Watford 2-0 Stoke City: result and report
Championship · Monday 8 May 2023
Result
Watford 2-0 Stoke City
Championship · Monday 8 May 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Watford 2-0 Stoke City: match report
Watford beat Stoke City 2-0 in the Championship on Monday 8 May 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Imrân Louza opened the scoring in the 70th minute. Watford's goals came from Imrân Louza (70') and Keinan Davis (74'). Stoke City did not score.
Discipline: Watford received no yellow cards; Stoke City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 13th on 60 points from 45 and Stoke City 16th on 53 points from 45. Watford went on to finish that season 11th with 63 points, and Stoke City 16th with 53.
Watford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniel Bachmann of Watford (8.8), ahead of Imrân Louza (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Watford wins, 2 draws and 4 for Stoke City.
Going into the match Watford's last five read D-L-L-W-D and Stoke City's L-D-L-L-D.
Key events
- 51'Yellow card · Ben Pearson
- 70'Goal · Imrân Louza
- 74'Goal · Keinan Davis
- 76'Yellow card · J. Tymon
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Daniel Bachmann, Ryan Andrews, Ryan Porteous, Christian Kabasele, Wesley Hoedt, Ken Sema, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Imrân Louza, Ismaël Koné, Keinan Davis, Ismaïla Sarr
Stoke City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Matija Šarkić, Dujon Sterling, Phil Jagielka, Morgan Fox, Will Smallbone, Ben Pearson, Jordan Thompson, Josh Tymon, Nick Powell, Josh Laurent, Tyrese Campbell