Watford 2-3 Queens Park Rangers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 27 August 2022

Result

Watford 2-3 Queens Park Rangers

Championship · Saturday 27 August 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Watford 2-3 Queens Park Rangers: match report

Watford lost to Queens Park Rangers 2-3 in the Championship on Saturday 27 August 2022. The half-time score was 1-2.

Ilias Chair opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Watford's goals came from Ken Sema (27') and João Pedro (50'). Queens Park Rangers scored through Ilias Chair (18'), Chris Willock (34') and Albert Adomah (70').

Discipline: Watford received 4 yellow cards; Queens Park Rangers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 3rd on 9 points from 5 and Queens Park Rangers 18th on 5 points from 5. Watford went on to finish that season 11th with 63 points, and Queens Park Rangers 21st with 50.

Watford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Queens Park Rangers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ilias Chair of Queens Park Rangers (7.8), level with João Pedro (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Watford wins, 3 draws and 4 for Queens Park Rangers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Ilias ChairQueens Park Rangers · 0-1
  • 27'Goal · Ken SemaWatford · 1-1
  • 34'Goal · Chris WillockQueens Park Rangers · 1-2
  • 40'Yellow card · João PedroWatford
  • 44'Yellow card · Stefan JohansenQueens Park Rangers
  • 45+4'Yellow card · Edo KayembeWatford
  • 50'Goal · João PedroWatford · 2-2
  • 70'Goal · Albert AdomahQueens Park Rangers · 2-3
  • 81'Yellow card · Seny DiengQueens Park Rangers
  • 84'Yellow card · Hassane KamaraWatford
  • 85'Yellow card · Andre DozzellQueens Park Rangers
  • 90'Yellow card · Christian KabaseleWatford

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 3, draws 3, Queens Park Rangers 4.

Team news

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Watford line-up (4-2-3-1)

Daniel Bachmann, Mario Gaspar, Francisco Sierralta, Christian Kabasele, Hassane Kamara, Edo Kayembe, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Ismaïla Sarr, João Pedro, Ken Sema, Rey Manaj

Queens Park Rangers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Seny Dieng, Ethan Laird, Rob Dickie, Jimmy Dunne, Kenneth Paal, Sam Field, Stefan Johansen, Andre Dozzell, Ilias Chair, Chris Willock, Lyndon Dykes