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Watford vs Sunderland
28 Sept 2024, 15:00 · Championship · 2024/2025
Referee
Andy DaviesChampionship 2024/2025 · 19 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
WatfordMin
Sunderland- ⚽
Festy Ebosele 1-0
Goal · Shot
With: Yasser Larouci
Shot
28′ Festy Ebosele
Yellowcard
30′- 45′
Jobe Bellingham
Yellowcard
- 49′⚽
Wilson Isidor 1-1
Goal · Shot
With: Patrick Roberts
Shot
- ⇄
Ken Sema
Substitution
Off: Yasser Larouci
57′ - ⇄
Ryan Porteous
Substitution
Off: Festy Ebosele
57′ - ⇄
Tom Ince
Substitution
Off: Edo Kayembe
57′ Ryan Porteous
Yellowcard
64′- ⇄
Daniel Jebbison
Substitution
Off: Vakoun Bayo
69′ - 73′⇄
Ian Poveda
Substitution
Off: Patrick Roberts
- 73′⇄
Nazariy Rusyn
Substitution
Off: Wilson Isidor
- ⇄
Kwadwo Baah
Substitution
Off: Giorgi Chakvetadze
74′ - ⚽
Tom Dele-Bashiru 2-1
Goal
Penalty
84′ - 85′⇄
Tom Watson
Substitution
Off: Romaine Mundle
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 7.20 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.00 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 7.30 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.50 | |
| 57 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | 7.80 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 6.90 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 7.20 | |
| 57 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 7.20 | |
| 57 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 7.20 | |
| 74 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 7.30 | |
| 69 | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | 6.90 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.50 | |
| 33 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.70 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.20 | |
| 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.40 | |
| 33 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6.90 |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Watford
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Match stats
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Sunderland
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Match stats
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The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Watford’s ground: 5 previous meetings, 4 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Watford’s home games with Sunderland’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2024/2025. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Watford
Goals
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Sunderland
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Watford
Sunderland
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Watford
Sunderland
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Watford
Sunderland
Previous meetings
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