Watford 1-2 Stoke City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 12 September 2026

Result

Watford 1-2 Stoke City

Championship · Saturday 12 September 2026, 14:00 UTC · Vicarage Road, Watford · half-time 0-1

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Watford 1-2 Stoke City: match report

Watford lost to Stoke City 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 12 September 2026 at Vicarage Road. The half-time score was 0-1.

Jack McGlynn opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Watford's goal came from Amin Nabizada (90+1'). Stoke City scored through Jack McGlynn (45+4') and Eric-Junior Bocat (57').

Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Stoke City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 14th on 8 points from 6 and Stoke City 15th on 7 points from 6. In the current table Watford are 20th on 14 points and Stoke City are 4th on 26 points.

Watford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ethan Galbraith of Stoke City (7.9), level with Eric-Junior Bocat (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Watford wins, 2 draws and 3 for Stoke City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Iker BravoWatford
  • 33'Yellow card · Djibril SoumaréStoke City
  • 45+4'Goal · Jack McGlynnStoke City · 0-1
  • 57'Goal · Eric-Junior BocatStoke City · 0-2
  • 82'Yellow card · George HirstStoke City
  • 90+1'Goal · Amin NabizadaWatford · 1-2
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Amin NabizadaWatford

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
4Stoke City148242217+526LWDWW
20Watford144281323-1014LWLLW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 5, draws 2, Stoke City 3.

Team news

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

Federico Ravaglia, Kévin Keben, Mattie Pollock, Soumaïla Coulibaly, Jordan Zemura, Edo Kayembe, Hector Kyprianou, Othmane Maamma, Iker Bravo, Stephy Alvaro Mavididi, Mamadou Doumbia

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

Viktor Johansson, Ben Wilmot, Maksym Taloverov, Luke Graham, Ben Johnson, Djibril Soumaré, Ethan Galbraith, Eric-Junior Bocat, Jack McGlynn, Justin Devenny, Lamine Cissé

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