Watford vs Birmingham 2023-24 English League Championship, Regular Season

Watford

90'+1': Mileta Rajovic
90'+6': Ryan Andrews

FT
2 - 0

Birmingham City

88': Lee Buchanan

Introduction

Watford are hosting Birmingham City at Vicarage Road, Watford, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
5': Cody Drameh (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
35': Lee Buchanan (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
38': Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Substitution, Watford. Jamal Lewis replaces James Morris.
55': Wesley Hoedt (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
56': Substitution, Watford. Yáser Asprilla replaces Tom Ince.
57': Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
60': Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
65': Substitution, Watford. Giorgi Chakvetadze replaces Tom Dele-Bashiru.
65': Substitution, Watford. Ismaël Koné replaces Matheus Martins.
68': Substitution, Birmingham City. Koji Miyoshi replaces Keshi Anderson.
71': Substitution, Birmingham City. Juninho Bacuna replaces Oliver Burke.
77': Substitution, Watford. Ryan Andrews replaces Jeremy Ngakia.
87': Substitution, Birmingham City. Emmanuel Longelo replaces Jay Stansfield.
87': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jordan James replaces Scott Hogan.
88': Second yellow card to Lee Buchanan (Birmingham City) for a bad foul.
90'+1': Goal! Watford 1, Birmingham City 0. Mileta Rajovic (Watford) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Yáser Asprilla with a cross.
90'+3': Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
90'+6': Goal! Watford 2, Birmingham City 0. Ryan Andrews (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze.
90'+11': Second Half ends, Watford 2, Birmingham City 0.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Vicarage Road
Location: Watford, England
Attendance: 18,932

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+65	Leeds United	46	100	4
+53	Burnley	46	100	2
+27	Sheffield United	46	90	10
+14	Sunderland	46	76	12

Full Table

Statistics

BIR		WAT
17	Fouls	16
5	Yellow Cards	1
1	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	1
1	Corner Kicks	8
2	Saves	3
32.1	Possession	67.9
8	SHOTS	12
3	ON GOAL	4
0.4	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
229	Accurate Passes	555
303	Passes	630
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
2	Accurate Crosses	3
5	Crosses	25
0.4	Cross %	0.1
55	Long Balls	57
21	Accurate Long Balls	31
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
4	Blocked Shots	5
12	Effective Tackles	7
22	Tackles	17
0.5	Tackle %	0.4
8	Interceptions	4
24	Effective Clearances	5
24	Clearances	5

Line-Ups

Watford (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Daniel Bachmann (GK)
4	Wesley Hoedt
5	Ryan Porteous
42	James Morris
2	Jeremy Ngakia
3	Francisco Sierralta
24	Tom Dele-Bashiru
10	Imran Louza
9	Mileta Rajovic
37	Matheus Martins
7	Tom Ince

Substitutes:

Ben Hamer, Ryan Andrews, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Jake Livermore, Matthew Pollock, Jamal Lewis, Ismaël Koné, Yáser Asprilla, Edo Kayembe.

Birmingham City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
21	John Ruddy (GK)
26	Kevin Long
5	Dion Sanderson
3	Lee Buchanan
12	Cody Drameh
28	Jay Stansfield
6	Krystian Bielik
34	Ivan Sunjic
9	Scott Hogan
14	Keshi Anderson
45	Oliver Burke