Watford 1-1 Stoke City: result and report

Championship · Friday 29 December 2023

Result

Watford 1-1 Stoke City

Championship · Friday 29 December 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Watford · Stoke City · Championship predictions

Watford 1-1 Stoke City: match report

Watford drew with Stoke City 1-1 in the Championship on Friday 29 December 2023. The half-time score was 1-1.

Jake Livermore opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Watford's goal came from Jake Livermore (15'). Stoke City scored through Ryan Mmaee (34').

Discipline: Watford received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card; Stoke City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Watford were 10th on 34 points from 24 and Stoke City 18th on 27 points from 24. Watford went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Stoke City 17th with 56.

Watford lined up in a 4-5-1 and Stoke City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Porteous of Watford (8.4), ahead of Sead Haksabanovic (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Watford wins, 1 draw and 5 for Stoke City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Junior TchamadeuStoke City
  • 15'Goal · Jake LivermoreWatford · 1-0
  • 15'Yellow card · Valérien IsmaëlWatford
  • 34'Goal · Ryan MmaeeStoke City · 1-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Ismaël KonéWatford
  • 45+4'Yellow card · Jake LivermoreWatford
  • 52'Red card · Vakoun Issouf BayoWatford
  • 72'Yellow card · Giorgi ChakvetadzeWatford
  • 80'Yellow card · James MorrisWatford

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 4, draws 1, Stoke City 5.

Team news

Watford line-up (4-5-1)

Ben Hamer, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Ryan Porteous, Wesley Hoedt, James Morris, Jake Livermore, Matheus Martins, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Ismaël Koné, Yáser Asprilla, Vakoun Bayo

Stoke City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jack Bonham, Junior Tchamadeu, Luke McNally, Michael Rose, Jordan Thompson, Ben Pearson, Wouter Burger, André Vidigal, Jun-ho Bae, Sead Haksabanovic, Ryan Mmaee