Watford 2-2 West Bromwich Albion: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 20 September 2023

Result

Watford 2-2 West Bromwich Albion

Championship · Wednesday 20 September 2023, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-2

Watford · West Bromwich Albion · Championship predictions

Watford 2-2 West Bromwich Albion: match report

Watford drew with West Bromwich Albion 2-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 20 September 2023. It was 2-2 at half-time.

Thomas Ince opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Watford's goals came from Thomas Ince (3') and Matheus Martins (23'). West Bromwich Albion scored through John Swift (14') and Jed Wallace (17').

Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; West Bromwich Albion received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Watford were 13th on 8 points from 6 and West Bromwich Albion 14th on 8 points from 6. Watford went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and West Bromwich Albion 5th with 76.

Watford lined up in a 4-3-3 and West Bromwich Albion in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Ince of Watford (8.1), ahead of Matheus Martins (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Watford wins, 4 draws and 2 for West Bromwich Albion.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Thomas InceWatford · 1-0
  • 14'Goal · John SwiftWest Bromwich Albion · 1-1
  • 17'Goal · Jed WallaceWest Bromwich Albion · 1-2
  • 23'Goal · Matheus MartinsWatford · 2-2
  • 26'Yellow card · Jayson MolumbyWest Bromwich Albion
  • 53'Yellow card · Ryan PorteousWatford
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Imrân LouzaWatford

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 4, draws 4, West Bromwich Albion 2.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Daryl DikeWest Bromwich Albion · injury (Achilles tendon problems)
  • Adam ReachWest Bromwich Albion · injury (Thigh Problems)

Watford line-up (4-3-3)

Daniel Bachmann, Jeremy Ngakia, Ryan Porteous, Wesley Hoedt, James Morris, Imrân Louza, Francisco Sierralta, Ismaël Koné, Tom Ince, Mileta Rajović, Matheus Martins

West Bromwich Albion line-up (3-4-3)

Alex Palmer, Semi Ajayi, Cédric Kipré, Erik Pieters, Darnell Furlong, Jed Wallace, Okay Yokuşlu, Jayson Molumby, Matt Phillips, Brandon Thomas-Asante, John Swift