England - ChampionshipVicarage Road Stadium, Jan 1
FTWatford
3 - 0
Birmingham City
Events:
9'Tom InceGiorgi Chakvetadze1 - 0(Assist)
9'1 - 0Tom InceGiorgi Chakvetadze(Assist)
38'Tom Ince2 - 0
38'2 - 0Tom Ince
43'Mattie Pollock
43'Mattie Pollock
HT
2 - 0
Events:
60'Tom InceNestory Irankunda3 - 0(Assist)
60'3 - 0Tom InceNestory Irankunda(Assist)
63'Lyndon Dykes
63'Lyndon Dykes
78'Seung Ho Paik
78'Seung Ho Paik
FT
3 - 0
Events:
Events:
Match Info:
Referee: Lewis Smith ()
Venue: Vicarage Road StadiumJan 1
Spectators: 20,816
Stats:
Shots on target
6
Shots on target
2
Shots off target
5
Shots off target
3
Blocked Shots
2
Blocked Shots
1
Possession (%)
45
Possession (%)
55
Corner Kicks
4
Corner Kicks
4
Offsides
1
Offsides
3
Fouls
5
Fouls
14
Throw ins
17
Throw ins
19
Yellow cards
1
Yellow cards
2
Crosses
3
Crosses
3
Goalkeeper saves
2
Goalkeeper saves
3
Goal kicks
10
Goal kicks
6
Latest commentaries:
90+6'That's it! The referee blows the final whistle
78'Yellow card for Seung-Ho Paik.
77'Keshi Anderson is coming off and he is replaced by Lewis Koumas.
77'Thomas Ince is coming off and he is replaced by Kwadwo Baah.
69'Othmane Maamma is coming off and he is replaced by Moussa Sissoko.
69'Imran Louza is coming off and he is replaced by Nampalys Mendy.
68'Kyogo Furuhashi is coming off and he is replaced by Marvin Ducksch.
64'Luca Kjerrumgaard is coming off and he is replaced by Vivaldo Semedo.
63'Yellow card for Lyndon Dykes.
62'Alexander Cochrane is coming off and he is replaced by Eiran Cashin.
60'Nestory Irankunda provided the assist for the goal.
60'G O O O A A A L - Thomas Ince is on target!
46'Alfons Sampsted is coming off and he is replaced by Marc Leonard.
46'Willum Willumsson is coming off and he is replaced by Lyndon Dykes.
46'Giorgi Chakvetadze is coming off and he is replaced by Nestory Irankunda.
46'The second half is underway.
45+2'It's over! The referee blows for half time
43'Yellow card for Matthew Pollock.
38'G O O O A A A L - Thomas Ince is on target!
9'Giorgi Chakvetadze provided the assist for the goal.
9'G O O O A A A L - Thomas Ince is on target!
The referee starts the match.
Line-ups are confirmed. Last update: Thu Jan 01 2026 19:19:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Watford4-4-2
1
Egil Selvik
25
James Abankwah
3
Max Alleyne
6
Mattie Pollock
16
Marc Bola
42
Othmane Maamma
5
Hector Kyprianou
10
Imran Louza
37
Tom Ince
8
Giorgi Chakvetadze
9
Luca Kjerrumgaard
9
Kyogo Furuhashi
14
Keshi Anderson
18
Willum Thor Willumsson
16
Patrick Roberts
8
Seung Ho Paik
24
Tomoki Iwata
20
Alex Cochrane
6
Jack Robinson
5
Phil Neumann
23
Alfons Sampsted
25
James Beadle
Birmingham City4-2-3-1
Substitutions:
46'
Giorgi ChakvetadzeNestory Irankunda
46'
Willum Thor WillumssonLyndon Dykes
64'
Luca KjerrumgaardVivaldo Semedo
46'
Alfons SampstedMarc Leonard
69'
Imran LouzaNampalys Mendy
62'
Alex CochraneEiran Cashin
69'
Othmane MaammaMoussa Sissoko
68'
Kyogo FuruhashiMarvin Ducksch
77'
Tom InceKwadwo Baah
77'
Keshi AndersonLewis Koumas
Substitute players:
Nathan Baxter
Ryan Allsop
Kévin Keben
Eiran Cashin
James Morris
Marc Leonard
Jeremy Petris
Kanya Fujimoto
Moussa Sissoko
Menzi Mazwi
Nampalys Mendy
Lyndon Dykes
Vivaldo Semedo
Lewis Koumas
Kwadwo Baah
Marvin Ducksch
Nestory Irankunda
Daniel Isichei
Coaches:
Javier Gracia Carlos
Chris Davies
Championship
#Team namePPlayedGDGoals DifferencePtsPointsWWinsDDrawsLLossesFGoals ForAGoals Against
1PromotionCoventry City25295215735526
2PromotionIpswich Town25184412854224
3Promotion play-offMiddlesbrough2574312763326
4Promotion play-offWatford2584111863729
5Promotion play-offHull City2524112584038
6Promotion play-offPreston North End25940101053425
7Millwall25-54011772732
8Bristol City25113911683827
9Stoke City25737114103023
10Wrexham2553791063631
11Derby County251359883433
12QPR25-435105103539
13Leicester City25-2349793537
14Southampton254338983834
15Sheffield United25-232102133638
16Swansea City25-53295112631
17Birmingham City25-23187103234
18West Bromwich Albion25-53194122833
19Charlton Athletic24-72877102330
20Blackburn Rovers24-62776112228
21Portsmouth24-142567112135
22RelegationNorwich City25-92466132837
23RelegationOxford United25-102257132535
24RelegationSheffield Wednesday24-30-718151848
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