Championship · SAT, 20 DEC · 15:00 LOCAL
WATFORD
16TH · 57 PTS · LAST 5:
L L L L L
FT
1 0
FULL TIME HT · 0-0
STOKE CITY
L L L L D
· 17TH · 55 PTS · LAST 5
⚽ 74' Luca Kjerrumgaard
GOALS
Hector Kyprianou
👑
⭐ PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Hector Kyprianou
Watford · 90 mins
🅰 1 assist · 21% pass acc
RATING
7.7
PREDICTIONS
📊 90 MIN TOTALS

Finalised · Match completed

1.22
⚡ EXPECTED GOALS (xG)
0.52
40%
BALL POSSESSION %
60%
10
TOTAL SHOTS
7
5
SHOTS ON TARGET
1
77%
PASS ACCURACY %
85%
7
CORNERS
5
KEY EVENTS 15 events
  1. 30'
    Card · Yellow Card
    Róbert Boženík
    STO
  2. 46'
    Subst · Substitution 1
    Róbert Boženík · assist Sam Gallagher
    STO
  3. 59'
    Card · Yellow Card
    Sorba Thomas
    STO
  4. 65'
    Subst · Substitution 1
    Thomas Ince · assist Vivaldo
    WAT
  5. 65'
    Subst · Substitution 2
    Steven​ N'Zonzi · assist Ben Pearson
    STO
  6. 65'
    Subst · Substitution 3
    B. Lawal · assist Tatsuki Seko
    STO
  7. 66'
    Card · Yellow Card
    Vivaldo
    WAT
  8. 69'
    Card · Yellow Card
    Matthew Pollock
    WAT
  9. 74'
    Goal · Normal Goal
    Luca Kjerrumgaard · assist Hector Kyprianou
    WAT
  10. 76'
    Subst · Substitution 2
    Giorgi Chakvetadze · assist Moussa Sissoko
    WAT
  11. 76'
    Subst · Substitution 3
    Luca Kjerrumgaard · assist Nestory Irankunda
    WAT
  12. 77'
    Subst · Substitution 4
    Jun-Ho Bae · assist Divin Mubama
    STO
  13. 83'
    Card · Yellow Card
    Maksym Talovierov
    STO
  14. 89'
    Card · Yellow Card
    Nestory Irankunda
    WAT
  15. 90'
    Subst · Substitution 4
    Imrân Louza · assist Nampalys Mendy
    WAT
PLAYER RATINGS · TOP 5 EACH 0–10 scale
WATFORD AVG 7.5
STOKE CITY AVG 7.2
MATCH STATS H vs A
ATTACK
1.2
xG
0.5
10.0
TOTAL SHOTS
7.0
5.0
ON TARGET
1.0
4.0
OFF TARGET
2.0
1.0
BLOCKED
4.0
POSSESSION
40.0%
POSSESSION %
60.0%
316.0
PASSES
478.0
77.0%
PASS ACCURACY
85.0%
SET PIECES
7.0
CORNERS
5.0
1.0
OFFSIDES
5.0
DISCIPLINE
10.0
FOULS
12.0
3.0
YELLOW CARDS
3.0
1.0
GK SAVES
3.0
🎯 SHOT BREAKDOWN

Top shooters · accuracy = on-target / total

player-level shot accuracy · per-shot xG bubbles require xG Advanced tier
WATFORD 5 shots
Luca Kjerrumgaard
2/3
Imrân Louza
0/1
Matthew Pollock
0/1
STOKE CITY 1 shots
Million Manhoef
1/1
📈 xG RACE

Cumulative xG over 90 minutes REAL xG

final xG: 1.220.52
1 0.7 0.5 0.2 1.2 0.0 HT 74' H 1.22 A 0.52 KO 30' 60' FT

Step chart anchored to real goal minutes · final xG from SportMonks · baseline distributes remaining shots evenly across the match

⚡ ATTACK SHARE

Event activity ratio · attacks/cards/subs

zone-based attack maps require broadcast partner (Q3)
H 53%
47% A
8
EVENTS LOGGED
7
EVENTS LOGGED
LINEUPS 4-4-2 vs 4-2-3-1
SUBSTITUTES · WATFORD
53
Amin Nabizad...
F
27
Formose Mend...
D
25
James Abankw...
D
23
Nampalys Men...
M
22
James Morris
D
18
Vivaldo
F
17
Moussa Sisso...
M
12
Nathan Baxte...
G
66
Nestory Iran...
F
COACH: Javier Gracia Carlos
SUBSTITUTES · STOKE CITY
20
Sam Gallaghe...
F
29
Lamine Cissé
F
14
Jamie Donley
M
19
Tomáš Rigo
M
12
Tatsuki Seko
M
4
Ben Pearson
M
23
Ben Gibson
D
13
Jack Bonham
G
9
Divin Mubama
F
COACH: Mark Robins
🏥 UNAVAILABLE PLAYERS
WAT · 0 OUT

