Watford 2-2 Southampton: result and report

Watford 2-2 Southampton

Championship · Saturday 30 August 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Watford drew with Southampton 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 30 August 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Cameron Archer opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Watford's goals came from Kwadwo Baah (65') and Nestory Irankunda (81'). Southampton scored through Cameron Archer (10') and Ryan Manning (78').

Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Southampton received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 12th on 4 points from 3 and Southampton 10th on 4 points from 3. Watford went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Southampton 4th with 82.

Watford lined up in a 3-5-2 and Southampton in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Cameron Archer of Southampton (7.8), level with Nestory Irankunda (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 D-W-L and Southampton's L-D-W.