Sheffield Wednesday 2-6 Watford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 2 November 2024

Result

Sheffield Wednesday 2-6 Watford

Championship · Saturday 2 November 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Sheffield Wednesday · Watford · Championship predictions

Sheffield Wednesday 2-6 Watford: match report

Sheffield Wednesday lost to Watford 2-6 in the Championship on Saturday 2 November 2024. The half-time score was 1-1.

Ryan Porteous opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Sheffield Wednesday's goals came from Michael Smith (34') and Pol Valentín (82'). Watford scored through Ryan Porteous (29'), Tom Ince (52'), Vakoun Bayo (58'), Vakoun Bayo (67'), Vakoun Bayo (84') and Vakoun Bayo (88').

Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received 3 yellow cards; Watford received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 15th on 15 points from 12 and Watford 7th on 19 points from 12. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 12th with 58 points, and Watford 14th with 57.

Sheffield Wednesday lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Vakoun Bayo of Watford (9.5), ahead of Festy Ebosele (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sheffield Wednesday win, 3 draws and 6 for Watford.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · Ryan PorteousWatford
  • 26'Yellow card · Michael SmithSheffield Wednesday
  • 29'Goal · Ryan PorteousWatford · 0-1
  • 34'Goal · Michael SmithSheffield Wednesday · 1-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Mattie PollockWatford
  • 52'Goal · Tom InceWatford · 1-2
  • 57'Yellow card · Dominic IorfaSheffield Wednesday
  • 58'Goal · Vakoun BayoWatford · 1-3
  • 67'Goal · Vakoun BayoWatford · 1-4
  • 76'Yellow card · Kwadwo BaahWatford
  • 82'Goal · Pol ValentínSheffield Wednesday · 2-4
  • 83'Yellow card · Jamal LoweSheffield Wednesday
  • 84'Goal · Vakoun BayoWatford · 2-5
  • 88'Goal · Vakoun BayoWatford · 2-6

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sheffield Wednesday 1, draws 3, Watford 6.

Team news

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Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-2-3-1)

J. Beadle, Liam Palmer, Dominic Iorfa, Di'Shon Bernard, Marvin Johnson, Shea Charles, Barry Bannan, Yan Valery, Josh Windass, Djeidi Gassama, Michael Smith

Watford line-up (4-1-4-1)

Daniel Bachmann, Ryan Porteous, Francisco Sierralta, Mattie Pollock, Yasser Larouci, Pierre Dwomoh, Kwadwo Baah, Tom Ince, Edo Kayembe, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Vakoun Bayo