Championship · Matchday 25 · Thursday, 1 January 2026 · Full time
Vicarage Road, Watford
Match stats
Watford v Birmingham
- 45%Possession55%
- 1.56Expected goals (xG)0.4
- 13Shots6
- 6On target2
- 5Off target3
- 10Shots in the box5
- 3Shots outside the box1
- 2Blocked shots1
- 4Corners4
- 402Passes484
- 79%Pass accuracy82%
- 5Fouls14
- 1Offsides3
- 1Yellow cards2
- 2Saves3
- -0.6Goals prevented (keeping)-0.6
Referee
19.6
Fouls / game
4.0
Yellows / game
0.0
Reds / game
0.0
Pens / game
Average across the 26 of 26 games we hold full stats for (both teams combined). Penalties scored, shootouts excluded.
Timeline
- T. Ince G. Chakvetadze9′
- T. Ince38′
- Matthew Pollock43′
- G. Chakvetadze for N. Irankunda46′
- 46′A. Sampsted for M. Leonard
- 46′W. T. Willumsson for L. Dykes
- T. Ince N. Irankunda60′
- 62′A. Cochrane for E. Cashin
- 63′Lyndon Dykes
- L. Kjerrumgaard for V. Semedo64′
- 68′K. Furuhashi for M. Ducksch
- I. Louza for N. Mendy69′
- O. Maamma for M. Sissoko70′
- T. Ince for K. Baah77′
- 77′K. Anderson for L. Koumas
- 78′Seung-Ho Paik
Line-ups
Watford4-2-3-1
Manager Javier Gracia Carlos
Bench: N. Baxter, K. Keben, J. Morris, J. Petris, N. Mendy, M. Sissoko, N. Irankunda, K. Baah, V. Semedo
Top performers
- 1
Thomas InceWatford10.0 - 2
Nestory IrankundaWatford7.9 - 3
Max AlleyneWatford7.5 - 4
Hector KyprianouWatford7.5 - 5
Giorgi ChakvetadzeWatford7.3 - 6
Egil SelvikWatford7.2