fixtures
Preston
Watford
Watford
Derby
| # | Team | Pts | P | Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Middlesbrough
|
61 | 31 | 3 - 0 | 25 Apr | |
| 2 |
Coventry
|
59 | 31 | 02 May | 3 - 1 | |
| 3 |
Millwall
|
56 | 32 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 0 | |
| 4 |
Ipswich
|
54 | 30 | 24 Feb | 1 - 1 | |
| 5 |
Hull
|
54 | 31 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | |
| 6 |
Derby
|
48 | 32 | 21 Feb | 2 - 3 | |
| 7 |
Preston
|
48 | 32 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | |
| 8 |
Wrexham
|
47 | 31 | 07 Mar | 2 - 2 | |
| 9 |
Bristol City
|
46 | 31 | 1 - 1 | 27 Feb | |
| 10 |
Southampton
|
46 | 32 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 0 | |
| 11 |
Birmingham
|
46 | 32 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 1 | |
| 12 |
Watford
|
45 | 32 | |||
| 13 |
QPR
|
44 | 32 | 2 - 1 | 03 Apr | |
| 14 |
Stoke
|
43 | 32 | 1 - 0 | 14 Mar | |
| 15 |
Sheff Utd
|
42 | 32 | 18 Apr | 1 - 0 | |
| 16 |
Swansea
|
42 | 32 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 1 | |
| 17 |
Norwich
|
39 | 32 | 3 - 2 | 0 - 1 | |
| 18 |
Charlton
|
39 | 31 | 06 Apr | 1 - 0 | |
| 19 |
Blackburn
|
35 | 32 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | |
| 20 |
West Bromwich
|
34 | 32 | 2 - 1 | 21 Apr | |
| 21 |
Portsmouth
|
33 | 30 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | |
| 22 |
Leicester
|
32 | 32 | 21 Mar | 1 - 2 | |
| 23 |
Oxford
|
28 | 32 | 2 - 1 | 11 Apr | |
| 24 |
Sheff Wed
|
-7 | 32 | 1 - 1 | 10 Mar |
Global stats in Championship
- Appearances 32
- Goals for 41
- Penalty goal 2
- Goals against 38
- Yellow 62
- Red 3
Main formation
- 4-4-2 12 matches this season
Top players
- I. Louza 6
- M. Doumbia 4
- J. Ngakia 4
- N. Irankunda 3
- Year of construction: 1922
- Surface: grass
- Capacity: 22200
- Average attendance: 17704
- Maximum attendance: 21634
- % sold: 79
- Type club male
- Names Watford
- Code WAT
- Area England
Watford on Football Today
Watford match result
The next match is Watford vs Derby and kicks-off at 15:00 on the Saturday 21 February 2026 as part of the the week 33 of Championship.
The latest result of Championship featured Preston and Watford and ended up in a 2-2 score.
Watford is currently at rank 12. in the General table of Championship 2025/2026.
Main players
Nestory Irankunda is the latest most expensive arrival, coming from Bayern München II on the Friday 18 July 2025 for a 3M € fee.
João Ferreira is the latest biggest sale. He left to Saint-Étienne on the Wednesday 06 August 2025, a transfer which is valued at 3M €.
Luca Tange Kjerrumgaard is the top scorer with 7 goals.
Imrân Louza has the most assists with 8 goal assists.
