Stoke City v Watford

Stoke City v Watford in English Championship ended 3:1. Here you will find the final score, the goals and goalscorers, every key moment of the match, the full statistics with xG and the video highlights. See the match prediction or browse the full fixture list.

Prediction and probabilities: Stoke City v Watford

How the models performed

Pro AI (XGBoost) predicted Away win · Watford at 37.7% - the match finished 3:1, so the prediction was wrong.
Model 1 · Stoke City X 2 · Watford Prediction Result
Pro AI (XGBoost) 37.5% 24.8% 37.7% Away win · Watford ✘ Missed
Final score 3:1 Home win · Stoke City
Predictions are published before kick-off and are never edited afterwards. For information purposes only – not betting advice. 18+ · Methodology

Match events: Stoke City v Watford

  1. 17′Tomas Rigo · Yellow card
  2. 28′Million Manhoef · Goal (assist: Milan Smit)
  3. 50′Sorba Thomas · Yellow card
  4. 51′Nampalys Mendy · Yellow card
  5. 60′Maksym Taloverov · Yellow card
  6. 62′Nestory Irankunda · Substitution (off: Vivaldo Semedo)
  7. 70′Ben Gibson · Substitution (off: Eric-Junior Bocat)
  8. 71′Pierre Ekwah · Substitution (off: Nampalys Mendy)
  9. 71′Sam Gallagher · Substitution (off: Milan Smit)
  10. 71′Jonathan Lawson · Substitution (off: Tom Ince)
  11. 72′Tommy Simkin · Yellow card
  12. 77′Million Manhoef · Goal
  13. 79′Ben Pearson · Substitution (off: Jun-ho Bae)
  14. 79′Jesurun Rak-Sakyi · Substitution (off: Million Manhoef)
  15. 81′Nestory Irankunda · Goal (assist: Giorgi Chakvetadze)
  16. 83′Tatsuki Seko · Substitution (off: Steven​ N'Zonzi)
  17. 85′Sam Gallagher · Goal (assist: Sorba Thomas)
  18. 86′Edoardo Bove · Substitution (off: Stephen Mfuni)
  19. 86′Luca Kjerrumgaard · Substitution (off: Imrân Louza)
  20. 90+3′Nestory Irankunda · Yellow card

Match statistics: Stoke City v Watford

Statistic Stoke City Watford
Possession 45% 55%
Shots on target 12 4
Total shots 19 15
Shots off target 4 7
Blocked shots 3 9
Corners 3 1
Fouls 11 13
Offsides 2 0
Yellow cards 7 6
Red cards 16 11
Saves 1 2
Passes 318 391
Pass accuracy 71% 78%

Line-ups: Stoke City v Watford

Stoke City 4-2-3-1

Starting XI

  1. 7 Sorba Thomas 7.9
  2. 10 Jun-ho Bae 6.4
  3. 15 Steven​ N'Zonzi 7.0
  4. 17 Eric-Junior Bocat 7.2
  5. 19 Tomas Rigo 7.5
  6. 22 Junior Tchamadeu 6.6
  7. 25 Tommy Simkin 6.7
  8. 26 Ashley Phillips 6.7
  9. 40 Maksym Taloverov 7.0
  10. 42 Million Manhoef 8.9
  11. 49 Milan Smit 7.0
Substitutes (9)
  1. 4 Ben Pearson 6.4
  2. 12 Tatsuki Seko 6.6
  3. 20 Sam Gallagher 7.5
  4. 21 Jesurun Rak-Sakyi 6.4
  5. 23 Ben Gibson 6.2
  6. 29 Lamine Cissé
  7. 34 Frank Fielding
  8. 50 Syd Agina
  9. 59 Gabriel Gartside-Kelly

Watford 4-4-2

Starting XI

  1. 1 Egil Selvik 8.1
  2. 3 Saba Goglichidze 6.2
  3. 7 Tom Ince 5.8
  4. 8 Giorgi Chakvetadze 7.6
  5. 10 Imrân Louza 6.5
  6. 16 Marc Bola 6.7
  7. 18 Vivaldo Semedo 6.5
  8. 21 Stephen Mfuni 6.6
  9. 23 Nampalys Mendy 7.0
  10. 25 James Abankwah 6.0
  11. 39 Edo Kayembe 7.0
Substitutes (9)
  1. 4 Kévin Keben
  2. 6 Mattie Pollock
  3. 9 Luca Kjerrumgaard
  4. 12 Nathan Baxter
  5. 15 Edoardo Bove
  6. 17 Pierre Ekwah 6.3
  7. 53 Amin Nabizada
  8. 64 Jonathan Lawson 6.3
  9. 66 Nestory Irankunda 7.0

Form and head-to-head: Stoke City v Watford

Stoke City

WDWWL

Watford

LWLLD

Head-to-head – last 1 meetings

Stoke City wins: 1; draws: 0; Watford wins: 0.

Date Home Score Away Competition
Watford 1–2 Stoke City English Championship

English Championship standings

Current competition standings
# Team P W D L GD Pts Form
1 Coventry City 46 28 11 7 +52 95 DDDWWWWWWD
2 Ipswich Town 46 23 15 8 +33 84 WDDWWDWDWW
3 Millwall 46 24 11 11 +15 83 WLDLWLWWLL
4 Southampton 46 22 14 10 +26 80 LWDDDLDLLW
5 Middlesbrough 46 22 14 10 +25 80 WWWWWLDWWD
6 Hull City 46 21 10 15 +4 73 DWLLWLLLWD
7 Wrexham 46 19 14 13 +4 71 DWLWWWLDDL
8 Derby County 46 20 9 17 +8 69 DLDDWWWLWL
9 Norwich City 46 19 8 19 +7 65 WWLDLLWDLD
10 Birmingham City 46 17 13 16 +1 64 WWWLWDLDLL
11 Swansea City 46 18 10 18 -2 64 LWWLDWWWWD
12 Bristol City 46 17 11 18 0 62 DWLWLWWLLL
13 Sheffield United 46 18 6 22 0 60 LWWWLLLLLL
14 Preston North End 46 15 15 16 -7 60 WWDDLLDLLD
15 Queens Park Rangers 46 16 10 20 -12 58 WWLWDDLLLD
16 Watford 46 14 15 17 -12 57 WWWLDLDWDD
17 Stoke City 46 15 10 21 -5 55 WDDLWWLLLL
18 Portsmouth 46 14 13 19 -15 55 WLLWLDWDLD
19 Charlton Athletic 46 13 14 19 -14 53 WWLWLLDDWD
20 Blackburn Rovers 46 13 13 20 -14 52 WLLDWDDLLD
21 West Bromwich Albion 46 13 14 19 -10 51 WDWDWLLLLD
22 Oxford United 46 11 14 21 -14 47 LLDDWLDLLD
23 Leicester City 46 12 16 18 -10 46 LLLDDWDLWW
24 Sheffield Wednesday 46 2 12 32 -60 0 WLLDLLLLDD

Managers: Stoke City v Watford

M. Robins
Stoke CityManagerM. Robins
E. Still
WatfordManagerE. Still

Match information: Stoke City v Watford

Kick-off
·
Competition
English Championship
Round
38
City
Stoke
Surface
grass
Capacity
30,089

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