Watford 2-0 Stoke City: result and report

Championship · Monday 8 May 2023

Result

Watford 2-0 Stoke City

Championship · Monday 8 May 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Watford 2-0 Stoke City: match report

Watford beat Stoke City 2-0 in the Championship on Monday 8 May 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Imrân Louza opened the scoring in the 70th minute. Watford's goals came from Imrân Louza (70') and Keinan Davis (74'). Stoke City did not score.

Discipline: Watford received no yellow cards; Stoke City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 13th on 60 points from 45 and Stoke City 16th on 53 points from 45. Watford went on to finish that season 11th with 63 points, and Stoke City 16th with 53.

Watford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniel Bachmann of Watford (8.8), ahead of Imrân Louza (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Watford wins, 2 draws and 4 for Stoke City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 51'Yellow card · Ben PearsonStoke City
  • 70'Goal · Imrân LouzaWatford · 1-0
  • 74'Goal · Keinan DavisWatford · 2-0
  • 76'Yellow card · J. TymonStoke City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 4, draws 2, Stoke City 4.

Team news

Watford line-up (4-2-3-1)

Daniel Bachmann, Ryan Andrews, Ryan Porteous, Christian Kabasele, Wesley Hoedt, Ken Sema, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Imrân Louza, Ismaël Koné, Keinan Davis, Ismaïla Sarr

Stoke City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Matija Šarkić, Dujon Sterling, Phil Jagielka, Morgan Fox, Will Smallbone, Ben Pearson, Jordan Thompson, Josh Tymon, Nick Powell, Josh Laurent, Tyrese Campbell