Watford 2-1 Southampton: result and report

Championship · Sunday 16 August 2026

Result

Watford 2-1 Southampton

Championship · Sunday 16 August 2026, 12:30 UTC · Vicarage Road, Watford · half-time 2-0

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Watford 2-1 Southampton: match report

Watford defeated Southampton 2-1 in the Championship on Sunday 16 August 2026 at Vicarage Road. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Iker Bravo opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Watford's goals came from Iker Bravo (12') and Amin Nabizada (29'). Southampton scored through Cyle Larin (56').

Discipline: Watford received 6 yellow cards; Southampton received 3 yellow cards.

In the current table Watford are 20th on 14 points and Southampton are 1st on 28 points.

Watford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Southampton in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Manning of Southampton (7.6), ahead of Cyle Larin (7.3).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Hector KyprianouWatford
  • 12'Goal · Iker BravoWatford · 1-0
  • 13'Yellow card · Mattie PollockWatford
  • 14'Yellow card · Cyle LarinSouthampton
  • 18'Yellow card · James BreeSouthampton
  • 29'Goal · Amin NabizadaWatford · 2-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Amin NabizadaWatford
  • 56'Goal · Cyle LarinSouthampton · 2-1
  • 72'Yellow card · Mamadou DoumbiaWatford
  • 74'Yellow card · Flynn DownesSouthampton
  • 74'Yellow card · Othmane MaammaWatford
  • 84'Yellow card · Martín PayeroWatford

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
1Southampton148422914+1528WDWWD
20Watford144281323-1014LWLLW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 1, draws 4, Southampton 5.

Team news

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

Federico Ravaglia, Omar Traoré, Mattie Pollock, Kévin Keben, Marc Bola, Edoardo Bove, Hector Kyprianou, Amin Nabizada, Iker Bravo, Othmane Maamma, Mamadou Doumbia

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

Daniel Peretz, James Bree, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Jack Stephens, Ryan Manning, Cameron Bragg, Flynn Downes, Kuryu Matsuki, Léo Scienza, Lewis Dobbin, Cyle Larin

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