Stoke City 3-1 Watford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 14 March 2026

Result

Stoke City 3-1 Watford

Championship · Saturday 14 March 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Stoke City 3-1 Watford: match report

Stoke City won against Watford 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 14 March 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.

Million Manhoef opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Stoke City's goals came from Million Manhoef (28'), Million Manhoef (77') and Sam Gallagher (85'). Watford scored through Nestory Irankunda (81').

Discipline: Stoke City received 4 yellow cards; Watford received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Stoke City were 16th on 48 points from 37 and Watford 9th on 52 points from 36. Stoke City went on to finish that season 17th with 55 points, and Watford 16th with 57.

Stoke City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Million Manhoef of Stoke City (8.9), ahead of Egil Selvik (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Stoke City wins, 2 draws and 6 for Watford.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Tomas RigoStoke City
  • 28'Goal · Million ManhoefStoke City · 1-0
  • 50'Yellow card · Sorba ThomasStoke City
  • 51'Yellow card · Nampalys MendyWatford
  • 60'Yellow card · Maksym TaloverovStoke City
  • 72'Yellow card · Tommy SimkinStoke City
  • 77'Goal · Million ManhoefStoke City · 2-0
  • 81'Goal · Nestory IrankundaWatford · 2-1
  • 85'Goal · Sam GallagherStoke City · 3-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Nestory IrankundaWatford

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Stoke City 2, draws 2, Watford 6.

Team news

Stoke City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Tommy James Simkin, Junior Tchamadeu, Maksym Taloverov, Ashley Phillips, Eric-Junior Bocat, Steven Nzonzi, Tomas Rigo, Million Manhoef, Jun-ho Bae, Sorba Thomas, Milan Smit

Watford line-up (4-4-2)

Egil Selvik, James Abankwah, Saba Goglichidze, Stephen Mfuni, Marc Bola, Tom Ince, Imrân Louza, Nampalys Mendy, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Edo Kayembe, Vivaldo Semedo