Watford 3-0 Birmingham City: Final score, stats and lineups
English League Championship
Watford
11-8-6
- Tom Ince 9', 38', 60'
3-0
FT
Birmingham City
9-7-10
Key events
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Tom InceAssist: Giorgi Chakvetadze9'
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Tom Ince38'
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Matthew Pollock43'
- Halftime 45'+3'
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Nestory IrankundaOff: Giorgi Chakvetadze45'
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45'
Lyndon DykesOff: Willum Thór Willumsson
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45'
Marc LeonardOff: Alfons Sampsted
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Tom InceAssist: Nestory Irankunda60'
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62'
Eiran CashinOff: Alex Cochrane
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63'
Lyndon Dykes
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Vivaldo SemedoOff: Luca Kjerrumgaard64'
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68'
Marvin DuckschOff: Kyogo Furuhashi
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Nampalys MendyOff: Imran Louza69'
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Moussa SissokoOff: Othmane Maamma70'
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Kwadwo BaahOff: Tom Ince77'
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77'
Lewis KoumasOff: Keshi Anderson
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78'
Paik Seung-Ho
- End Regular Time 90'+6'
Team stats
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4Corner Kicks4
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45.2Possession54.8
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13SHOTS6
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6ON GOAL2
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2Blocked Shots1
Match info
- Competition
- English League Championship
- Kickoff
- Thursday, January 1, 2026, 10:00 AM ET
- Venue
- Vicarage Road, Watford, England
- Where to watch
- CBSSN, Paramount+
- Attendance
- 20,816
- Series
- WAT leads series 3-1-1
Team stats
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5Fouls14
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1Yellow Cards2
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0Red Cards0
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1Offsides3
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4Corner Kicks4
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2Saves3
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45.2Possession54.8
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13SHOTS6
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6ON GOAL2
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0.5On Target %0.3
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0Penalty Goals0
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0Penalty Kicks Taken0
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317Accurate Passes396
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402Passes484
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0.8Pass Completion %0.8
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3Accurate Crosses3
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16Crosses23
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0.2Cross %0.1
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69Long Balls46
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28Accurate Long Balls19
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0.4Long Balls %0.4
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2Blocked Shots1
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7Effective Tackles8
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13Tackles13
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0.5Tackle %0.6
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6Interceptions8
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44Effective Clearances26
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44Clearances26
Lineups
Watford4-2-3-1- 1Egil SelvikG
- 25James AbankwahRB
- 16Marc BolaLB
- 10Imran Louza↓LM
- 6Matthew PollockCD-R
- 3Max AlleyneCD-L
- 42Othmane Maamma↓AM-R
- 5Hector KyprianouRM
- 9Luca Kjerrumgaard↓F
- 8Giorgi Chakvetadze↓AM
- 7Tom Ince↓AM-L
- 66Nestory Irankunda↑
- 34Kwadwo Baah↑
- 29Jeremy Petris
- 17Moussa Sissoko↑
- 18Vivaldo Semedo↑
- 4Kévin Keben
- 22James Morris
- 12Nathan Baxter
- 23Nampalys Mendy↑
Birmingham City4-2-3-1- 25James BeadleG
- 23Alfons Sampsted↓RB
- 20Alex Cochrane↓LB
- 8Paik Seung-HoLM
- 5Phil NeumannCD-R
- 6Jack RobinsonCD-L
- 16Patrick RobertsAM-R
- 24Tomoki IwataRM
- 9Kyogo Furuhashi↓F
- 18Willum Thór Willumsson↓AM
- 14Keshi Anderson↓AM-L
- 41Eiran Cashin↑
- 17Lyndon Dykes↑
- 33Marvin Ducksch↑
- 40Menzi Mazwi
- 21Ryan Allsop
- 42Dan Isichei
- 30Lewis Koumas↑
- 12Marc Leonard↑
- 27Kanya Fujimoto
Last five games
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WAT leads series 3-1-1
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