The full squad is as follows:Goalkeepers: Egil Selvik, Nathan Joseph Baxter and Alfie Simon Rodney Marriott
Defenders: William Troost-Ekong, Jeremy Ngakia, Max Lewis Rowe Alleyne, Saba Goglichidze, Kévin Keben Biakolo, Mattie Pollock, Marc Bola, Stephen-Nevin Mutanda Mfuni, Angelo Ogbonna, James William Morris, Marvin Zeegelaar, James Abankwah, Formose Mendy, Yasser Larouci, Joshua Mullins, Aidan Coyne and Albert George Eames
Midfielders: Hector Matthew Kyprianou, Tom Ince, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Imrân Louza, Rocco Vata, Pierre Junior Dwomoh, Edoardo Bove, Moussa Sissoko, Nampalys Mendy, Caleb Ryan Wiley, Jeremy Arnaud Petris, Edouard Kayembe, Othmane Maamma, Jack Grieves, Leo Ramirez-Espain, Jai-Dea Moulton, Amar Sanghrajka and Nestory Irankunda
Strikers: Damani Hunter, Ignacio Pussetto, Luca Tange Kjerrumgaard, Vivaldo Leandro Semedo Moura Sousa, Mamadou Doumbia, Kwadwo Baah, Zavier Massiah-Edwards, Amin Nabizada and James Collins
Watford schedule & next match
Following Watford vs Derby, the next match will be Watford vs Ipswich on Tuesday 24 February 2026. The coach Javier Gracia Carlos will unveil its strategy and the game sheet a few hours ahead of the match. The team most of the time starts with a 4-4-2 starting 11
| # | Team | Pts | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Middlesbrough
|
61 | 31 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 30 | 19 | |
| 2 |
Coventry
|
59 | 31 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 63 | 35 | 28 | |
| 3 |
Millwall
|
56 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 41 | 37 | 4 | |
| 4 |
Ipswich
|
54 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 51 | 29 | 22 | |
| 5 |
Hull
|
54 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 50 | 43 | 7 | |
| 6 |
Derby
|
48 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 39 | 8 | |
| 7 |
Preston
|
48 | 32 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 40 | 36 | 4 | |
| 8 |
Wrexham
|
47 | 31 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 44 | 39 | 5 | |
| 9 |
Bristol City
|
46 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 38 | 5 | |
| 10 |
Southampton
|
46 | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 48 | 44 | 4 | |
| 11 |
Birmingham
|
46 | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 43 | 39 | 4 | |
| 12 |
Watford
|
45 | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 41 | 38 | 3 | |
| 13 |
QPR
|
44 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 43 | 46 | -3 | |
| 14 |
Stoke
|
43 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 29 | 5 | |
| 15 |
Sheff Utd
|
42 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 45 | 45 | 0 | |
| 16 |
Swansea
|
42 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 39 | -1 | |
| 17 |
Norwich
|
39 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 42 | 0 | |
| 18 |
Charlton
|
39 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 38 | -8 | |
| 19 |
Blackburn
|
35 | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 41 | -11 | |
| 20 |
West Bromwich
|
34 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 47 | -15 | |
| 21 |
Portsmouth
|
33 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 39 | -12 | |
| 22 |
Leicester
|
32 | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 51 | -7 | |
| 23 |
Oxford
|
28 | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 44 | -16 | |
| 24 |
Sheff Wed
|
-7 | 32 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 19 | 64 | -45 |
- Relegation
| # | Team | Pts | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Coventry
|
36 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 20 |
| 2 |
Ipswich
|
35 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 18 |
| 3 |
Middlesbrough
|
33 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 14 |
| 4 |
Birmingham
|
31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 15 |
| 5 |
Millwall
|
30 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 4 |
| 6 |
Watford
|
29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 7 |
| 7 |
Swansea
|
28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 6 |
| 8 |
Preston
|
27 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 4 |
| 9 |
Hull
|
27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| 10 |
