Watford 3-2 Stoke City: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 4 November 2020
Result
Watford 3-2 Stoke City
Championship · Wednesday 4 November 2020, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Watford 3-2 Stoke City: match report
Watford beat Stoke City 3-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 4 November 2020. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Steven Fletcher opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Watford's goals came from Tom Cleverley (28'), João Pedro (61', penalty) and Ismaïla Sarr (90+3'). Stoke City scored through Steven Fletcher (2') and N. Powell (81').
Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Stoke City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 9th on 15 points from 9 and Stoke City 10th on 15 points from 9. Watford went on to finish that season 3rd with 91 points, and Stoke City 14th with 60.
Watford lined up in a 3-5-2 and Stoke City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ismaïla Sarr of Watford (8.3), ahead of Nick Powell (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Watford wins, 4 draws and 3 for Stoke City.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Steven Fletcher
- 28'Goal · Tom Cleverley
- 56'Yellow card · Nathaniel Chalobah
- 61'Yellow card · A. Gunn
- 61'Penalty goal · João Pedro
- 79'Yellow card · John Mikel Obi
- 81'Goal · N. Powell
- 90+3'Goal · Ismaïla Sarr
- 90+4'Yellow card · Étienne Capoue
Head-to-head
Team news
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- Ryan Shawcross
- Thibaud Verlinden
- Bruno Martins Indi
- Tom Dele-Bashiru
- Nathan Collins
- Sam Clucas
- Rhys Norrington-Davies
- Isaac Success
- Joe Allen
- James Chester
- Adam Davies
- Jack Butland
- Stipe Perica
- Adam Masina
Watford line-up (3-5-2)
Ben Foster, Craig Cathcart, Christian Kabasele, Ben Wilmot, Kiko Femenía, Nathaniel Chalobah, Étienne Capoue, Tom Cleverley, Ken Sema, João Pedro, Ismaïla Sarr
Stoke City line-up (4-4-2)
Angus Gunn, Tommy Smith, Harry James Souttar, Danny Batth, Morgan Fox, Tyrese Campbell, John Mikel Obi, Jordan Thompson, James McClean, Steven Fletcher, Nick Powell