Livescore44
Lite

Watford 1-0 Crawley Town · Carabao Cup

Watford beat Crawley Town 1-0 in the Carabao Cup. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

Watford fixtures and results · Crawley Town fixtures and results · Carabao Cup table

Match report

Watford and Crawley Town met in the Carabao Cup at Vicarage Road in Watford on Saturday, 8 August 2026.

Goalscorers

Watford: M. Bola 90'. Crawley Town did not score.

How the match went

Watford saw more of the ball, 61% of it. Watford had 36 shots with 11 on target, Crawley Town 9 with 3 on target. There were 13 corners in total, 12 to Watford and 1 to Crawley Town. Watford conceded 11 fouls, Crawley Town 13. The referee showed 5 yellow cards (2 for Watford, 3 for Crawley Town).

Line-ups

Watford started in a 4-2-3-1: Federico Ravaglia, Omar Haktab Traore, Matthew Pollock, Kévin Keben Biakolo, Marc Bola, Edoardo Bove, Hector Kyprianou, Kwadwo Baah, Iker Bravo, Othmane Maamma, Luca Kjerrumgaard.

Crawley Town started in a 4-2-3-1: Vito Mannone, Kellan Gordon, Akin Odimayo, Charlie Barker, Ade Adeyemo, Jude Arthurs, Klaudio Krasniqi, Malcolm Ebiowei, Louie Watson, Stephen Duke-McKenna, Gianmarco Di Biase.

More from this competition: Carabao Cup fixtures, results and table.

Minute by minute

  1. 45'Half-time. Watford 0-0 Crawley Town.
  2. 90+9'Goal! Watford 1-0 Crawley Town. M. Bola (Watford) scores.
  3. 90'Full-time. Watford 1-0 Crawley Town.
Full commentary (66 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Watford vs Crawley Town.
  2. 2'Attempt blocked. L. Kjerrumgaard (Watford), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.51.
  3. 3'Attempt saved. I. Bravo (Watford), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
  4. 7'Attempt saved. O. Maamma (Watford), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.06.
  5. 7'Attempt blocked. I. Bravo (Watford), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.09.
  6. 7'Attempt missed. H. Kyprianou (Watford), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.29.
  7. 7'Attempt blocked. O. Maamma (Watford), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.06.
  8. 9'Attempt saved. O. Maamma (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  9. 11'Attempt missed. L. Kjerrumgaard (Watford), left-footed shot. xG 0.08.
  10. 24'Yellow card for E. Bove (Watford) for foul.
  11. 25'Attempt missed. K. Gordon (Crawley Town), left-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.11.
  12. 25'Attempt saved. C. Barker (Crawley Town), left-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.09.
  13. 29'Attempt saved. S. Duke-McKenna (Crawley Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.09.
  14. 30'Attempt missed. L. Kjerrumgaard (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.31.
  15. 33'Attempt saved. H. Kyprianou (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.07.
  16. 36'Attempt missed. M. Bola (Watford), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  17. 38'Attempt blocked. O. Traore (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  18. 44'Attempt missed. A. Odimayo (Crawley Town), header from a set piece. xG 0.05.
  19. 45'3 minutes of added time.
  20. 45+1'Attempt blocked. M. Pollock (Watford), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
  21. 45+1'Attempt saved. M. Pollock (Watford), header from a corner. xG 0.07.
  22. 45+2'Attempt saved. L. Kjerrumgaard (Watford), header. xG 0.10.
  23. 45+2'Attempt saved. K. Gordon (Crawley Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.09.
  24. 45+3'Attempt missed. M. Bola (Watford), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  25. 45'Half-time. Watford 0-0 Crawley Town.
  26. 46'The second half is under way.
  27. 46'Substitution, Watford: A. Nabizada comes on for K. Baah.
  28. 48'Attempt blocked. L. Kjerrumgaard (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.17.
  29. 48'Attempt blocked. E. Bove (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.11.
  30. 49'Attempt blocked. E. Bove (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  31. 52'Attempt missed. I. Bravo (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.19.
  32. 53'Attempt blocked. O. Traore (Watford), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.02.
  33. 56'Substitution, Crawley Town: P. Aderoju comes on for G. D. Biase.
  34. 60'Off the woodwork! L. Kjerrumgaard (Watford), left-footed shot. xG 0.16.
  35. 60'Attempt blocked. L. Kjerrumgaard (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.08.
  36. 61'Attempt missed. A. Nabizada (Watford), left-footed shot. xG 0.63.
  37. 62'Yellow card for C. Barker (Crawley Town) for foul.
  38. 63'Yellow card for I. Bravo (Watford) for argument.
  39. 64'Substitution, Crawley Town: O. Kamara comes on for M. Ebiowei.
  40. 65'Attempt missed. I. Bravo (Watford), left-footed shot. xG 0.12.
  41. 65'Attempt saved. E. Bove (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.24.
  42. 66'Attempt blocked. S. Duke-McKenna (Crawley Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  43. 67'Yellow card for K. Gordon (Crawley Town) for foul.
  44. 67'Attempt missed. A. Adeyemo (Crawley Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  45. 68'Substitution, Watford: M. Doumbia comes on for L. Kjerrumgaard.
  46. 68'Substitution, Watford: E. Kayembe comes on for E. Bove.
  47. 69'Substitution, Watford: M. Payero comes on for I. Bravo.
  48. 71'Attempt missed. M. Payero (Watford), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.17.
  49. 76'Substitution, Crawley Town: J. Russell comes on for A. Adeyemo.
  50. 76'Substitution, Crawley Town: O. Mrisho comes on for K. Gordon.
  51. 76'Substitution, Crawley Town: P. Arganese-McDermott comes on for A. Odimayo.
  52. 77'Substitution, Watford: R. Vata comes on for O. Maamma.
  53. 78'Attempt blocked. P. Aderoju (Crawley Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.19.
  54. 79'Attempt missed. M. Doumbia (Watford), header. xG 0.11.
  55. 87'Attempt saved. R. Vata (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  56. 89'Attempt missed. R. Vata (Watford), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.04.
  57. 90'Attempt blocked. A. Nabizada (Watford), left-footed shot. xG 0.10.
  58. 90'9 minutes of added time.
  59. 90+3'Attempt saved. E. Kayembe (Watford), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  60. 90+3'Attempt blocked. P. Aderoju (Crawley Town), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.12.
  61. 90+6'Attempt blocked. A. Nabizada (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  62. 90+6'Attempt saved. M. Doumbia (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.08.
  63. 90+7'Yellow card for P. Aderoju (Crawley Town) for foul.
  64. 90+9'Goal! Watford 1-0 Crawley Town. M. Bola (Watford) scores.
  65. 90+9'Attempt blocked. M. Doumbia (Watford), left-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.08.
  66. 90'Full-time. Watford 1-0 Crawley Town.
Updated ·