Stoke City vs Watford match stats & report

3–1 Full time

Championship · England · Regular Season - 38 · Bet365 Stadium, Stoke on Trent · Ref L. Doughty

Stoke City stats & fixtures · Watford stats & fixtures

Stoke City beat Watford 3–1 in the Championship on 14 March 2026. Expected goals finished 1.66–1.83. Watford had 55% of the ball.

Stoke City vs Watford match statistics

Stoke CityWatford

45% Ball possession 55%
1.66 Expected goals (xG) 1.83
19 Total shots 15
12 Shots on target 4
4 Shots off target 7
3 Blocked shots 4
13 Shots inside the box 9
6 Corners 7
11 Fouls 13
2 Offsides 0
4 Yellow cards 2
318 Passes 391
71% Pass accuracy 78%
3 Goalkeeper saves 9

Goals and cards

17' Yellow card T. Rigo Stoke City
28' Goal M. Manhoef (assist M. Smit) Stoke City
50' Yellow card S. Thomas Stoke City
51' Yellow card N. Mendy Watford
60' Yellow card M. Talovierov Stoke City
72' Yellow card Tommy Simkin Stoke City
77' Goal M. Manhoef Stoke City
81' Goal N. Irankunda (assist G. Chakvetadze) Watford
85' Goal S. Gallagher (assist S. Thomas) Stoke City
90+3' Yellow card N. Irankunda Watford

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Stoke City

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Mark Robins

25 Tommy Simkin

17 E. Bocat 26 A. Phillips 40 M. Talovierov 22 J. Tchamadeu

19 T. Rigo 15 S. Nzonzi

7 S. Thomas 10 Bae Jun-Ho 42 M. Manhoef

49 M. Smit

Bench Frank Fielding , B. Pearson , T. Seko , L. Cisse , B. Gibson , S. Gallagher , Jesurun Rak-Sakyi , S. Agina , G. Kelly

Watford

Confirmed 4-4-2 Edward Still

1 E. Selvik

16 M. Bola 21 S. Mfuni 3 S. Goglichidze 25 J. Abankwah

8 G. Chakvetadze 23 N. Mendy 10 Imrân Louza 7 T. Ince

18 Vivaldo Semedo 39 E. Kayembe

Bench N. Baxter , E. Bove , M. Pollock , K. Keben , L. Kjerrumgaard , J. Lawson , P. Ekwah , N. Irankunda , Amin Nabizada

Form guide

Stoke City at home

4–1–5 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.4 per game
Conceded: 1.4 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 10
Corners: 6.1 per game
Shots on target: 3.6 per game

21% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Watford away

0–2–8 in 10 matches

Scored: 0.6 per game
Conceded: 2.4 per game
Clean sheets: 0 / 10
Corners: 3.4 per game
Shots on target: 3.3 per game

33% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Stoke City vs Watford head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
20 Dec 25	Watford v Stoke City	1–0
1 Mar 25	Stoke City v Watford	0–0
17 Aug 24	Watford v Stoke City	3–0
29 Dec 23	Watford v Stoke City	1–1
19 Aug 23	Stoke City v Watford	1–0

Only 5 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Stoke City vs Watford head-to-head record