Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Watford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 31 January 2009

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Watford

Championship · Saturday 31 January 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Wolverhampton Wanderers · Watford · Championship predictions

Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Watford: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers won against Watford 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 31 January 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (23'), Andy Keogh (67') and Sam Vokes (90'). Watford scored through A. Mariappa (81').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards; Watford received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 1st on 59 points from 29 and Watford 21st on 30 points from 29. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Watford 13th with 58.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers win, 2 draws and 3 for Watford.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Sylvan Ebanks-BlakeWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 26'Yellow card · Karl HenryWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 41'Yellow card · G. HoyteWatford
  • 52'Yellow card · M. WilliamsonWatford
  • 67'Goal · Andy KeoghWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-0
  • 77'Yellow card · Stephen WardWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 81'Goal · A. MariappaWatford · 2-1
  • 90'Goal · Sam VokesWolverhampton Wanderers · 3-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, draws 2, Watford 3.

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