Watford 4-1 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report

Championship · Friday 23 October 2009

Result

Watford 4-1 Sheffield Wednesday

Championship · Friday 23 October 2009, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Watford 4-1 Sheffield Wednesday: match report

Watford beat Sheffield Wednesday 4-1 in the Championship on Friday 23 October 2009. The half-time score was 2-1.

A. Mariappa opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Watford's goals came from A. Mariappa (21'), Nicolás Frutos (26'), Jon Harley (54') and Nicolás Frutos (61'). Sheffield Wednesday scored through Marcus Tudgay (44').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Watford were 12th on 18 points from 13 and Sheffield Wednesday 15th on 16 points from 13. Watford went on to finish that season 17th with 54 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 22nd with 47.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · A. MariappaWatford · 1-0
  • 26'Goal · Nicolás FrutosWatford · 2-0
  • 44'Goal · Marcus TudgaySheffield Wednesday · 2-1
  • 54'Goal · Jon HarleyWatford · 3-1
  • 61'Goal · Nicolás FrutosWatford · 4-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Watford 3, draws 2, Sheffield Wednesday 1.

Team news

Watford expected line-up

Ben Foster, Daniel Shittu, Jordan Stewart, Lloyd Doyley, Jay DeMerit, Douglas Rinaldi, Gavin Mahon, Alhassan Bangura, Damien Francis, Tommy Smith, Marlon King