Watford vs Charlton 2-0

Watford beat Charlton 2-0 at Vicarage Road, with Luca Kjerrumgaard's second-half opener and Jordan Zemura's stoppage-time finish settling it.

The first half brought a stream of bookings and no goals. Dan McNamara was booked for Charlton in the 10th minute, Myron Boadu for Watford in the 17th, Iker Bravo for Watford in the 31st, Oliver Skipp for Charlton in the 32nd and Tyreece Campbell for Charlton in the 44th minute, before Charlton replaced Skipp with Alan Mwamba on 45 minutes. Conor Coventry was then booked in the 47th minute. It was 0-0 at the break.

Kjerrumgaard opened the scoring in the 58th minute, turning in Watford's first goal to make it 1-0. Charlton made two changes on 63 minutes, with Karlan Grant and Dan McNamara coming off for Harvey Knibbs and Charlie Kelman, and Watford also made two changes on 66 minutes, as Krépin Diatta and Myron Boadu were replaced by Jordan Zemura and Martin Payero. Watford made two more changes on 76 minutes, removing Marc Bola and Kjerrumgaard for Branimir Mlacic and Mamadou Doumbia, while Charlton sent on Millenic Alli for Tyreece Campbell on 77 minutes. Zemura, who came on in the 66th minute, then made it 2-0 in the fourth minute of stoppage time, assisted by Rocco Vata, who had come on in the 86th minute.

The numbers pointed to a close contest in possession, with Watford on 49% and Charlton on 51%. Watford had 22 shots to Charlton's 14, put 10 on target to 3, and finished on 2.4 xG to 1.36. They also had 4 corners to 3, 358 passes to 359, 0 offsides to 1, and 3 saves to Charlton's 8.

Watford were booked three times, with Myron Boadu, Iker Bravo and Jordan Zemura shown yellow cards. Charlton collected five bookings for Dan McNamara, Oliver Skipp, Tyreece Campbell, Conor Coventry and Alan Mwamba. There was no red card.