Watford 1-1 Charlton Athletic: result and report
Championship · Monday 6 April 2026
Result
Watford 1-1 Charlton Athletic
Championship · Monday 6 April 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Watford 1-1 Charlton Athletic: match report
Watford drew with Charlton Athletic 1-1 in the Championship on Monday 6 April 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.
Matty Godden opened the scoring in the 62nd minute. Watford's goal came from Nestory Irankunda (74'). Charlton Athletic scored through Matty Godden (62').
Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Charlton Athletic received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 10th on 56 points from 40 and Charlton Athletic 18th on 48 points from 40. Watford went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Charlton Athletic 20th with 53.
Watford lined up in a 4-4-2 and Charlton Athletic in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Will Mannion of Charlton Athletic (8.8), ahead of Giorgi Chakvetadze (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Watford wins, 2 draws and 4 for Charlton Athletic.
Going into the match Watford's last five read L-D-W-L-D and Charlton Athletic's L-L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 33'Yellow card · Greg Docherty
- 34'Yellow card · Nampalys Mendy
- 38'Yellow card · Harry Clarke
- 62'Goal · Matty Godden
- 74'Goal · Nestory Irankunda
- 90+15'Yellow card · Egil Selvik
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (4-4-2)
Egil Selvik, Jérémy Petris, Mattie Pollock, Saba Goglichidze, Kévin Keben, Nestory Irankunda, Nampalys Mendy, Imrân Louza, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Luca Kjerrumgaard, Mamadou Doumbia
Charlton Athletic line-up (3-4-2-1)
Will Mannion, Kayne Ramsay, Lloyd Jones, Amari'i Bell, Harry Clarke, Conor Coady, Greg Docherty, Luke Chambers, Sonny Carey, Tyreece Campbell, Lyndon Dykes