Watford 3-1 Wrexham: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 17 March 2026

Result

Watford 3-1 Wrexham

Championship · Tuesday 17 March 2026, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

Watford · Wrexham · Championship predictions

Watford 3-1 Wrexham: match report

Watford defeated Wrexham 3-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 17 March 2026. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Marc Bola opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Watford's goals came from Marc Bola (18'), Edo Kayembe (38') and Edoardo Bove (90+4'). Wrexham scored through Max Cleworth (49').

Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Wrexham received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 10th on 52 points from 37 and Wrexham 6th on 60 points from 37. Watford went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Wrexham 7th with 71.

Watford lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wrexham in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Giorgi Chakvetadze of Watford (7.5), level with Imrân Louza (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Watford wins, 1 draw and 0 for Wrexham.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Marc BolaWatford · 1-0
  • 38'Goal · Edo KayembeWatford · 2-0
  • 49'Goal · Max CleworthWrexham · 2-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Giorgi ChakvetadzeWatford
  • 90+4'Goal · Edoardo BoveWatford · 3-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Edoardo BoveWatford

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Watford 0, draws 1, Wrexham 0.

Team news

Watford line-up (4-4-2)

Egil Selvik, James Abankwah, Mattie Pollock, Saba Goglichidze, Marc Bola, Nestory Irankunda, Imrân Louza, Pierre Ekwah, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Luca Kjerrumgaard, Edo Kayembe

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

Arthur Okonkwo, Max Cleworth, Dominic Hyam, Callum Doyle, Ryan Longman, Zak Vyner, Lewis O'Brien, George Thomason, Oliver Rathbone, Nathan Broadhead, Sam Smith