Watford vs Oxford United 04/10/2025

Watford

Vicarage Road Stadium

04 Oct 2025, 16:00

2:1

Finished

Oxford United

Away

Match summary

1ST HALF

Max Alleyne(Own Goal)

Own Goal

3'

Cameron Brannagan

5'

Stanley Mills

30'

31'

Injured

Vivaldo

32'

L. Kjerrumgaard

Vivaldo

39'

Kévin Keben

45'

Goal

Jeremy Ngakia

49'

Goal

Jeremy Ngakia

M. Helik

50'

2ND HALF

49'

L. Kjerrumgaard

53'

Imrân Louza

Stanley Mills

P. Placheta

57'

Will Lankshear

Will Vaulks

57'

70'

Edo Kayembe

Caleb Wiley

70'

J. Pétris

Imrân Louza

70'

M. Sissoko

Rocco Vata

Greg Leigh

J. Currie

73'

Nik Prelec

M. Harris

85'

S. Dembélé

Tom Bradshaw

85'

87'

Kwadwo Baah

N. Irankunda

J. Currie

92'

Match statistics

57%Possession43%

442Passes Attempted325

366Completed Passes251

9Corners3

20Throw-ins19

26Shots On Target14

Line-ups

Watford

Formation

3-5-2

Egil

#1Selvik

Kévin

#4Keben Biakolo

James

#25Abankwah

Max

#3Alleyne

Nampalys

#23Mendy

Imrân

#10Louza

Rocco

#11Vata

Caleb Ryan

#26Wiley

Jeremy Mpobi

#2Ngakia

Vivaldo Leandro

#18Semedo Moura Sousa

Nestory

#66Irankunda

Starting XI

E. Selvik #1
Kévin Keben #4	39'
J. Abankwah #25
Max Alleyne #3	3'
N. Mendy #23
Imrân Louza #10	70' 53'
Rocco Vata #11	70'
Caleb Wiley #26	70'
Jeremy Ngakia #2	⚽45' ⚽49'
Vivaldo #18	31' 32'
N. Irankunda #66	87'

Will not play

Edouard

Edouard Kayembe Kayembe

Midfielder

Pierre

Pierre Dwomoh Junior

Midfielder

Thigh injury

Return: Mid January 2026

Rocco

Rocco Vata

Forward

Hamstring Injury

Return: Late January 2026

Caleb Ryan

Caleb Ryan Wiley

Defender

Muscle injury

Return: Mid January 2026

Jack

Jack Grieves

Forward

Knee injury

Return: Mid January 2026

Mamadou

Mamadou Doumbia

Forward

Manager

Watford

Paulo Pezzolano

Watford

Formation

3-5-2

Egil

#1Selvik

Kévin

#4Keben Biakolo

James

#25Abankwah

Max

#3Alleyne

Nampalys

#23Mendy

Imrân

#10Louza

Rocco

#11Vata

Caleb Ryan

#26Wiley

Jeremy Mpobi

#2Ngakia

Vivaldo Leandro

#18Semedo Moura Sousa

Nestory

#66Irankunda

Starting XI

E. Selvik #1
Kévin Keben #4	39'
J. Abankwah #25
Max Alleyne #3	3'
N. Mendy #23
Imrân Louza #10	70' 53'
Rocco Vata #11	70'
Caleb Wiley #26	70'
Jeremy Ngakia #2	⚽45' ⚽49'
Vivaldo #18	31' 32'
N. Irankunda #66	87'