No injuries reported · federation feed activates Q3

STO · 0 OUT

No injuries reported · federation feed activates Q3

⚖ MATCH OFFICIALS
REFEREE
TBA
~24h before kick-off
WAT MANAGER
Javier Gracia Carlos
head coach
STO MANAGER
Mark Robins
head coach
HEAD TO HEAD · ALL-TIME
5
WAT WINS
2
DRAWS
3
STO WINS
50%
20%
30%
15 9
TOTAL GOALS · 10 MEETINGS
2.40
AVG GOALS / MATCH
RECENT MEETINGS SHOWING 5 / 10
WATFORD LAST 5 OVERALL
L L L L L
STOKE CITY LAST 5 OVERALL
L L L L D
MATCH IMPACT Final 1–0 · result locked
WATFORD #16
Won · already at 57 pts
STOKE CITY #17
Lost · already at 55 pts
LEAGUE CONTEXT FULL TABLE →
# TEAM P W D L GD PTS FORM
1 Coventry 46 28 11 7 +52 95
W W W D D
2 Ipswich 46 23 15 8 +33 84
W D D W D
3 Millwall 46 24 11 11 +15 83
L D W D W
4 Southampton 46 22 14 10 +26 80
W D W D D
5 Middlesbrough 46 22 14 10 +25 80
L L D D W
6 Hull City 46 21 10 15 +4 73
W W D W L
7 Wrexham 46 19 14 13 +4 71
D L W W L
8 Derby 46 20 9 17 +8 69
L W L W L
9 Norwich 46 19 8 19 +7 65
L D W W L
10 Birmingham 46 17 13 16 +1 64
D W W D W
11 Swansea 46 18 10 18 -2 64
W D W L W
12 Bristol City 46 17 11 18 0 62
W L D L D
13 Sheffield Utd 46 18 6 22 0 60
W L L W W
14 Preston 46 15 15 16 -7 60
L W L L W
15 QPR 46 16 10 20 -12 58
L L L L D
16 Watford 46 14 15 17 -12 57
L L L L L
17 Stoke City 46 15 10 21 -5 55
L L L L D
18 Portsmouth 46 14 13 19 -15 55
D W L W W
19 Charlton 46 13 14 19 -14 53
L W L D L
20 Blackburn 46 13 13 20 -14 52
L W D L D
21 West Brom 46 13 14 19 -10 51
L D W W D
22 Oxford United 46 11 14 21 -14 47
L W L L W
23 Leicester 46 12 16 18 -10 46
W D D L L
24 Sheffield Wednesday 46 2 12 32 -60 0
W L L D D
UCL Qualification Europa / Conference Relegation
COMMENTARY
  • 90'
    Subst · Substitution 4 · Imrân Louza
  • 89'
    Card · Yellow Card · Nestory Irankunda
    Time wasting
  • 83'
    Card · Yellow Card · Maksym Talovierov
    Foul
  • 77'
    Subst · Substitution 4 · Jun-Ho Bae
  • 76'
    Subst · Substitution 3 · Luca Kjerrumgaard
  • 76'
    Subst · Substitution 2 · Giorgi Chakvetadze
  • 74'
    Goal · Normal Goal · Luca Kjerrumgaard
  • 69'
    Card · Yellow Card · Matthew Pollock
    Foul
  • 66'
    Card · Yellow Card · Vivaldo
    Time wasting
  • 65'
    Subst · Substitution 3 · B. Lawal
  • 65'
    Subst · Substitution 2 · Steven​ N'Zonzi
  • 65'
    Subst · Substitution 1 · Thomas Ince
  • 59'
    Card · Yellow Card · Sorba Thomas
    Argument
  • 46'
    Subst · Substitution 1 · Róbert Boženík
  • HALF TIME · 0 – 0
  • 30'
    Card · Yellow Card · Róbert Boženík
    Argument
MATCH WINNER ODDS
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