Southampton
|
26 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 |
| 11 |
QPR
|
26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 5 |
| 12 |
Charlton
|
25 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 2 |
| 13 |
Bristol City
|
24 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 5 |
| 14 |
Wrexham
|
24 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 2 |
| 15 |
Sheff Utd
|
23 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 8 |
| 16 |
West Bromwich
|
23 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | -1 |
| 17 |
Portsmouth
|
22 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 2 |
| 18 |
Leicester
|
22 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| 19 |
Stoke
|
21 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 5 |
| 20 |
Derby
|
21 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 23 | -2 |
| 21 |
Norwich
|
16 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 20 | -4 |
| 22 |
Oxford
|
15 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -9 |
| 23 |
Blackburn
|
14 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 22 | -7 |
| 24 |
Sheff Wed
|
4 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 35 | -27 |
| # | Team | Pts | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Middlesbrough
|
28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 5 |
| 2 |
Derby
|
27 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 10 |
| 3 |
Hull
|
27 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 7 |
| 4 |
Millwall
|
26 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| 5 |
Coventry
|
23 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 8 |
| 6 |
Norwich
|
23 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 4 |
| 7 |
Wrexham
|
23 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 3 |
| 8 |
Bristol City
|
22 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| 9 |
Stoke
|
22 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 10 |
Preston
|
21 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| 11 |
Blackburn
|
21 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | -4 |
| 12 |
Southampton
|
20 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 31 | -3 |
| 13 |
Ipswich
|
19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 4 |
| 14 |
Sheff Utd
|
19 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 28 | -8 |
| 15 |
QPR
|
18 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -8 |
| 16 |
Watford
|
16 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 21 | -4 |
| 17 |
Leicester
|
16 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 28 | -7 |
| 18 |
Birmingham
|
15 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -11 |
| 19 |
Swansea
|
14 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 21 | -7 |
| 20 |
Charlton
|
14 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 24 | -10 |
| 21 |
Oxford
|
13 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 22 | -7 |
| 22 |
West Bromwich
|
11 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 28 | -14 |
| 23 |
Portsmouth
|
11 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -14 |
| 24 |
Sheff Wed
|
7 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 29 | -18 |
55 years
- 87 official matches
- Squad size 47
- Average age 24
- Foreign players 27 (57.4%)
- Contracts ending 3
28 years
-
William Troost-Ekong
32 years
-
#2 Jeremy Ngakia
25 years
-
06/2027
-
#3 Max Lewis Rowe Alleyne
20 years
-
#3 Saba Goglichidze
21 years
-
#4 Kévin Keben Biakolo
22 years
-
#6 Mattie Pollock
24 years
-
#16 Marc Bola
28 years
-
#21 Stephen-Nevin Mutanda Mfuni
18 years
-
#21 Angelo Ogbonna
37 years
-
#22 James William Morris
24 years
-
#22 Marvin Zeegelaar
35 years
-
#25 James Abankwah
22 years
-
06/2025
-
#27 Formose Mendy
25 years
-
06/2026
-
#37 Yasser Larouci
25 years
-
#50 Joshua Mullins
20 years
-
#52 Aidan Coyne
22 years
-
#56 Albert George Eames
20 years
-
#5 Hector Matthew Kyprianou
24 years
-
#7 Tom Ince
34 years
-
#8 Giorgi Chakvetadze
26 years
-
#10 Imrân Louza
26 years
-
#11 Rocco Vata
20 years
-
#14 Pierre Junior Dwomoh
21 years
-
#15 Edoardo Bove
23 years
-
#17 Moussa Sissoko
36 years
-
#23 Nampalys Mendy
33 years
-
#26 Caleb Ryan Wiley
21 years
-
#29 Jeremy Arnaud Petris
28 years
-
#39 Edouard Kayembe
27 years
-
