Watford vs Stoke

17 August 2024 · Championship · 2024/25 · Referee T Nield

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Edo Kayembe 47’, 73’
  • Ryan Andrews 49’

Match summary

Watford won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Stoke. It was goalless at half-time.

Edo Kayembe put Watford ahead in the 47th minute, Ryan Andrews made it 2-0 in the 49th minute, and Kayembe made it 3-0 in the 73rd minute.

The chances backed that up: Watford created 2.31 expected goals (xG) from 24 shots to Stoke's 0.85 from 7.

Match stats

Watford Stoke
24 Shots 7
8 Shots on Target 3
2 Corners 4
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.31 xG 0.85
2.31 Non-penalty xG 0.85

Key events

Watford Stoke
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Edo Kayembe1-0 (Watford)
47’
Ryan Andrews2-0 (Watford)
49’
Edo Kayembe3-0 (Watford)
73’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Watford
  • Francisco Sierralta
  • Vakoun Issouf Bayo
Stoke
  • Josh Laurent
  • Jordan Thompson

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.31 0.85 47’ Edo Kayembe (Watford), 1-0 47’ 49’ Ryan Andrews (Watford), 2-0 49’ 73’ Edo Kayembe (Watford), 3-0 73’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.31 0.85 47’ Edo Kayembe (Watford), 1-0 Kayembe 47’ 49’ Ryan Andrews (Watford), 2-0 Andrews 49’ 73’ Edo Kayembe (Watford), 3-0 Kayembe 73’
Watford 2.31 xGStoke 0.85 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Stoke attacking Watford attacking 
65’ Vakoun Issouf Bayo (Watford), open play, 0.71 xG, saved 47’ Edo Kayembe (Watford), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 86’ Lewis Koumas (Stoke), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 2’ Million Manhoef (Stoke), open play, 0.21 xG, saved 57’ Edo Kayembe (Watford), open play, 0.11 xG, hit the woodwork 73’ Edo Kayembe (Watford), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 49’ Ryan Andrews (Watford), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 53’ Matthew Pollock (Watford), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 87’ Yasser Larouci (Watford), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 47’ Ryan Andrews (Watford), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 54’ Edo Kayembe (Watford), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 52’ Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 58’ Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 19’ Emre Tezgel (Stoke), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 80’ Jun-Ho Bae (Stoke), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 86’ Jun-Ho Bae (Stoke), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 55’ Vakoun Issouf Bayo (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 82’ Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 8’ Ryan Andrews (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 57’ Yasser Larouci (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 78’ Ryan Andrews (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 27’ Jeremy Ngakia (Watford), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 46’ Ryan Andrews (Watford), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 81’ Lewis Koumas (Stoke), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 42’ Million Manhoef (Stoke), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 22’ Jeremy Ngakia (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 49’ Yasser Larouci (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 23’ James Morris (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 39’ Moussa Sissoko (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 43’ Ryan Andrews (Watford), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 27’ James Morris (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, hit the woodwork 65’ Vakoun Issouf Bayo (Watford), open play, 0.71 xG, saved 47’ Edo Kayembe (Watford), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 86’ Lewis Koumas (Stoke), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 2’ Million Manhoef (Stoke), open play, 0.21 xG, saved 57’ Edo Kayembe (Watford), open play, 0.11 xG, hit the woodwork 73’ Edo Kayembe (Watford), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 49’ Ryan Andrews (Watford), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 53’ Matthew Pollock (Watford), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 87’ Yasser Larouci (Watford), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 47’ Ryan Andrews (Watford), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 54’ Edo Kayembe (Watford), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 52’ Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 58’ Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 86’ Jun-Ho Bae (Stoke), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 19’ Emre Tezgel (Stoke), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 80’ Jun-Ho Bae (Stoke), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 8’ Ryan Andrews (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 55’ Vakoun Issouf Bayo (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 57’ Yasser Larouci (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 78’ Ryan Andrews (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 82’ Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 46’ Ryan Andrews (Watford), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 27’ Jeremy Ngakia (Watford), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 81’ Lewis Koumas (Stoke), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 42’ Million Manhoef (Stoke), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 22’ Jeremy Ngakia (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 49’ Yasser Larouci (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 43’ Ryan Andrews (Watford), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 23’ James Morris (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 39’ Moussa Sissoko (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 27’ James Morris (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, hit the woodwork
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players14 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 0.10 – – –
90′ – – – – – –
90′ – – 2 0.02 – – –
90′ 1 – 6 0.30 – – –
90′ – – 1 0.01 – – –
Tom Dele-Bashiru Taken off
90′ – – 2 0.11 – – –
Jeremy Ngakia Taken off
46′ – – 2 0.06 – – –
90′ 2 – 4 0.77 – – –
Giorgi Chakvetadze Taken off
84′ – – 1 0.04 – – –
Vakoun Issouf Bayo Taken off
67′ – – 2 0.74 – –
Yasser Larouci Came on as a substitute
44′ – – 3 0.15 – – –
Mileta Rajović Came on as a substitute
23′ – – – – – – –
Kwadwo Baah Came on as a substitute
6′ – – – – – – –
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

Watford win 36% Avg odds 2.67
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.24
Stoke win 35% Avg odds 2.70

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

Form going into the game

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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.