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Watford vs Southampton 2-1

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2-1

FT

Southampton crestSouthampton
  • I. Bravo12'
  • A. Nabizada29'
  • C. Larin56'
Kick-off
Sun, 16 Aug 2026 · 12:30 (UTC)
Referee
Matt Donohue, England

Match timeline

  1. 89’SubstitutionSouthampton crestSouthamptonB. Brereton Diaz ONK. Matsuki OFF
  2. 84’Yellow cardWatford crestWatfordM. Payero
  3. 77’SubstitutionWatford crestWatfordR. Vata ONO. Maamma OFF
  4. 74’Yellow cardSouthampton crestSouthamptonF. Downes
  5. 74’Yellow cardWatford crestWatfordO. Maamma
  6. 72’Yellow cardWatford crestWatfordM. Doumbia
  7. 70’SubstitutionSouthampton crestSouthamptonD. Mubama ONC. Larin OFF
  8. 70’SubstitutionSouthampton crestSouthamptonS. Edozie ONC. Bragg OFF
Show 13 earlier events
  1. 61’SubstitutionWatford crestWatfordE. Kayembe ONE. Bove OFF
  2. 61’SubstitutionWatford crestWatfordM. Adu Poku ONA. Nabizada OFF
  3. 61’SubstitutionWatford crestWatfordM. Payero ONI. Bravo OFF
  4. 57’SubstitutionSouthampton crestSouthamptonF. Azaz ONL. Dobbin OFF
  5. 56’Goal!Southampton crestSouthamptonC. LarinAssist: C. Bragg2 – 1
  6. 43’Yellow cardWatford crestWatfordA. Nabizada
  7. 29’Goal!Watford crestWatfordA. Nabizada2 – 0
  8. 24’SubstitutionWatford crestWatfordJ. Zemura ONM. Bola OFF
  9. 18’Yellow cardSouthampton crestSouthamptonJ. Bree
  10. 14’Yellow cardSouthampton crestSouthamptonC. Larin
  11. 13’Yellow cardWatford crestWatfordM. Pollock
  12. 12’Goal!Watford crestWatfordI. Bravo1 – 0
  13. 8’Yellow cardWatford crestWatfordH. Kyprianou
  14. 1’Kick-off

Key stats

Watford crestWatfordSouthamptonSouthampton crest
  • 34%Possession66%
  • 16Shots17
  • 0.83xG1.19
  • 4Shots on Target3
  • 4Corners5
  • 78%Pass Accuracy88%
  • 0Offsides3
  • 2Saves2
  • 265Passes507
  • 12Fouls9
  • 6Yellow Cards3

Lineups

Confirmed selections

Watford crestWatford4 - 2 - 3 - 1

  1. 1Ravaglia
  2. 23Traore
  3. 6Pollock
  4. 4Biakolo
  5. 16Bola
  6. 8Bove
  7. 5Kyprianou
  8. 7Maamma
  9. 17Bravo
  10. 21Nabizada
  11. 20Doumbia

Substitutions

  1. 24’↑33 Jordan Zemura↓16 Marc Bola
  2. 61’↑39 Edo Kayembe↓8 Edoardo Bove
  3. 61’↑49 Michael Adu-Poku↓21 Amin Nabizada
  4. 61’↑22 Martín Payero↓17 Iker Bravo
  5. 77’↑11 Rocco Vata↓7 Othmane Maamma

Unused substitutes 26 Daniel Bachmann, 53 James Clarridge, 56 Albert Eames, 9 Luca Kjerrumgaard

Coach Alessio Dionisi

Southampton crestSouthampton4 - 2 - 3 - 1

  1. 1Peretz
  2. 14Bree
  3. 6Harwood-Bellis
  4. 5Stephens
  5. 3Manning
  6. 4Downes
  7. 26Bragg
  8. 7Scienza
  9. 27Matsuki
  10. 11Dobbin
  11. 9Larin

Substitutions

  1. 57’↑10 Finn Azaz↓11 Lewis Dobbin
  2. 70’↑28 Divin Mubama↓9 Cyle Larin
  3. 70’↑23 Samuel Edozie↓26 Cameron Bragg
  4. 89’↑22 Ben Brereton Díaz↓27 Kuryu Matsuki

Unused substitutes 25 George Long, 15 Nathan Wood, 34 Welington, 18 Tom Fellows, 19 Cameron Archer

Coach Tonda Eckert

Match facts

Competition
EFL Championship - English Second Tier
Date
Sun, 16 Aug 2026
Kick-off
12:30 (UTC)
Referee
Matt Donohue, England
Watford coach
Alessio Dionisi
Southampton coach
Tonda Eckert

League table

EFL Championship - English Second Tier

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1Birmingham crestBirmingham15852+1429
2Middlesbrough crestMiddlesbrough15852+1129
3Stoke City crestStoke City15924+629
4Wolves crestWolves15843+828
5West Brom crestWest Brom15843+828
7Southampton crestSouthampton15843+1424
20Watford crestWatford15438-1015

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What happened

Written from the recorded events — no interpretation added

Watford beat Southampton 2-1 in the EFL Championship - English Second Tier.

I. Bravo 12' and A. Nabizada 29' scored for Watford, C. Larin 56' for Southampton.

Watford had 34% of the ball to Southampton's 66%; the sides had 16 and 17 shots (4 and 3 on target).

The referee showed 9 yellow cards and no reds.

Match record

Competition
EFL Championship - English Second Tier
Kick-off
Match ID
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Full timeline

21 events

  1. 8’Yellow cardWatford crestWatfordH. Kyprianou
  2. 12’Goal!Watford crestWatfordI. Bravo1 – 0
  3. 13’Yellow cardWatford crestWatfordM. Pollock
  4. 14’Yellow cardSouthampton crestSouthamptonC. Larin
  5. 18’Yellow cardSouthampton crestSouthamptonJ. Bree
  6. 24’SubstitutionWatford crestWatfordJ. Zemura ONM. Bola OFF
  7. 29’Goal!Watford crestWatfordA. Nabizada2 – 0
  8. 43’Yellow cardWatford crestWatfordA. Nabizada
  9. 56’Goal!Southampton crestSouthamptonC. LarinAssist: C. Bragg2 – 1
  10. 57’SubstitutionSouthampton crestSouthamptonF. Azaz ONL. Dobbin OFF
  11. 61’SubstitutionWatford crestWatfordE. Kayembe ONE. Bove OFF
  12. 61’SubstitutionWatford crestWatfordM. Adu Poku ONA. Nabizada OFF
  13. 61’SubstitutionWatford crestWatfordM. Payero ONI. Bravo OFF
  14. 70’SubstitutionSouthampton crestSouthamptonD. Mubama ONC. Larin OFF
  15. 70’SubstitutionSouthampton crestSouthamptonS. Edozie ONC. Bragg OFF
  16. 72’Yellow cardWatford crestWatfordM. Doumbia
  17. 74’Yellow cardSouthampton crestSouthamptonF. Downes
  18. 74’Yellow cardWatford crestWatfordO. Maamma
  19. 77’SubstitutionWatford crestWatfordR. Vata ONO. Maamma OFF
  20. 84’Yellow cardWatford crestWatfordM. Payero
  21. 89’SubstitutionSouthampton crestSouthamptonB. Brereton Diaz ONK. Matsuki OFF