Watford vs Southampton 30/08/2025

Watford

Vicarage Road Stadium

30 Aug 2025, 16:00

2:2

Finished

Southampton

Away

Match summary

1ST HALF

Cameron Archer(Nathan Wood)

Goal

10'

Ryan Manning

12'

2ND HALF

57'

Kwadwo Baah

Edo Kayembe

57'

Rocco Vata

Max Alleyne

T. Harwood-Bellis

64'

65'

Goal

Kwadwo Baah(Rocco Vata)

Shea Charles

68'

75'

N. Irankunda

Cameron Archer

A. Armstrong

76'

Jay Robinson

Damion Downs

76'

Ryan Fraser

K. Matsuki

76'

77'

J. Abankwah

Ryan Manning

Goal

78'

K. Matsuki

80'

81'

Goal

N. Irankunda

83'

M. Doumbia

N. Irankunda

Finn Azaz

R. Stewart

84'

84'

Vivaldo

L. Kjerrumgaard

Damion Downs

86'

Mads Roerslev

Ronnie Edwards

88'

92'

R. Andrews

Jeremy Ngakia

Match statistics

54%Possession46%

395Passes Attempted335

320Completed Passes260

4Corners5

11Throw-ins21

10Shots On Target12

Line-ups

Watford

Formation

3-5-2 C

Egil

#1Selvik

Kévin

#4Keben Biakolo

James

#25Abankwah

Max

#3Alleyne

Hector Matthew

#5Kyprianou

Edouard

#39Kayembe Kayembe

Moussa

#17Sissoko

Marc Joel

#16Bola

Jeremy Mpobi

#2Ngakia

Luca

#9Kjerrumgaard

Nestory

#66Irankunda

Starting XI

E. Selvik #1
Kévin Keben #4
J. Abankwah #25	77'
Max Alleyne #3	57'
H. Kyprianou #5
Edo Kayembe #39	57'
M. Sissoko #17
Marc Bola #16
Jeremy Ngakia #2	92'
L. Kjerrumgaard #9	84'
N. Irankunda #66	83' ⚽81' 75'

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 C

Egil

#1Selvik

Kévin

#4Keben Biakolo

James

#25Abankwah

Max

#3Alleyne

Hector Matthew

#5Kyprianou

Edouard

#39Kayembe Kayembe

Moussa

#17Sissoko

Marc Joel

#16Bola

Jeremy Mpobi

#2Ngakia

Luca

#9Kjerrumgaard

Nestory

#66Irankunda

Starting XI

E. Selvik #1
Kévin Keben #4
J. Abankwah #25	77'
Max Alleyne #3	57'
H. Kyprianou #5
Edo Kayembe #39	57'
M. Sissoko #17
Marc Bola #16
Jeremy Ngakia #2	92'
L. Kjerrumgaard #9	84'
N. Irankunda #66	83' ⚽81' 75'

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

Southampton

Formation

3-4-2-1

Gavin Okeroghene

#31Bazunu

Nathan

#15Wood-Gordon

Taylor Jay

#6Harwood-Bellis

Jack

#5Stephens

Shea

#24Charles

Ryan

#26Fraser

Mads

#2Roerslev Rasmussen

Ryan Phelim

#3Manning

Finn Isaac

#10Azaz

Jay

#46Robinson

Cameron Desmond

#19Archer

Starting XI

G. Bazunu #31
Nathan Wood #15	🎯10'
T. Harwood-Bellis #6	64'
Jack Stephens #5
Shea Charles #24	68'
Ryan Fraser #26	76'
Mads Roerslev #2	88'
Ryan Manning #3	⚽78' 12'
Finn Azaz #10	84'
Jay Robinson #46	76'
Cameron Archer #19	76' ⚽10'

Will not play

Mads

Mads Roerslev Rasmussen

Defender

Knee injury

Return: Mid January 2026

Samuel

Samuel Edozie

Forward

Hamstring Injury

Return: Late January 2026

Shea

Shea Charles

Midfielder

Hamstring Injury

Return: Mid January 2026

Manager

Southampton

Will Still

Head-to-head

30 matches

Watford

Watford

11

Wins

9

Draws

10

Wins

Southampton

Southampton

Championship2024 • 1 match

Southampton

Watford

FA Cup2024 • 2 matches

Southampton

Watford

Watford

Southampton

Championship2023 • 1 match

Watford

Southampton

Friendly2022 • 1 match

Watford

Southampton

Premier League2022 • 1 match

Southampton

Watford

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:

Farai Hallam

Venue:

Vicarage Road Stadium

Capacity:

19 920

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