Watford 1-2 Swansea City: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 5 October 2022

Result

Watford 1-2 Swansea City

Championship · Wednesday 5 October 2022, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Watford · Swansea City · Championship predictions

Watford 1-2 Swansea City: match report

Watford were beaten by Swansea City 1-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 5 October 2022. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Ismaïla Sarr opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Watford's goal came from Ismaïla Sarr (34'). Swansea City scored through Olivier Ntcham (52') and Ben Cabango (90+8').

Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Swansea City received 6 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 8th on 17 points from 11 and Swansea City 12th on 15 points from 11. Watford went on to finish that season 11th with 63 points, and Swansea City 10th with 66.

Watford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Swansea City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Cabango of Swansea City (7.8), level with Ryan Manning (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Watford wins, 2 draws and 3 for Swansea City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Goal · Ismaïla SarrWatford · 1-0
  • 52'Goal · Olivier NtchamSwansea City · 1-1
  • 67'Yellow card · Matt GrimesSwansea City
  • 77'Yellow card · Matthew SorinolaSwansea City
  • 90+8'Goal · Ben CabangoSwansea City · 1-2
  • 90+12'Yellow card · Imrân LouzaWatford
  • 90+14'Yellow card · Harry DarlingSwansea City
  • 90+16'Yellow card · Jay FultonSwansea City
  • 90+17'Yellow card · Joel LatibeaudiereSwansea City
  • 90+18'Yellow card · Hamza ChoudhuryWatford
  • 90+18'Yellow card · Nathan WoodSwansea City
  • 90+21'Missed penalty · WatfordWatford

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 5, draws 2, Swansea City 3.

Team news

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

Daniel Bachmann, Mario Gaspar, Christian Kabasele, Francisco Sierralta, Hassane Kamara, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Edo Kayembe, Ismaïla Sarr, Yáser Asprilla, Ken Sema, Keinan Davis

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

Steven Benda, Nathan Wood, Kyle Naughton, Ben Cabango, Matthew Sorinola, Jay Fulton, Matt Grimes, Ryan Manning, Joël Piroe, Olivier Ntcham, Michael Obafemi