Football
Watford vs Stoke City. Sky Bet Championship.
3:00pm, Saturday 17th August 2024.
Vicarage RoadAttendance: Attendance18,789.
Match ends, Watford 3, Stoke City 0.
Second Half ends, Watford 3, Stoke City 0.
Foul by Yasser Larouci (Watford).
Junior Tchamadeu (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Edo Kayembe (Watford).
Bae Jun-Ho (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Watford. Imrân Louza replaces Tom Dele-Bashiru.
Josh Laurent (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Kwadwo Baah (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Josh Laurent (Stoke City).
Francisco Sierralta (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Francisco Sierralta (Watford).
Lewis Koumas (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Yasser Larouci (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kwadwo Baah.
Foul by Jaden Dixon (Stoke City).
Attempt blocked. Bae Jun-Ho (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Lewis Koumas (Stoke City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Junior Tchamadeu.
Substitution, Watford. Kwadwo Baah replaces Giorgi Chakvetadze.
Substitution, Stoke City. Jaden Dixon replaces Million Manhoef.
Attempt missed. Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Yasser Larouci.
Attempt missed. Lewis Koumas (Stoke City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Andrew Moran following a corner.
Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Yasser Larouci.
Attempt missed. Bae Jun-Ho (Stoke City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Eric-Junior Bocat.
Foul by Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford).
Ryan Mmaee (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Andrews (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze.
Offside, Stoke City. Million Manhoef is caught offside.
Ryan Andrews (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Bae Jun-Ho (Stoke City).
Foul by Ryan Andrews (Watford).
Eric-Junior Bocat (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Stoke City. Ryan Mmaee replaces Jordan Thompson.
Goal! Watford 3, Stoke City 0. Edo Kayembe (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze following a fast break.
Foul by Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match (Watford).
Substitution, Watford. Mileta Rajovic replaces Vakoun Bayo.
Mattie Pollock (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lewis Koumas (Stoke City).
Attempt blocked. Vakoun Bayo (Watford) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Yasser Larouci with a cross.
Substitution, Stoke City. Andrew Moran replaces Wouter Burger.
Substitution, Stoke City. Lewis Koumas replaces Lynden Gooch because of an injury.
Substitution, Stoke City. Bae Jun-Ho replaces Emre Tezgel.
Delay in match because of an injury Lynden Gooch (Stoke City).
Offside, Stoke City. Ben Gibson is caught offside.
Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Francisco Sierralta.
Offside, Watford. Giorgi Chakvetadze is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Mattie Pollock (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Emre Tezgel (Stoke City).
Edo Kayembe (Watford) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the centre of the box.
Attempt blocked. Yasser Larouci (Watford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze.
Attempt blocked. Vakoun Bayo (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Edo Kayembe.
Jordan Thompson (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Attempt missed. Edo Kayembe (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze.
Attempt missed. Mattie Pollock (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Tom Dele-Bashiru with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Ben Wilmot.
Attempt blocked. Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Edo Kayembe.
Goal! Watford 2, Stoke City 0. Ryan Andrews (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Yasser Larouci (Watford) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Edo Kayembe.
Goal! Watford 1, Stoke City 0. Edo Kayembe (Watford) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Ryan Andrews (Watford) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Andrews (Watford) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Edo Kayembe.
Substitution, Watford. Yasser Larouci replaces Jeremy Ngakia.
Second Half begins Watford 0, Stoke City 0.
First Half ends, Watford 0, Stoke City 0.
Attempt missed. Ryan Andrews (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Edo Kayembe following a corner.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Junior Tchamadeu.
Attempt saved. Million Manhoef (Stoke City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom left corner.
Jordan Thompson (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Emre Tezgel (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Moussa Sissoko (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Tom Dele-Bashiru.
Hand ball by Ben Gibson (Stoke City).
Vakoun Bayo (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ben Gibson (Stoke City).
Foul by Jeremy Ngakia (Watford).
Vakoun Bayo (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Vakoun Bayo (Watford).
Josh Laurent (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Junior Tchamadeu (Stoke City).
James Morris (Watford) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box.
Attempt saved. Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze.
Attempt missed. James Morris (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt blocked. Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Moussa Sissoko.
Offside, Watford. Francisco Sierralta is caught offside.
Edo Kayembe (Watford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Eric-Junior Bocat (Stoke City).
Attempt missed. Emre Tezgel (Stoke City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Josh Laurent.
Francisco Sierralta (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Hand ball by Wouter Burger (Stoke City).
Foul by Million Manhoef (Stoke City).
Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by James Morris.
Million Manhoef (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Ryan Andrews (Watford) hits the right post with a right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right. Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze.
Foul by Wouter Burger (Stoke City).
Ryan Andrews (Watford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Million Manhoef (Stoke City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Josh Laurent.
Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
