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Watford
FT
3–0
HT 2–0
Birmingham City
Championship Thu 1 Jan, 15:00London Vicarage Road, Watford Lewis Smith 20,816 attendance

Timeline

  1. 9' Tom Ince assist Giorgi Chakvetadze
  2. 38' Tom Ince
  3. 43' Matthew Pollock Yellow Card
  4. 45' Nestory Irankunda for Giorgi Chakvetadze
  5. 45' Lyndon Dykes for Willum Thór Willumsson
  6. 45' Marc Leonard for Alfons Sampsted
  7. 60' Tom Ince assist Nestory Irankunda
  8. 62' Eiran Cashin for Alex Cochrane
  9. 63' Lyndon Dykes Yellow Card
  10. 64' Vivaldo Semedo for Luca Kjerrumgaard
  11. 68' Marvin Ducksch for Kyogo Furuhashi
  12. 69' Nampalys Mendy for Imran Louza
  13. 70' Moussa Sissoko for Othmane Maamma
  14. 77' Kwadwo Baah for Tom Ince
  15. 77' Lewis Koumas for Keshi Anderson
  16. 78' Paik Seung-Ho Yellow Card

Match stats

45.2% Possession 54.8%
13 Shots 6
6 On target 2
5 Fouls 14
1 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
1 Offsides 3
2 Saves 3
317 Accurate passes 396

Lineups

Watford 4-2-3-1
1 Selvik
16 Bola 3 Alleyne 6 Pollock 25 Abankwah
10 Louza 5 Kyprianou
7 Ince 8 Chakvetadze 42 Maamma
9 Kjerrumgaard
Birmingham City 4-2-3-1
25 Beadle
20 Cochrane 6 Robinson 5 Neumann 23 Sampsted
8 Seung-Ho 24 Iwata
14 Anderson 18 Willumsson 16 Roberts
9 Furuhashi
Watford 4-2-3-1
  1. 1 Egil Selvik G
  2. 3 Max Alleyne CD-L
  3. 6 Matthew Pollock CD-R
  4. 16 Marc Bola LB
  5. 25 James Abankwah RB
  6. 8 Giorgi Chakvetadze ▼ AM
  7. 10 Imran Louza ▼ LM
  8. 5 Hector Kyprianou RM
  9. 9 Luca Kjerrumgaard ▼ F
  10. 7 Tom Ince ▼ AM-L
  11. 42 Othmane Maamma ▼ AM-R

Came on

  1. 66 Nestory Irankunda ▲ SUB
  2. 34 Kwadwo Baah ▲ SUB
  3. 17 Moussa Sissoko ▲ SUB
  4. 18 Vivaldo Semedo ▲ SUB
  5. 23 Nampalys Mendy ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 29 Jeremy Petris SUB
  2. 4 Kévin Keben SUB
  3. 22 James Morris SUB
  4. 12 Nathan Baxter SUB
Birmingham City 4-2-3-1
  1. 25 James Beadle G
  2. 6 Jack Robinson CD-L
  3. 5 Phil Neumann CD-R
  4. 20 Alex Cochrane ▼ LB
  5. 23 Alfons Sampsted ▼ RB
  6. 18 Willum Thór Willumsson ▼ AM
  7. 8 Paik Seung-Ho LM
  8. 24 Tomoki Iwata RM
  9. 9 Kyogo Furuhashi ▼ F
  10. 14 Keshi Anderson ▼ AM-L
  11. 16 Patrick Roberts AM-R

