Watford 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report

Championship · Saturday 21 October 2023

Result

Watford 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday

Championship · Saturday 21 October 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Watford 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday: match report

Watford defeated Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 21 October 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Yaser Asprilla of Watford in the 82nd minute.

Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Sheffield Wednesday received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Watford were 20th on 10 points from 11 and Sheffield Wednesday 24th on 3 points from 11. Watford went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 20th with 53.

Watford lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Wesley Hoedt of Watford (7.8), level with Dominic Iorfa (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Watford wins, 2 draws and 2 for Sheffield Wednesday.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45'Yellow card · Ryan PorteousWatford
  • 50'Yellow card · Jamal LewisWatford
  • 68'Yellow card · Jeff HendrickSheffield Wednesday
  • 82'Goal · Yaser AsprillaWatford · 1-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 6, draws 2, Sheffield Wednesday 2.

Team news

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Watford line-up (4-3-3)

Daniel Bachmann, Jeremy Ngakia, Ryan Porteous, Wesley Hoedt, Jamal Lewis, Imrân Louza, Jake Livermore, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Tom Ince, Vakoun Bayo, Matheus Martins

Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-3-3)

Cameron Dawson, Pol Valentín, Dominic Iorfa, Bambo Diaby, Akin Famewo, Anthony Musaba, Jeff Hendrick, Barry Bannan, John Buckley, Callum Paterson, Josh Windass