Stoke vs Watford 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season

Stoke City

28': Million Manhoef
77': Million Manhoef
85': Sam Gallagher

FT
3 - 1

Watford

81': Nestory Irankunda

Introduction

Stoke City are hosting Watford at bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

17': Tomás Rigo (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
28': Goal! Stoke City 1, Watford 0. Million Manhoef (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Milan Smit.
50': Sorba Thomas (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
51': Nampalys Mendy (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
60': Maksym Talovierov (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
62': Substitution, Watford. Nestory Irankunda replaces Vivaldo Semedo.
70': Substitution, Stoke City. Ben Gibson replaces Eric-Junior Bocat.
71': Substitution, Stoke City. Sam Gallagher replaces Milan Smit.
71': Substitution, Watford. Jonathan Lawson replaces Tom Ince.
71': Substitution, Watford. Pierre Ekwah replaces Nampalys Mendy.
72': Tommy Simkin (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card.
77': Goal! Stoke City 2, Watford 0. Million Manhoef (Stoke City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner following a fast break.
79': Substitution, Stoke City. Ben Pearson replaces Bae Jun-Ho.
79': Substitution, Stoke City. Jesurun Rak-Sakyi replaces Million Manhoef.
81': Goal! Stoke City 2, Watford 1. Nestory Irankunda (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze following a fast break.
83': Substitution, Stoke City. Tatsuki Seko replaces Steven Nzonzi.
85': Goal! Stoke City 3, Watford 1. Sam Gallagher (Stoke City) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Sorba Thomas.
86': Substitution, Watford. Edoardo Bove replaces Stephen Mfuni.
86': Substitution, Watford. Luca Kjerrumgaard replaces Imrân Louza.
90'+3': Nestory Irankunda (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
90'+7': Second Half ends, Stoke City 3, Watford 1.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: bet365 Stadium
Location: Stoke-on-Trent, England
Attendance: 22,085

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+38	Coventry City	38	77	7
+22	Middlesbrough	38	70	8
+28	Ipswich Town	37	68	7
+9	Millwall	38	68	10

Full Table

Statistics

WAT		STK
13	Fouls	11
2	Yellow Cards	4
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	2
7	Corner Kicks	6
9	Saves	3
55.7	Possession	44.3
15	SHOTS	19
4	ON GOAL	12
0.3	On Target %	0.6
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
306	Accurate Passes	226
390	Passes	315
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.7
3	Accurate Crosses	7
27	Crosses	20
0.1	Cross %	0.4
61	Long Balls	48
26	Accurate Long Balls	18
0.4	Long Balls %	0.4
4	Blocked Shots	3
6	Effective Tackles	8
13	Tackles	12
0.5	Tackle %	0.7
7	Interceptions	13
34	Effective Clearances	29
34	Clearances	29

Line-Ups

Stoke City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
25	Tommy Simkin (GK)
26	Ashley Phillips
40	Maksym Talovierov
17	Eric Bocat
22	Junior Tchamadeu
10	Bae Jun-Ho
19	Tomás Rigo
15	Steven N'Zonzi
49	Milan Smit
7	Sorba Thomas
42	Million Manhoef

Substitutes:

Tatsuki Seko, Ben Pearson, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, Syd Agina, Ben Gibson, Frank Fielding, Gabriel Kelly, Lamine Cisse, Sam Gallagher.

Watford (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Egil Selvik (GK)
21	Stephen Mfuni
3	Saba Goglichidze
16	Marc Bola
25	James Abankwah
23	Nampalys Mendy
10	Imran Louza
8	Giorgi Chakvetadze
7	Tom Ince
18	Vivaldo Semedo
39	Edo Kayembe