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Championship · REGULAR SEASON - 38 · SAT, 14 MAR · 15:00 LOCAL
STOKE CITY
17TH · 55 PTS · LAST 5:
L L L L D
FT
3 – 1
FULL TIME HT · 1-0
WATFORD
L L L L L
· 16TH · 57 PTS · LAST 5
⚽ 28' Million Manhoef ⚽ 77' Million Manhoef ⚽ 85' Sam Gallagher
GOALS
⚽ 81' Nestory Irankunda
Sorba Thomas
👑
⭐ PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Sorba Thomas
Stoke City · 90 mins
🅰 1 assist · 24% pass acc
RATING
8.3
PREDICTIONS
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Championship: Stoke City vs Watford
📊 90 MIN TOTALS

Finalised · Match completed

1.66
⚡ EXPECTED GOALS (xG)
1.83
45%
BALL POSSESSION %
55%
19
TOTAL SHOTS
15
12
SHOTS ON TARGET
4
71%
PASS ACCURACY %
78%
6
CORNERS
7
KEY EVENTS 20 events
  1. 17'
    Card · Yellow Card
    T. Rigo
    STO
  2. 28'
    Goal · Normal Goal
    Million Manhoef · assist Milan Smit
    STO
  3. 50'
    Card · Yellow Card
    Sorba Thomas
    STO
  4. 51'
    Card · Yellow Card
    Nampalys Mendy
    WAT
  5. 60'
    Card · Yellow Card
    M. Talovierov
    STO
  6. 62'
    Subst · Substitution 1
    Vivaldo Semedo · assist Nestory Irankunda
    WAT
  7. 70'
    Subst · Substitution 1
    Eric Bocat · assist Ben Gibson
    STO
  8. 71'
    Subst · Substitution 2
    Milan Smit · assist Sam Gallagher
    STO
  9. 71'
    Subst · Substitution 2
    Tom Ince · assist J. Lawson
    WAT
  10. 71'
    Subst · Substitution 3
    Nampalys Mendy · assist Pierre Ekwah
    WAT
  11. 72'
    Card · Yellow Card
    Tommy Simkin
    STO
  12. 77'
    Goal · Normal Goal
    Million Manhoef
    STO
  13. 79'
    Subst · Substitution 3
    Jun-Ho Bae · assist Ben Pearson
    STO
  14. 79'
    Subst · Substitution 4
    Million Manhoef · assist Jesurun Rak-Sakyi
    STO
  15. 81'
    Goal · Normal Goal
    Nestory Irankunda · assist Giorgi Chakvetadze
    WAT
  16. 83'
    Subst · Substitution 5
    Steven​ N'Zonzi · assist Tatsuki Seko
    STO
  17. 85'
    Goal · Normal Goal
    Sam Gallagher · assist Sorba Thomas
    STO
  18. 86'
    Subst · Substitution 4
    Stephen Mfuni · assist Edoardo Bove
    WAT
  19. 86'
    Subst · Substitution 5
    Imrân Louza · assist Luca Kjerrumgaard
    WAT
  20. 90'+3
    Card · Yellow Card
    Nestory Irankunda
    WAT
PLAYER RATINGS · TOP 5 EACH 0–10 scale
STOKE CITY AVG 7.8
WATFORD AVG 7.2
MATCH STATS H vs A
ATTACK
1.7
xG
1.8
19.0
TOTAL SHOTS
15.0
12.0
ON TARGET
4.0
4.0
OFF TARGET
7.0
3.0
BLOCKED
4.0
POSSESSION
45.0%
POSSESSION %
55.0%
318.0
PASSES
391.0
71.0%
PASS ACCURACY
78.0%
SET PIECES
6.0
CORNERS
7.0
2.0
OFFSIDES
0.0
DISCIPLINE
11.0
FOULS
13.0
4.0
YELLOW CARDS
2.0
3.0
GK SAVES
9.0
🎯 SHOT BREAKDOWN

Top shooters · accuracy = on-target / total

player-level shot accuracy · per-shot xG bubbles require xG Advanced tier
STOKE CITY 11 shots
Million Manhoef
5/5
T. Rigo
3/3
Sam Gallagher
2/2
Eric Bocat
0/1
WATFORD 4 shots
Stephen Mfuni
0/2
Giorgi Chakvetadze
0/1
Nestory Irankunda
1/1
📈 xG RACE

