Stoke City 1-0 Watford · Championship
Stoke City beat Watford 1-0 in the Championship. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Stoke City and Watford met in the Championship at bet365 Stadium in Stoke on Saturday, 19 August 2023.
Goalscorers
Stoke City: A. Vidigal 53'. Watford did not score.
How the match went
The referee showed 5 yellow cards (4 for Stoke City, 1 for Watford).
Line-ups
Stoke City started in a 3-5-2: Mark Travers, Luke McNally, Michael Rose, Ben Wilmot, Ki-Jana Hoever, Jordan Thompson, Josh Laurent, Daniel Johnson, Enda Stevens, Wesley Moraes, André Vidigal.
Watford started in a 4-3-3: Daniel Bachmann, Ryan Andrews, Ryan Porteous, Wesley Hoedt, James Morris, Imrân Louza, Jake Livermore, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Ken Sema, Vakoun Issouf Bayo, Matheus Martins.
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Minute by minute
- 45'Half-time. Stoke City 0-0 Watford.
- 53'Goal! Stoke City 1-0 Watford. A. Vidigal (Stoke City) scores, assisted by K. Hoever.
- 90'Full-time. Stoke City 1-0 Watford.
Full commentary (43 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Stoke City vs Watford.
- 14'Attempt missed. J. Thompson (Stoke City), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.01.
- 21'Attempt blocked. M. Martins (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 22'Attempt missed. J. Morris (Watford), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 23'Attempt blocked. A. Vidigal (Stoke City), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 23'Attempt saved. A. Vidigal (Stoke City), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 24'Attempt blocked. L. McNally (Stoke City), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.05.
- 24'Attempt blocked. L. McNally (Stoke City), header from a corner. xG 0.01.
- 29'Yellow card for L. McNally (Stoke City) for foul.
- 43'Substitution, Watford: Y. Asprilla comes on for J. Morris.
- 45'3 minutes of added time.
- 45+1'Attempt missed. D. Johnson (Stoke City), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.05.
- 45+2'Attempt saved. W. Hoedt (Watford), header from a set piece. xG 0.01.
- 45+3'Attempt blocked. R. Andrews (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 45'Half-time. Stoke City 0-0 Watford.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 46'Substitution, Watford: I. Koné comes on for T. Dele-Bashiru.
- 47'Attempt missed. Y. Asprilla (Watford), header. xG 0.23.
- 48'Attempt missed. Y. Asprilla (Watford), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 49'Attempt saved. M. Martins (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 52'Yellow card for Wesley Moraes (Stoke City) for argument.
- 53'Goal! Stoke City 1-0 Watford. A. Vidigal (Stoke City) scores, assisted by K. Hoever.
- 60'Yellow card for I. Koné (Watford) for foul.
- 61'Substitution, Watford: G. Chakvetadze comes on for I. Louza.
- 61'Substitution, Watford: E. Kayembe comes on for J. Livermore.
- 69'Substitution, Stoke City: J. Tymon comes on for M. Rose.
- 71'Attempt missed. J. Thompson (Stoke City), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 72'Substitution, Watford: T. Ince comes on for M. Martins.
- 73'Attempt saved. Y. Asprilla (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.18.
- 76'Attempt missed. K. Sema (Watford), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 77'Yellow card for J. Thompson (Stoke City) for foul.
- 80'Substitution, Stoke City: R. Mmaee comes on for Wesley Moraes.
- 80'Substitution, Stoke City: B. Pearson comes on for J. Thompson.
- 80'Substitution, Stoke City: Chiquinho comes on for A. Vidigal.
- 83'Yellow card for D. Johnson (Stoke City) for foul.
- 89'Attempt blocked. R. Mmaee (Stoke City), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.08.
- 90'Attempt blocked. B. Pearson (Stoke City), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.01.
- 90'5 minutes of added time.
- 90+1'Attempt blocked. R. Mmaee (Stoke City), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.07.
- 90+3'Attempt missed. J. Laurent (Stoke City), right-footed shot. xG 0.21.
- 90+4'Attempt blocked. R. Andrews (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 90+6'Attempt blocked. R. Mmaee (Stoke City), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 90'Full-time. Stoke City 1-0 Watford.