Championship Championship
Regular Season - 38• 14 Mar 2026

Stoke City 3–1 Watford

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Goals

28'
M. Manhoef
Assist: M. Smit
77'
M. Manhoef
81'
N. Irankunda
Assist: G. Chakvetadze
85'
S. Gallagher
Assist: S. Thomas

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Match Recap

Stoke City beat Watford 3–1 in the Championship (Regular Season - 38) on 14 March 2026. Watford saw more of the ball with 55% possession, and Stoke City had 19 shots (12 on target) to Watford's 15 (4 on target). The expected-goals (xG) figures read 1.66 for Stoke City and 1.83 for Watford. The goals came from M. Manhoef 28', M. Manhoef 77', N. Irankunda 81', S. Gallagher 85'. Stoke City move up to 16 points in Championship, having won 4 of their last 5. Relive the Stoke City vs Watford Championship highlights on Daily Goal: watch every goal and the full match below, free, with each strike timestamped so you can jump straight to the moment it happened.

Match Statistics

Stoke City
VS
Watford
45% Ball Possession 55%
1.66 Expected goals (xG) 1.83
19 Total Shots 15
12 Shots on target 4
4 Shots off target 7
3 Blocked Shots 4
13 Shots inside box 9
6 Shots outside box 6
6 Corner Kicks 7
2 Offsides 0
11 Fouls 13
4 Yellow Cards 2
— Red Cards —
3 Goalkeeper Saves 9
318 Total passes 391
227 Accurate passes 306
71% Pass accuracy 78%
0.82 Goals prevented 0.82

Lineups

Stoke City
Mark Robins 4-2-3-1
VS
Watford
Edward Still 4-4-2
25Simkin
19Rigo
15N'Zonzi
7Thomas
10Bae
42Manhoef
8Chakvetadze
23Mendy
10Louza
7Ince
16Bola
21Mfuni
3Goglichidze25Abankwah
1Selvik

Substitutes — Stoke City

34F. Fielding 4B. Pearson 12T. Seko 29L. Cisse 23B. Gibson 20S. Gallagher 21J. Rak-Sakyi 50S. Agina 59G. Kelly

Substitutes — Watford

12N. Baxter 15E. Bove 6M. Pollock 4K. Keben 9L. Kjerrumgaard 64J. Lawson 17P. Ekwah 66N. Irankunda 53A. Nabizada