Cumulative xG over 90 minutes REAL xG

final xG: 1.66 – 1.83
1.5 1.1 0.7 0.4 1.8 0.0 HT 28' 77' 85' 81' H 1.66 A 1.83 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 60%
40% A
12
EVENTS LOGGED
8
EVENTS LOGGED
LINEUPS 4-2-3-1 vs 4-4-2
4-2-3-1
4-4-2
25
TOMMY SIM
 7.3
17
ERIC BOCA
26
ASHLEY PH
40
M. TALOVI
22
JUNIOR TC
 7.3
19
T. RIGO
15
STEVEN​ N
 8.3
7
SORBA THO
10
JUN-HO BA
 8.3
42
MILLION M
49
MILAN SMI
 7.2
1
EGIL SELV
16
MARC BOLA
 6.7
21
STEPHEN M
3
SABA GOGL
25
JAMES ABA
 7.5
8
GIORGI CH
 7.3
23
NAMPALYS
10
IMRâN LOU
7
TOM INCE
18
VIVALDO S
39
EDO KAYEM
SUBSTITUTES · STOKE CITY
50
Sydney Agina
M
21
Jesurun Rak-...
F
20
Sam Gallaghe...
F
23
Ben Gibson
D
29
Lamine Cissé
F
12
Tatsuki Seko
M
4
Ben Pearson
M
34
F. Fielding
G
59
G. Kelly
M
COACH: Mark Robins
SUBSTITUTES · WATFORD
66
Nestory Iran...
F
17
Pierre Ekwah
M
64
J. Lawson
F
9
Luca Kjerrum...
F
4
Kévin Keben...
D
6
Matthew Poll...
D
15
Edoardo Bove
M
12
Nathan Baxte...
G
53
Amin Nabizad...
F
COACH: Edward Still
🏥 UNAVAILABLE PLAYERS
STO · 0 OUT

No injuries reported · federation feed activates Q3

WAT · 0 OUT

No injuries reported · federation feed activates Q3

⚖ MATCH OFFICIALS
REFEREE
Leigh Doughty, England
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STO MANAGER
Mark Robins
head coach
WAT MANAGER
Edward Still
head coach
HEAD TO HEAD · ALL-TIME
3
STO WINS
2
DRAWS
5
WAT WINS
30%
20%
50%
9 – 15
TOTAL GOALS · 10 MEETINGS
2.40
AVG GOALS / MATCH
RECENT MEETINGS SHOWING 5 / 10
20 Dec 2025
Watford
1 – 0
Stoke City
L
01 Mar 2025
Stoke City
0 – 0
Watford
D
17 Aug 2024
Watford
3 – 0
Stoke City
L
29 Dec 2023
Watford
1 – 1
Stoke City
D
19 Aug 2023
Stoke City
1 – 0
Watford
W
STOKE CITY LAST 5 OVERALL
L L L L D
WATFORD LAST 5 OVERALL
L L L L L
MATCH IMPACT Final 3–1 · result locked
STOKE CITY #17
Won · already at 55 pts
WATFORD #16
Lost · already at 57 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'+3
    Card · Yellow Card · Nestory Irankunda
  • 86'
    Subst · Substitution 5 · Imrân Louza
  • 86'
    Subst · Substitution 4 · Stephen Mfuni
  • 85'
    Goal · Normal Goal · Sam Gallagher
  • 83'
    Subst · Substitution 5 · Steven​ N'Zonzi
  • 81'
    Goal · Normal Goal · Nestory Irankunda
  • 79'
    Subst · Substitution 4 · Million Manhoef
  • 79'
    Subst · Substitution 3 · Jun-Ho Bae
  • 77'
    Goal · Normal Goal · Million Manhoef
  • 72'
    Card · Yellow Card · Tommy Simkin
    Time wasting
  • 71'
    Subst · Substitution 3 · Nampalys Mendy
  • 71'
    Subst · Substitution 2 · Tom Ince
  • 71'
    Subst · Substitution 2 · Milan Smit
  • 70'
    Subst · Substitution 1 · Eric Bocat
  • 62'
    Subst · Substitution 1 · Vivaldo Semedo
  • 60'
    Card · Yellow Card · M. Talovierov
    Foul
  • 51'
    Card · Yellow Card · Nampalys Mendy
    Foul
  • 50'
    Card · Yellow Card · Sorba Thomas
    Foul
  • HALF TIME · 1 – 0
  • 28'
    Goal · Normal Goal · Million Manhoef
  • 17'
    Card · Yellow Card · T. Rigo
    Foul
MATCH WINNER ODDS
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