Sheffield Wednesday vs Watford

2 November 2024 · Championship · 2024/25 · Referee Sam Allison

Full time 2 – 6

Half-time: 1–1

Michael Smith 34’
Pol Valentín 82’

Ryan Porteous 29’
Tom Ince 52’ (pen)
Vakoun Issouf Bayo 58’ (pen), 67’, 85’, 88’

Match summary

Watford won comfortably, 6-2 away at Sheffield Wednesday. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Ryan Porteous put Watford ahead in the 29th minute and Michael Smith equalised in the 34th minute. In the second half, Tom Ince put Watford back in front from the penalty spot in the 52nd minute, Vakoun Issouf Bayo made it 1-3 from the penalty spot in the 58th minute, Bayo made it 1-4 with a header in the 67th minute, Pol Valentín pulled one back to make it 2-4 in the 82nd minute, Bayo made it 2-5 in the 85th minute, and Bayo made it 2-6 in the 88th minute.

The chances backed that up: Watford created 4.10 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Sheffield Wednesday's 1.51 from 14.

Match stats

14 Shots 16

6 Shots on Target 8

6 Corners 2

3 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.51 xG 4.10

1.51 Non-penalty xG 2.52

Key events

Sheffield Wednesday Watford

Kick-off

29’

Ryan Porteous

0-1

Michael Smith

1-1

34’

Half-time1-1

52’

Tom Ince
Penalty

1-2

58’

Vakoun Issouf Bayo
Penalty

1-3

67’

Vakoun Issouf Bayo

1-4

Pol Valentín

2-4

82’

85’

Vakoun Issouf Bayo

2-5

88’

Vakoun Issouf Bayo

2-6

Full-time2-6

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Sheffield Wednesday

Dominic Iorfa
Michael Smith
Jamal Lowe

Watford

Ryan Porteous
Matthew Pollock
Kwadwo Baah

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Sheffield Wednesday 1.51 xGWatford 4.10 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Watford attacking Sheffield Wednesday attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Players16 players


James Beadle	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Liam Palmer	90′	–	–	1	0.41	–	–	–
Dominic Iorfa Taken off	74′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Di'Shon Bernard	90′	–	–	2	0.36	–	–	–
Marvin Johnson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Shea Charles Taken off	66′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Barry Bannan	90′	–	–	1	0.06	–	–	–
Yan Valery	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Josh Windass Taken off	74′	–	–	4	0.24	–	–	–
Djeidi Gassama Taken off	66′	–	–	4	0.19	–	–	–
Michael Smith Taken off	73′	1	–	1	0.11	–	–
Pol Valentín Came on as a substitute	24′	1	–	1	0.17	–	–	–
Jamal Lowe Came on as a substitute	24′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ike Ugbo Came on as a substitute	17′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Max Lowe Came on as a substitute	16′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Anthony Musaba Came on as a substitute	16′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Daniel Bachmann	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Porteous Taken off	60′	1	–	1	0.40	–	–
Francisco Sierralta	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matthew Pollock	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Yasser Larouci	90′	–	–	1	0.07	–	–	–
Pierre Dwomoh Taken off	79′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kwadwo Baah Taken off	79′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tom Ince Taken off	89′	1	–	1	0.79	–	–	–
Edo Kayembe	90′	–	–	2	0.13	–	–	–
Giorgi Chakvetadze	90′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Vakoun Issouf Bayo Taken off	89′	4	–	6	2.48	–	–	–
Festy Ebosele Came on as a substitute	30′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Ken Sema Came on as a substitute	11′	–	–	2	0.15	–	–	–
Imrân Louza Came on as a substitute	11′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Kévin Keben Biakolo Came on as a substitute	1′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Daniel Jebbison Came on as a substitute	1′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Sheffield Wednesday win 51% Avg odds 1.86

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.64

Watford win 23% Avg odds 4.17

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Sheffield Wednesday D W L D W

Watford L W L L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Watford, 31 Jan 24 Next meeting: Watford 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday, 03 May 25 All Sheffield Wednesday vs Watford meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.