Watford 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 9 December 2025

Result

Watford 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday

Championship · Tuesday 9 December 2025, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Watford 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday: match report

Watford drew with Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 9 December 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.

Charlie McNeill opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Watford's goal came from Vivaldo Semedo (90+7'). Sheffield Wednesday scored through Charlie McNeill (17').

Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Sheffield Wednesday received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Watford were 13th on 27 points from 19 and Sheffield Wednesday 24th on 8 points from 18. Watford went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 24th with 18.

Watford lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Pierce Charles of Sheffield Wednesday (7.9), ahead of Imrân Louza (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Watford wins, 4 draws and 1 for Sheffield Wednesday.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Othmane MaammaWatford
  • 17'Goal · Charlie McNeillSheffield Wednesday · 0-1
  • 72'Missed penalty · Imrân LouzaWatford
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Nathaniel ChalobahSheffield Wednesday
  • 90+7'Goal · Vivaldo SemedoWatford · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 5, draws 4, Sheffield Wednesday 1.

Team news

Watford line-up (4-4-2)

Nathan Baxter, Jeremy Ngakia, Mattie Pollock, Max Lewis Rowe Alleyne, Marc Bola, Othmane Maamma, Imrân Louza, Edo Kayembe, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Mamadou Doumbia, Luca Kjerrumgaard

Sheffield Wednesday line-up (3-5-2)

Pierce Charles, Dominic Iorfa, Liam Cooper, Max Lowe, Yan Valery, Charlie McNeill, Barry Bannan, Svante Ingelsson, Harry Amass, Jamal Lowe, Bailey Cadamarteri