Southampton 0-3 Watford: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 1 January 2008

Result

Southampton 0-3 Watford

Championship · Tuesday 1 January 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Southampton 0-3 Watford: match report

Southampton were beaten by Watford 0-3 in the Championship on Tuesday 1 January 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Damien Francis opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Southampton did not score. Watford scored through Damien Francis (45'), Marlon King (55') and Darius Henderson (62').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Southampton were 14th on 33 points from 25 and Watford 2nd on 44 points from 25. Southampton went on to finish that season 20th with 54 points, and Watford 7th with 70.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Southampton wins, 0 draws and 3 for Watford.

Going into the match Southampton's last five read D-D-L-D-W and Watford's L-D-W-L-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45'Goal · Damien FrancisWatford · 0-1
  • 55'Goal · Marlon KingWatford · 0-2
  • 62'Goal · Darius HendersonWatford · 0-3

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Southampton 0, draws 0, Watford 3.

Team news

Southampton expected line-up

Antti Niemi, Claus Lundekvam, Danny Higginbotham, Paul Telfer, Anders Svensson, Fabrice Fernandes, David Prutton, Kevin Phillips, Rory Delap

Watford expected line-up

Ben Foster, Daniel Shittu, Jordan Stewart, Lloyd Doyley, Jay DeMerit, Douglas Rinaldi, Gavin Mahon, Alhassan Bangura, Damien Francis, Tommy Smith, Marlon King