06/2026
-
#42 Othmane Maamma
20 years
-
#43 Jack Grieves
21 years
-
#52 Leo Ramirez-Espain
19 years
-
#58 Jai-Dea Moulton
18 years
-
#60 Amar Sanghrajka
19 years
-
#66 Nestory Irankunda
20 years
30 years
23 years
21 years
31 years
28 years
22 years
Watford
4-4-2
- 4-2-3-1 9 time
- 3-5-2 4 time
- 4-3-3 2 time
- 3-4-3 1 time
- 4-2-4-0 1 time
- 5-3-2 1 time
- Appearances 32
- Goals for 41
- Penalty goal 2
- Goals against 38
- Yellow 62
- Red 3
Final Time
- Number of matches (Goals scored)
- Number of matches (Goals conceded)
Stats for 32 matches already played
- Number of matches (Goals scored)
- Number of matches (Goals conceded)
Stats for 16 matches already played
- Number of matches (Goals scored)
- Number of matches (Goals conceded)
Stats for 16 matches already played
1st half
- Number of matches (Goals scored)
- Number of matches (Goals conceded)
Stats for 32 matches already played
- Number of matches (Goals scored)
- Number of matches (Goals conceded)
Stats for 16 matches already played
- Number of matches (Goals scored)
- Number of matches (Goals conceded)
Stats for 16 matches already played
2nd half
- Number of matches (Goals scored)
- Number of matches (Goals conceded)
Stats for 32 matches already played
- Number of matches (Goals scored)
- Number of matches (Goals conceded)
Stats for 16 matches already played
- Number of matches (Goals scored)
- Number of matches (Goals conceded)
Stats for 16 matches already played
- Number of matches (Goals scored)
- Number of matches (Goals conceded)
- First goal scored on average 46'
- Last goal scored on average 57'
- Number of matches - at least 1 goal scored 24
- First goal conceded on average 34'
- Last goal conceded on average 49'
- Number of matches - at least 1 goal conceded 27
- Number of matches (Goals scored)
- Number of matches (Goals conceded)
- First goal scored on average 44'
- Last goal scored on average 59'
- Number of matches - at least 1 goal scored 13
- First goal conceded on average 34'
- Last goal conceded on average 45'
- Number of matches - at least 1 goal conceded 13
- Number of matches (Goals scored)
- Number of matches (Goals conceded)
- First goal scored on average 49'
- Last goal scored on average 55'
- Number of matches - at least 1 goal scored 11
- First goal conceded on average 34'
- Last goal conceded on average 53'
- Number of matches - at least 1 goal conceded 14
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1st half
- 0 - 0 5 (31%)
- 1 - 1 3 (19%)
- 0 - 1 3 (19%)
- 2 - 0 2 (13%)
- 2 - 1 2 (13%)
- 1 - 2 1 (6%)
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Final Time
- 2 - 1 4 (25%)
- 1 - 1 4 (25%)
- 3 - 0 2 (13%)
- 0 - 2 2 (13%)
- 3 - 2 1 (6%)
- 1 - 0 1 (6%)
- 2 - 2 1 (6%)
- 0 - 1 1 (6%)
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1st half
- 0 - 0 5 (31%)
- 1 - 0 4 (25%)
- 1 - 1 3 (19%)
- 1 - 2 1 (6%)
- 0 - 1 1 (6%)
- 2 - 0 1 (6%)
- 3 - 0 1 (6%)
-
Final Time
- 1 - 0 4 (25%)
- 2 - 2 3 (19%)
- 1 - 1 3 (19%)
- 2 - 3 1 (6%)
- 1 - 2 1 (6%)
- 0 - 1 1 (6%)
- 0 - 0 1 (6%)
- 2 - 1 1 (6%)
- 3 - 1 1 (6%)
- 1. Coventry 5.6
- 2. Southampton 5.1
- 3. Ipswich 5.1
- Tournament average 4
- 1. Middlesbrough 8.3
- 2. Norwich 8
- 4. Leicester 7.4
- Tournament average 6
- 1. Ipswich 56%
- 2. Middlesbrough 57%
- 3. Coventry 55%
- Tournament average 49.46%
- 1. Middlesbrough 84%
- 2. Ipswich 81%
- 3. Southampton 83%
- Tournament average 77.13%
- 1. Blackburn 11.8
- 2. Oxford 11.2
- 3. Middlesbrough 11
- Tournament average 9.5
- 1. Birmingham 0.1
- 1. Leicester 0.1
- 1. Sheff Utd 0.1
- Tournament average 0.1
- 1. Sheff Wed 2
- 2. Leicester 1.6
- 3. West Bromwich 1.5
- Tournament average 1.3
- 2. M. Pollock 53
- 3. K. Keben 46.7
- 4. M. Alleyne 44.5
- 2. E. Kayembe 1.2
- 3. O. Maamma 1.1
- 4. E. Bove 1
- 2. N. Irankunda 1.1
- 3. J. Ngakia 1.1
- 4. R. Vata 1
- 2. L. Kjerrumgaard 2.6
- 3. J. Abankwah 2.3
- 4. S. Mfuni 2
- 2. S. Mfuni 2
- 3. S. Goglichidze 1.5
- 4. M. Alleyne 1.3
- 2. H. Kyprianou 1.2
- 3. N. Mendy 1.2
- 4. J. Ngakia 1.1
- 2. H. Kyprianou 1.3
- 3. O. Maamma 1.3
- 4. N. Irankunda 1
- 2. I. Louza 1.2
- 3. M. Doumbia 1.2
- 4. J. Abankwah 1.1
| Count | Average age | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrivals | 16 | 24 | 5M € |
| Departures | 13 | 25 | 9.4M € |
| Total | 29 | 24 | 4.4M € |
