Watford 1-2 Stoke City: result and goals
Stoke City beat Watford 2-1 on Saturday, 12 September 2026 in the Championship.
Goals: Jack McGlynn 45'+4', Eric Bocat 57', Amin Nabizada 90'+1'.
Watford sit 21st on 11 points.
Stoke City sit 9th on 20 points.
Watford have 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats in their last 5 matches.
Stoke City have 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats in their last 5 matches.
Last 5 meetings: Watford won 2, Stoke City won 1, 2 drawn.
- Competition
- EFL Championship
- Kick-off
- Saturday, 12 September 2026, 15:00 (UK time)
- Venue
- Vicarage Road, Watford
- 👥
- 18296
The match in numbers
- Stoke City beat Watford 2-1.
- Jack McGlynn opened the scoring for Stoke City on 45'+4'.
Data: ESPN · votes and picks from Scorely users
Goals and cards
Live commentary
- Match ends, Watford 1, Stoke City 2.
- 90'+7'Second Half ends, Watford 1, Stoke City 2.
- 90'+4'Attempt saved. Justin Devenny (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Federico Ravaglia (Watford). Assisted by Ben Pearson.
- 90'+3'Amin Nabizada (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+3'Luca Bombino (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3'Foul by Amin Nabizada (Watford).
- 90'+1'Goal! Watford 1, Stoke City 2. Amin Nabizada (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Edo Kayembe following a corner.
- 90'+1'Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
- 90'Corner, Watford. Conceded by Viktor Johansson.
- 90'Attempt saved. Luca Kjerrumgaard (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Viktor Johansson (Stoke City). Assisted by Rocco Vata.
- 90'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 90'Substitution, Stoke City. Ben Pearson replaces Jack McGlynn.
- 89'Delay in match because of an injury Jack McGlynn (Stoke City).
- 88'Foul by Luca Bombino (Stoke City).
- 88'Kévin Keben (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87'Luca Bombino (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 87'Foul by Amin Nabizada (Watford).
- 85'Luke Graham (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 85'Foul by Mamadou Doumbia (Watford).
- 85'Foul by George Hirst (Stoke City).
- 85'Hector Kyprianou (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83'Ben Johnson (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 83'Foul by Omar Haktab Traoré (Watford).
- 82'George Hirst (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 81'Foul by George Hirst (Stoke City).
- 81'Hector Kyprianou (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 80'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 80'Substitution, Stoke City. Luca Bombino replaces Eric Bocat because of an injury.
- 79'Delay in match because of an injury Eric Bocat (Stoke City).
- 76'Offside, Stoke City. George Hirst is caught offside.
- 74'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 73'Delay in match because of an injury Mattie Pollock (Watford).
- 71'Corner, Watford. Conceded by Maksym Talovierov.
- 70'Eric Bocat (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 70'Foul by Rocco Vata (Watford).
- 69'Substitution, Watford. Luca Kjerrumgaard replaces Iker Bravo.
- 69'Attempt missed. Hector Kyprianou (Watford) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Rocco Vata with a cross following a corner.
- 68'Corner, Watford. Conceded by Ben Wilmot.
- 67'Attempt blocked. Hector Kyprianou (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Edo Kayembe.
- 66'Attempt missed. George Hirst (Stoke City) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Justin Devenny with a cross.
- 65'Substitution, Stoke City. George Hirst replaces Lamine Cissé.
- 62'Ben Wilmot (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 62'Foul by Amin Nabizada (Watford).
- 61'Lamine Cissé (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61'Foul by Rocco Vata (Watford).
- 61'Foul by Eric Bocat (Stoke City).
- 61'Edo Kayembe (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58'Substitution, Watford. Amin Nabizada replaces Othmane Maamma.
- 58'Substitution, Watford. Rocco Vata replaces Stephy Mavididi.
- 57'Goal! Watford 0, Stoke City 2. Eric Bocat (Stoke City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lamine Cissé.
- 53'Offside, Stoke City. Lamine Cissé is caught offside.
- 53'Attempt missed. Justin Devenny (Stoke City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ben Johnson with a cross.
- 52'Attempt missed. Ben Johnson (Stoke City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
- 51'Lamine Cissé (Stoke City) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Ethan Galbraith with a through ball following a fast break.
- 48'Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Othmane Maamma.
- 47'Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Omar Haktab Traoré.
- 47'Attempt blocked. Ben Johnson (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lamine Cissé.
- 46'Ben Johnson (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 46'Foul by Stephy Mavididi (Watford).
- 45'Second Half begins Watford 0, Stoke City 1.
- 45'+5'First Half ends, Watford 0, Stoke City 1.
- 45'+4'Goal! Watford 0, Stoke City 1. Jack McGlynn (Stoke City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner.
- 45'+2'Eric Bocat (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2'Foul by Kévin Keben (Watford).
- 45'+1'Offside, Stoke City. Lamine Cissé is caught offside.
- 45'+1'Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
- 45'Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Hector Kyprianou.
- 44'Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Kévin Keben.
- 42'Substitution, Watford. Omar Haktab Traoré replaces Jordan Zemura because of an injury.
- 42'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 40'Delay in match because of an injury Jordan Zemura (Watford).
- 39'Djibril Soumaré (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39'Foul by Mattie Pollock (Watford).
- 38'Corner, Watford. Conceded by Maksym Talovierov.