Will not play

Edouard

Edouard Kayembe Kayembe

Midfielder

Pierre

Pierre Dwomoh Junior

Midfielder

Thigh injury

Return: Mid January 2026

Rocco

Rocco Vata

Forward

Hamstring Injury

Return: Late January 2026

Caleb Ryan

Caleb Ryan Wiley

Defender

Muscle injury

Return: Mid January 2026

Jack

Jack Grieves

Forward

Knee injury

Return: Mid January 2026

Mamadou

Mamadou Doumbia

Forward

Manager

Watford

Paulo Pezzolano

Oxford United

Formation

4-4-2

Jamie

#1Andrew Cumming

Samuel Patrick

#2Robert Long

Michal

#6Helik

Gregory Alex

#22Leigh

Brodie

#15Gilmore Spencer

Cameron Mark

#8Thomas Brannagan

Brian De

#14Keersmaecker

Ben Siriki

#23Dembélé

Stanley

#17Mills

William

#27Lankshear

Nik

#16Prelec

Starting XI

Jamie Cumming #1
S. Long #2
M. Helik #6	50'
Greg Leigh #22	73'
B. Spencer #15
Cameron Brannagan #8	5'
B. Keersmaecker #14
S. Dembélé #23	85'
Stanley Mills #17	57' 30'
Will Lankshear #27	57'
Nik Prelec #16	85'

Will not play

Hidde

Hidde Ter Avest

Defender

Hamstring Injury

Return: Mid January 2026

Nik

Nik Prelec

Forward

Return: Late January 2026

Tyler Charlie

Tyler Charlie Goodrham

Forward

Knee injury

Return: Mid February 2026

Manager

Oxford United

Gary Rowett

Head-to-head

12 matches

Watford

Watford

4

Wins

5

Draws

3

Wins

Oxford United

Oxford United

EFL Cup2020 • 1 match

Oxford United

Watford

Championship1999 • 1 match

Oxford United

Watford

Championship1998 • 1 match

Watford

Oxford United

FA Cup1997 • 1 match

Watford

Oxford United

Championship1994 • 1 match

Watford

Oxford United

League standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	G	GD	Pts	Form
1	Coventry City	26	15	7	4	57:29	+28	52	DWLDL
2	Middlesbrough	26	13	7	6	37:26	+11	46	LDLLW
3	Ipswich Town	25	12	8	5	42:24	+18	44	LWDWW
4	Preston North End	26	11	10	5	36:25	+11	43	DDLWW
5	Millwall	26	12	7	7	29:33	-4	43	LDWDW
6	Watford	25	11	8	6	37:29	+8	41	DWWWW
7	Hull City	25	12	5	8	40:38	+2	41	WWDWL
8	Stoke City	26	12	4	10	32:23	+9	40	LDLWW
9	Wrexham AFC	26	10	10	6	38:32	+6	40	LWWWW
10	Bristol City	26	11	6	9	38:29	+9	39	WWLWL
11	Queens Park Rangers	26	11	5	10	38:39	-1	38	WDLLW
12	Leicester	26	10	7	9	37:38	-1	37	LLWLW
13	Derby County	26	9	8	9	35:35	0	35	DDLWL
14	Birmingham City	26	9	7	10	35:36	-1	34	LDDLW
15	Southampton	26	8	9	9	38:38	0	33	DLDDL
16	Sheffield Utd	25	10	2	13	36:38	-2	32	LWLWW
17	Swansea City	26	9	5	12	27:33	-6	32	WLWWL
18	West Brom	26	9	4	13	29:35	-6	31	LLWLL
19	Charlton Athletic	25	7	8	10	25:32	-7	29	WLLDD
20	Blackburn Rovers	25	7	7	11	24:30	-6	28	WDDLD
21	Portsmouth	24	6	7	11	21:35	-14	25	WDDWL
22	Norwich City	26	6	6	14	28:39	-11	24	DWLWL
23	Oxford United	25	5	7	13	25:35	-10	22	LLWLL
24	Sheffield Wed	25	1	8	16	18:51	-33	-7	LDDLL

Match Information

Referee:

Lewis Smith

Venue:

Vicarage Road Stadium

Capacity:

19 920

Watford vs Oxford United match from the Championship. View the final score, key match events, detailed statistics, line-ups and head-to-head record between Watford and Oxford United. Follow team performance and match context within the Championship season.