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Watford vs Sheffield Wednesday
9 Dec 2025, 19:45 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
Dean WhitestoneChampionship 2025/2026 · 19 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
WatfordMin
Sheffield WednesdayOthmane Maamma
Yellowcard
Foul
11′- 17′⚽
Charlie McNeill 0-1
Goal · Left foot shot
Left foot shot
- 46′⇄
Sean Fusire
Substitution
Off: Barry Bannan
- ⇄
Nestory Irankunda
Substitution
Off: Othmane Maamma
46′ - 67′⇄
Liam Palmer
Substitution
Off: Bailey Cadamarteri
- ⇄
Tom Ince
Substitution
Off: Giorgi Chakvetadze
69′ - •
Imrân Louza
Missed Penalty
With: Pierce Joseph Charles
72′ - ⇄
Vivaldo Semedo
Substitution
Off: Luca Kjerrumgaard
73′ - 77′⇄
Nathaniel Chalobah
Substitution
Off: Jamal Lowe
- 77′⇄
Gabriel Otegbayo
Substitution
Off: Liam Cooper
- 88′⇄
Iké Ugbo
Substitution
Off: Charlie McNeill
- 90+4′
Nathaniel Chalobah
Yellowcard
Time wasting
- ⚽
Vivaldo Semedo 1-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Mattie Pollock
Right foot shot
90+7′
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.46 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | — | 7.44 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 7.14 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7.04 | |
| 90 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.50 | |
| 46 | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | — | 6.35 | |
| 90 | — | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | 7.85 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 7.68 | |
| 69 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 6.45 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | 7.04 | |
| 73 | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | 6.75 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 21 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6.31 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 17 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 7.25 | |
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| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 44 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6.32 |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Watford
Latest: Norwich City · 3–2
Match stats
6 Dec 2025, 12:30 · Home vs Norwich City · 2025/2026
Sheffield Wednesday
Latest: Millwall · 0–1
Match stats
26 Nov 2025, 19:45 · Away vs Millwall · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Watford’s ground: 7 previous meetings, 3 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Watford’s home games with Sheffield Wednesday’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 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Watford
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Sheffield Wednesday
Assists
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
Sheffield Wednesday
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Watford
Sheffield Wednesday
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
Sheffield Wednesday
Previous meetings
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