- 38'Attempt blocked. Mamadou Doumbia (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Othmane Maamma.
- 37'Foul by Djibril Soumaré (Stoke City).
- 37'Iker Bravo (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35'Attempt missed. Othmane Maamma (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
- 35'Corner, Watford. Conceded by Ben Wilmot.
- 33'Djibril Soumaré (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 33'Foul by Djibril Soumaré (Stoke City).
- 33'Iker Bravo (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31'Attempt blocked. Jack McGlynn (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Johnson.
- 29'Attempt missed. Ethan Galbraith (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Djibril Soumaré.
- 24'Attempt saved. Lamine Cissé (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Federico Ravaglia (Watford). Assisted by Ethan Galbraith.
- 20'Lamine Cissé (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 20'Foul by Edo Kayembe (Watford).
- 20'Attempt saved. Ethan Galbraith (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Federico Ravaglia (Watford). Assisted by Eric Bocat.
- 20'Attempt missed. Lamine Cissé (Stoke City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ben Johnson.
- 19'Iker Bravo (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
- 19'Justin Devenny (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19'Foul by Edo Kayembe (Watford).
- 17'Attempt saved. Ben Johnson (Stoke City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Federico Ravaglia (Watford). Assisted by Ethan Galbraith.
- 16'Jack McGlynn (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16'Foul by Hector Kyprianou (Watford).
- 14'Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Mattie Pollock.
- 14'Attempt blocked. Eric Bocat (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luke Graham with a headed pass.
- 13'Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Mamadou Doumbia.
- 13'Justin Devenny (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 13'Foul by Othmane Maamma (Watford).
- 8'Attempt missed. Lamine Cissé (Stoke City) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Eric Bocat with a cross.
- 7'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 7'Delay in match (Stoke City).
- 6'Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Mattie Pollock.
- 6'Attempt blocked. Jack McGlynn (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Justin Devenny.
- 5'Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Jordan Zemura.
- 4'Attempt missed. Eric Bocat (Stoke City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lamine Cissé with a cross.
- First Half begins.
- Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Commentary: ESPN
Starting line-ups
Watford · 4-2-3-1
6Matthew PollockCD-R
Substitutes
56Albert EamesSUB
Stoke City · 3-4-2-1
Substitutes
24Joshua GriffithsSUB
43Freddie AndersonSUB
Match stats
WATSTK
41.1Possession (%)58.9
6Shots18
2Shots on target6
5Corners8
14Fouls6
2Yellow cards2
0Red cards0
0Offsides3
4Saves1
Last 5 matches
Watford
LPeterborough United5-125 Aug 2026
DWest Ham United1-129 Aug 2026
L@ Swansea City2-01 Sept 2026
L@ West Bromwich Albion1-05 Sept 2026
WPreston North End2-18 Sept 2026
Stoke City
LHull City1-125 Aug 2026
L@ Wolverhampton Wanderers4-129 Aug 2026
WNorwich City1-01 Sept 2026
WCharlton Athletic4-05 Sept 2026
D@ Cardiff City1-18 Sept 2026
Head-to-head record
2
Watford
2
Draws
1
Stoke
Last meetings
14 Mar 2026Stoke City3 – 1Watford
20 Dec 2025Watford1 – 0Stoke City
1 Mar 2025Stoke City0 – 0Watford
17 Aug 2024Watford3 – 0Stoke City
29 Dec 2023Watford1 – 1Stoke City
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Boro | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +10 | 25 | DWWDW |
| 2 |  Swansea | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 23 | WWWLL |
| 3 |  West Ham | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +17 | 22 | DDWWL |
| 4 |  Wolves | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 21 | LLWDW |
| 5 |  West Brom | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 21 | LLWWD |
| 6 |  Southampton | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | +12 | 20 | LWWDW |
| 7 |  Birmingham | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 | DWWWL |
| 8 |  QPR | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 | DDWLW |
| 9 |  Stoke | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 20 | LLWWD |
| 10 |  Blackburn | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 18 | DWWLW |
| 11 |  Portsmouth | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 18 | LWWDW |
| 12 |  Sheffield Utd | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 16 | LWLWD |
| 13 |  Millwall | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 15 | DWLDL |
| 14 |  Bristol City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 15 | WDLLD |
| 15 |  Lincoln City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 15 | LLLDW |
| 16 |  Cardiff | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | +2 | 14 | WLWDW |
| 17 |  Wrexham | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 14 | WDLWL |
| 18 |  Bolton | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 | WLWDL |
| 19 |  Charlton | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -7 | 14 | LDDLL |
| 20 |  Norwich City | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 12 | LLLLW |
| 21 |  Watford | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 11 | LDLLW |
| 22 |  Burnley | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 8 | DWDLL |
| 23 |  Derby | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -11 | 7 | DDLLD |
| 24 |  Preston | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -15 | 5 | DLLLD |
Championship: upcoming fixtures
FAQ
What was the score in Watford v Stoke City?
Stoke City beat Watford 2-1 on Saturday 12 September (Championship).
Who scored in Watford v Stoke City?
Goals: Jack McGlynn 45'+4', Eric Bocat 57' and Amin Nabizada 90'+1'.
When do Watford play next?
Watford play Norwich City on Saturday 31 October at 12:30 (UK time).
When do Stoke City play next?
Stoke City play Preston North End on Saturday 31 October at 12:30 (UK time).
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