Watford 1-1 Southampton: result and report

Championship · Saturday 9 December 2023

Result

Watford 1-1 Southampton

Championship · Saturday 9 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Watford · Southampton · Championship predictions

Watford 1-1 Southampton: match report

Watford drew with Southampton 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 9 December 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Ché Adams opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Watford's goal came from Rhys Healey (90+6'). Southampton scored through Ché Adams (56').

Discipline: Watford received 3 yellow cards; Southampton received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 10th on 27 points from 19 and Southampton 4th on 37 points from 19. Watford went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Southampton 4th with 94.

Watford lined up in a 4-3-3 and Southampton in a 4-3-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Adam Armstrong of Southampton (7.8), level with Jan Bednarek (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Watford wins, 4 draws and 4 for Southampton.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Yellow card · Shea CharlesSouthampton
  • 45'Yellow card · Adam ArmstrongSouthampton
  • 56'Goal · Ché AdamsSouthampton · 0-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Ryan PorteousWatford
  • 61'Yellow card · Ismaël KonéWatford
  • 87'Yellow card · Stuart ArmstrongSouthampton
  • 87'Yellow card · Wesley HoedtWatford
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Ryan FraserSouthampton
  • 90+6'Goal · Rhys HealeyWatford · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 2, draws 4, Southampton 4.

Team news

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Watford line-up (4-3-3)

Ben Hamer, Ryan Andrews, Ryan Porteous, Wesley Hoedt, Jamal Lewis, Edo Kayembe, Francisco Sierralta, Yáser Asprilla, Ismaël Koné, Ken Sema, Mileta Rajović

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

Gavin Bazunu, Kyle Walker-Peters, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Jan Bednarek, Ryan Manning, Joe Aribo, Shea Charles, Stuart Armstrong, Adam Armstrong, Ché Adams, Carlos Alcaraz