Came on

  1. 41 Eiran Cashin ▲ SUB
  2. 17 Lyndon Dykes ▲ SUB
  3. 33 Marvin Ducksch ▲ SUB
  4. 30 Lewis Koumas ▲ SUB
  5. 12 Marc Leonard ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 40 Menzi Mazwi SUB
  2. 21 Ryan Allsop SUB
  3. 42 Dan Isichei SUB
  4. 27 Kanya Fujimoto SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, Watford 3, Birmingham City 0.
  2. 90'+6' Second Half ends, Watford 3, Birmingham City 0.
  3. 90'+5' Attempt saved. Vivaldo Semedo (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by James Beadle (Birmingham City).
  4. 90'+4' Lewis Koumas (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  5. 90'+4' Foul by James Abankwah (Watford).
  6. 90'+2' Kwadwo Baah (Watford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  7. 90'+2' Foul by Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City).
  8. 90' Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  9. 90' Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  10. 90' Foul by Vivaldo Semedo (Watford).
  11. 87' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  12. 87' Delay in match because of an injury Nampalys Mendy (Watford).
81 earlier entries
  1. 84' Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Max Alleyne.
  2. 82' Eiran Cashin (Birmingham City) hits the right post with a header from the right side of the six yard box. Assisted by Paik Seung-Ho with a cross following a corner.
  3. 82' Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by James Abankwah.
  4. 79' Attempt blocked. Nestory Irankunda (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  5. 78' Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 78' Nestory Irankunda (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  7. 78' Foul by Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City).
  8. 78' Phil Neumann (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  9. 78' Foul by Vivaldo Semedo (Watford).
  10. 77' Substitution, Birmingham City. Lewis Koumas replaces Keshi Anderson because of an injury.
  11. 77' Substitution, Watford. Kwadwo Baah replaces Tom Ince.
  12. 76' Tom Ince (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  13. 76' Foul by Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City).
  14. 76' Attempt blocked. Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
  15. 75' Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Hector Kyprianou.
  16. 70' Offside, Watford. Tom Ince is caught offside.
  17. 70' Substitution, Watford. Moussa Sissoko replaces Othmane Maamma.
  18. 69' Substitution, Watford. Nampalys Mendy replaces Imrân Louza.
  19. 68' Substitution, Birmingham City. Marvin Ducksch replaces Kyogo Furuhashi.
  20. 67' Attempt saved. Othmane Maamma (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by James Beadle (Birmingham City). Assisted by Nestory Irankunda.
  21. 64' Substitution, Watford. Vivaldo Semedo replaces Luca Kjerrumgaard.
  22. 63' Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  23. 63' Hector Kyprianou (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  24. 63' Foul by Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham City).
  25. 62' Substitution, Birmingham City. Eiran Cashin replaces Alex Cochrane because of an injury.
  26. 62' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  27. 61' Delay in match because of an injury Alex Cochrane (Birmingham City).
  28. 60' Goal! Watford 3, Birmingham City 0. Tom Ince (Watford) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Nestory Irankunda following a fast break.
  29. 58' Attempt missed. Luca Kjerrumgaard (Watford) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Nestory Irankunda following a fast break.
  30. 57' Attempt missed. Marc Bola (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
  31. 57' Attempt blocked. Luca Kjerrumgaard (Watford) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked.
  32. 55' Attempt missed. Marc Bola (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
  33. 54' Corner, Watford. Conceded by Tomoki Iwata.
  34. 53' Corner, Watford. Conceded by Keshi Anderson.
  35. 51' Corner, Watford. Conceded by Alex Cochrane.
  36. 49' Handball by Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham City).
  37. 47' Attempt saved. Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Egil Selvik (Watford). Assisted by Keshi Anderson.
  38. 47' Tom Ince (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  39. 47' Foul by Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City).
  40. 45' Substitution, Watford. Nestory Irankunda replaces Giorgi Chakvetadze.
  41. 45' Substitution, Birmingham City. Marc Leonard replaces Alfons Sampsted.
  42. 45' Substitution, Birmingham City. Lyndon Dykes replaces Willum Willumsson.
  43. 45' Second Half begins Watford 2, Birmingham City 0.
  44. 45'+3' First Half ends, Watford 2, Birmingham City 0.
  45. 45'+1' Offside, Birmingham City. Keshi Anderson is caught offside.
  46. 45' Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  47. 44' Attempt missed. Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Alfons Sampsted.
  48. 43' Mattie Pollock (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  49. 43' Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  50. 43' Foul by Mattie Pollock (Watford).
  51. 42' Corner, Watford. Conceded by Alex Cochrane.
  52. 40' Attempt missed. Patrick Roberts (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
  53. 38' Goal! Watford 2, Birmingham City 0. Tom Ince (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  54. 38' Attempt saved. Tom Ince (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by James Beadle (Birmingham City). Assisted by Othmane Maamma with a cross.
  55. 36' Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  56. 36' Foul by Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City).
  57. 34' Offside, Birmingham City. Keshi Anderson is caught offside.
  58. 31' Hector Kyprianou (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  59. 31' Foul by Willum Willumsson (Birmingham City).
  60. 29' Attempt missed. Marc Bola (Watford) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Othmane Maamma following a fast break.
  61. 26' Hector Kyprianou (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  62. 26' Foul by Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City).
  63. 25' Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by James Abankwah.
  64. 21' Hector Kyprianou (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  65. 21' Foul by Alex Cochrane (Birmingham City).
  66. 19' Attempt missed. Tom Ince (Watford) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze following a fast break.
  67. 15' Othmane Maamma (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  68. 15' Foul by Alex Cochrane (Birmingham City).
  69. 12' Luca Kjerrumgaard (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  70. 12' Foul by Phil Neumann (Birmingham City).
  71. 10' Attempt saved. Kyogo Furuhashi (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Egil Selvik (Watford). Assisted by Willum Willumsson.
  72. 9' Goal! Watford 1, Birmingham City 0. Tom Ince (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze with a through ball.
  73. 7' Luca Kjerrumgaard (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  74. 7' Foul by Phil Neumann (Birmingham City).
  75. 6' Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  76. 6' Foul by James Abankwah (Watford).
  77. 5' Othmane Maamma (Watford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  78. 5' Foul by Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City).
  79. 1' Offside, Birmingham City. Willum Willumsson is caught offside.
  80. First Half begins.
  81. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Watford W W W D D

  • D Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 EFL Championship
  • D at Wrexham 2-2 EFL Championship
  • W Stoke City 1-0 EFL Championship
  • W at Leicester City 2-1 EFL Championship
  • W at Norwich City 1-0 EFL Championship

Birmingham City D D L D L

  • L at Queens Park Rangers 2-1 EFL Championship
  • D Charlton Athletic 1-1 EFL Championship
  • L at Sheffield United 3-0 EFL Championship
  • D Derby County 1-1 EFL Championship
  • D Southampton 1-1 EFL Championship

Head to head

WAT leads series 3-1-1

  • 1 Dec 2025 Birmingham City 2–1 Watford 2025-26 English League Championship
  • 16 Mar 2024 Birmingham City 0–1 Watford 2023-24 English League Championship
  • 16 Sep 2023 Watford 2–0 Birmingham City 2023-24 English League Championship
  • 14 Mar 2023 Watford 3–0 Birmingham City 2022-23 English League Championship
  • 16 Aug 2022 Birmingham City 1–1 Watford 2022-23 English League Championship

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