Watford × Southampton · EFL Championship
Watford2–1
SouthamptonGoals
Match report
Watford beat Southampton 2-1 at home in the Championship, scoring both of their goals in the first half. Iker Bravo opened the scoring on 12 minutes and Amin Nabizada doubled the lead on 29, and the interval arrived with the hosts two goals up. Cyle Larin pulled one back for the visitors on 56.
After Southampton's goal thirty four minutes plus stoppage time remained, and the scoreline did not move in any of them. Watford were in front from the 12th minute to the final whistle, never losing the lead. The scoresheet records three goals and three scorers, none from a penalty or an own goal.
Table
- 13.Southampton10 pts · 8J · +9
- 20.Watford8 pts · 8J · -3
Match events
- WatfordSouthampton
- 8′Watford: Yellow card: Hector Kyprianou
- 12′Watford: Goal: Iker Bravo
- 13′Watford: Yellow card: Mattie Pollock
- 14′Southampton: Yellow card: Cyle Larin
- 18′Southampton: Yellow card: James Bree
- 24′Watford: Substitution: Jordan Zemura on, Marc Bola off
- 29′Watford: Goal: Amin Nabizada
- 43′Watford: Yellow card: Amin Nabizada
- 56′Southampton: Goal: Cyle Larin (Assists: Cameron Bragg)
- 57′Southampton: Substitution: Finn Azaz on, Lewis Dobbin off
- 61′Watford: Substitution: Edo Kayembe on, Edoardo Bove off
- 61′Watford: Substitution: Martín Payero on, Iker Bravo off
- 61′Watford: Substitution: Michael Adu-Poku on, Amin Nabizada off
- 70′Southampton: Substitution: Samuel Edozie on, Cameron Bragg off
- 70′Southampton: Substitution: Divin Mubama on, Cyle Larin off
- 72′Watford: Yellow card: Mamadou Doumbia
- 74′Southampton: Yellow card: Flynn Downes
- 74′Watford: Yellow card: Othmane Maamma
- 77′Watford: Substitution: Rocco Vata on, Othmane Maamma off
- 84′Watford: Yellow card: Martín Payero
- 89′Southampton: Substitution: Ben Brereton Díaz on, Kuryu Matsuki off
Match statistics
All match statistics40
Lineups
Watford
- 1Federico Ravaglia
- 23Omar Traoré
- 6Mattie Pollock
- 4Kévin Keben
- 16Marc Bola
- 8Edoardo Bove
- 5Hector Kyprianou
- 21Amin Nabizada
- 17Iker Bravo
- 7Othmane Maamma
- 20Mamadou Doumbia
- 9Luca Kjerrumgaard
- 11Rocco Vata
- 22Martín Payero
- 26Daniel Bachmann
- 33Jordan Zemura
- 39Edo Kayembe
- 48Michael Adu-Poku
- 53James Clarridge
- 56Albert Eames
Southampton
- 1Daniel Peretz
- 14James Bree
- 6Taylor Harwood-Bellis
- 5Jack Stephens
- 3Ryan Manning
- 26Cameron Bragg
- 4Flynn Downes
- 27Kuryu Matsuki
- 7Léo Scienza
- 11Lewis Dobbin
- 9Cyle Larin
- 10Finn Azaz
- 15Nathan Wood
- 18Tom Fellows
- 19Cameron Archer
- 22Ben Brereton Díaz
- 23Samuel Edozie
- 25George Long
- 28Divin Mubama
- 34Welington
Head-to-head
Of the last 10 meetings: 1 win for Watford, 4 draws, and 5 wins for Southampton. Across those 10 meetings: 23 goals in total, 2.3 per match; both teams scored in 7 matches.
Match officials
- Matt Donohue
- J. Graham
- Jon Block
- Samuel Allison
Venue
Vicarage Road
- Watford
- 22,200
