Southampton vs Watford

13 April 2024 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee Joshua Smith

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Will Smallbone 1’
Che Adams 20’
Flynn Downes 90+9’

Ryan Porteous 34’
Ismael Koné 85’

Match summary

Southampton beat Watford 3-2, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Southampton led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Will Smallbone put Southampton ahead with a header in the first minute, Che Adams made it 2-0 in the 20th minute, and Ryan Porteous pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 34th minute. In the second half, Ismael Koné equalised in the 85th minute and Flynn Downes won it from a corner in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Southampton created 1.85 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Watford's 0.84 from 12.

Match stats

13 Shots 12

4 Shots on Target 6

6 Corners 3

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.85 xG 0.84

1.85 Non-penalty xG 0.84

Key events

Southampton Watford

Kick-off

Will Smallbone

1-0

1’

Che Adams

2-0

20’

34’

Ryan Porteous

2-1

Half-time2-1

85’

Ismael Koné

2-2

Flynn Downes

3-2

90+9’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Southampton

Ryan Fraser

Watford

Ryan Porteous
Wesley Hoedt
Edo Kayembe

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.

Southampton 1.85 xGWatford 0.84 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Watford attacking Southampton attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players


Gavin Bazunu	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
James Bree Taken off	71′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Taylor Harwood-Bellis	90′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Jack Stephens	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kyle Walker-Peters	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Will Smallbone Taken off	80′	1	–	2	0.33	–	–	–
Flynn Downes	90′	1	–	1	0.20	–	–	–
Joe Aribo Taken off	56′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
David Brooks Taken off	56′	–	–	1	0.09	–	–	–
Che Adams Taken off	80′	1	–	2	0.76	–	–	–
Adam Armstrong	90′	–	–	4	0.35	–	–	–
Ryan Fraser Came on as a substitute	34′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Stuart Armstrong Came on as a substitute	34′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Manning Came on as a substitute	19′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jan Bednarek Came on as a substitute	10′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Sékou Mara Came on as a substitute	10′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–


Daniel Bachmann	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Porteous	90′	1	–	2	0.21	–	–
Matthew Pollock Taken off	62′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Wesley Hoedt	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jamal Lewis Taken off	61′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Edo Kayembe	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tom Dele-Bashiru Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Yáser Asprilla	90′	–	–	3	0.16	–	–	–
Giorgi Chakvetadze	90′	–	–	2	0.11	–	–	–
Emmanuel Dennis Taken off	62′	–	–	2	0.16	–	–	–
Vakoun Issouf Bayo Taken off	78′	–	–	1	0.10	–	–	–
Ismael Koné Came on as a substitute	44′	1	–	1	0.09	–	–	–
James Morris Came on as a substitute	29′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Andrews Came on as a substitute	28′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Matheus Martins Came on as a substitute	28′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mileta Rajović Came on as a substitute	12′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Southampton win 68% Avg odds 1.40

Draw 19% Avg odds 5.12

Watford win 13% Avg odds 7.01

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

Form going into the game

Southampton W D L D W

Watford W D D D D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Watford 1-1 Southampton, 09 Dec 23 Next meeting: Watford 2-2 Southampton, 30 Aug 25 All Southampton 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.