Watford 1-1 West Ham United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 29 August 2026

Result

Watford 1-1 West Ham United

Championship · Saturday 29 August 2026, 14:00 UTC · Vicarage Road, Watford · half-time 1-1

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Watford 1-1 West Ham United: match report

Watford drew with West Ham United 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 29 August 2026 at Vicarage Road. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Amin Nabizada opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Watford's goal came from Amin Nabizada (19'). West Ham United scored through an own goal by Mattie Pollock (27').

Discipline: Watford received 3 yellow cards; West Ham United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Watford were 10th on 4 points from 2 and West Ham United 17th on 1 point from 2. In the current table Watford are 20th on 14 points and West Ham United are 8th on 22 points.

Watford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and West Ham United in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joël Veltman of West Ham United (7.8), ahead of Mads Hermansen (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Watford wins, 1 draw and 6 for West Ham United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · Edoardo BoveWatford
  • 19'Goal · Amin NabizadaWatford · 1-0
  • 24'Yellow card · Othmane MaammaWatford
  • 27'Own goal · Mattie PollockWest Ham United · 1-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Joël VeltmanWest Ham United
  • 49'Yellow card · Kévin KebenWatford

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
8West Ham United136433318+1522DWWLL
20Watford144281323-1014LWLLW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 3, draws 1, West Ham United 6.

Team news

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

Federico Ravaglia, Omar Traoré, Mattie Pollock, Kévin Keben, Jordan Zemura, Edoardo Bove, Hector Kyprianou, Othmane Maamma, Iker Bravo, Amin Nabizada, Luca Kjerrumgaard

West Ham United line-up (4-4-1-1)

Mads Hermansen, Joël Veltman, Airidas Golambeckis, Maximilian Kilman, Kyle Walker-Peters, Jarrod Bowen, Arne Engels, Mohamadou Kanté, Manor Solomon, Divine Mukasa, Taty Castellanos

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