dion Sanderson, Kevin Long, Lee Buchanan, Ivan Šunjić, Krystian Bielik, Oliver Burke, Jay Stansfield, Keshi Anderson, Scott Hogan