Watford 3-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Watford 3-0 Birmingham City

Championship · Thursday 1 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Watford defeated Birmingham City 3-0 in the Championship on Thursday 1 January 2026. The half-time score was 2-0.

Tom Ince opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Watford's goals came from Tom Ince (9'), Tom Ince (38') and Tom Ince (60'). Birmingham City did not score.

Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 6th on 38 points from 24 and Birmingham City 15th on 31 points from 24. Watford went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Birmingham City 10th with 64.

Watford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Ince of Watford (9.5), ahead of Giorgi Chakvetadze (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Watford wins, 1 draw and 2 for Birmingham City.

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