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Preview
- Watford host Stoke City on 2025-12-20 at 15:00 GMT, as part of week 22 of the 2025-2026's Championship in Vicarage Road.
- There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between Javier Gracia Carlos and M. Robins.
- In the table Watford are 14th (29 pts) and Stoke City sit 7th with 33 pts.
- Watford have 7 players out: K. Baah (Injury), M. Doumbia (International duty), J. Grieves (Ankle Injury), E. Kayembe (International duty), R. Vata (Hamstring Injury), C. Wiley (Muscle Injury), J. Abankwah (Injury) whereas Stoke City have 2 players missing: L. Baker (Inactive), J. Tchamadeu (Yellow Cards).
- Our forecast has Watford in a 4-man backline (4-4-2), with Stoke City set to counter in 4-2-3-1.
- Contrast in results: Watford had to share the points 2-2 with Wrexham, whereas Stoke City claimed victory 2-1 vs. Swansea City.
- Neither side is flying – Watford 1-3-1 and Stoke City 2-0-3 over the last 5 matches.
- Dominance for Watford: across 21 clashes, they've won 9 games and only lost 7 games to Stoke City, with 5 stalemates.
- With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (6-4-1 vs 4-2-5) and scoring roughly 1.73-1.70 goals, a 1-1 draw seems on the cards.
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Match Info
Team Kits
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Stoke
Events
| 30' | R. Bozenik | ||
HT 0 - 0 | |||
| 46' | |||
| 59' | S. Thomas | ||
| 65' | |||
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| 66' | V. Semedo | ||
| 69' | M. Pollock | ||
| 74' | 1 - 0 | ||
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| 83' | M. Talovierov | ||
| 89' | N. Irankunda | ||
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Watford is going head to head with Stoke on 20/12/2025 15:00 GMT at Vicarage Road for the England Championship. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Watford v Stoke H2H statistics!