Watford 2-1 Oxford United: result and report
Championship · Saturday 4 October 2025
Result
Watford 2-1 Oxford United
Championship · Saturday 4 October 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Watford 2-1 Oxford United: match report
Watford won against Oxford United 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 4 October 2025. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Watford's goals came from Jeremy Ngakia (45') and Jeremy Ngakia (45+4'). Oxford United scored through an own goal by Max Alleyne (3').
Discipline: Watford received 3 yellow cards; Oxford United received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 17th on 9 points from 8 and Oxford United 22nd on 6 points from 8. Watford went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Oxford United 23rd with 47.
Watford lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Oxford United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jamie Cumming of Oxford United (8.8), ahead of Jeremy Ngakia (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 1 draw and 1 for Oxford United.
Going into the match Watford's last five read D-W-L-L-D and Oxford United's D-L-W-D-D.
Key events
- 3'Own goal · Max Alleyne
- 5'Yellow card · Cameron Brannagan
- 30'Yellow card · Stanley Mills
- 39'Yellow card · Kévin Keben
- 45'Goal · Jeremy Ngakia
- 45+4'Goal · Jeremy Ngakia
- 45+5'Yellow card · Michal Helik
- 49'Yellow card · Luca Kjerrumgaard
- 53'Yellow card · Imrân Louza
- 90+2'Yellow card · Jack Currie
Head-to-head
Team news
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Watford line-up (3-4-1-2)
Egil Selvik, Max Lewis Rowe Alleyne, Kévin Keben, James Abankwah, Jeremy Ngakia, Imrân Louza, Nampalys Mendy, Caleb Wiley, Rocco Vata, Nestory Irankunda, Vivaldo Semedo
Oxford United line-up (4-4-2)
Jamie Cumming, Brodie Spencer, Michal Helik, Sam Long, Greg Leigh, Stanley Mills, Brian De Keersmaecker, Cameron Brannagan, Siriki Dembélé, Nik Prelec, Will Lankshear