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Wrexham — Watford: 1:1, Championship

Championship
Wrexham L28 Aug · Home Birmingham · 1:2W2 Sep · Away Millwall · 3:0D5 Sep · Away Swansea · 0:0D8 Sep · Home Burnley · 1:1L11 Sep · Away West Ham · 0:6W19 Sep · Home Southampton · 2:1
1:1
Finished

Kick-off was BST

Watford D29 Aug · Home West Ham · 1:1L1 Sep · Away Swansea · 0:2L5 Sep · Away West Brom · 0:1W8 Sep · Home Preston · 2:1L12 Sep · Home Stoke City · 1:2L18 Sep · Away Bristol City · 0:1
Venue: Racecourse Ground City: Wrexham

In the Championship game on 22 August 2026, Wrexham beat Watford 1:1. Match numbers: shots on target 2:6, corners 10:3.

Match report

Rhyl and Watford played out a 1-1 draw in the Championship on Saturday evening. The result leaves both sides level on five points after four games, with Rhyl sitting eleventh and Watford fourteenth in the table.

Luca Kjerrumgaard gave Watford the lead in the fourteenth minute before Nathan Broadhead saw a yellow card in the twentieth. That moment stayed with me — the timing felt deliberate, like the home side trying to settle their nerves after conceding. Daniel Imray responded for Rhyl two minutes later, turning what could have been a difficult evening into something more balanced.

Watford made three changes in quick succession around the sixty-seventh minute, bringing on Edoardo Bove, Amin Nabizada and Kieffer Moore. But the real move came when they removed Kjerrumgaard, their goalscorer, and replaced him with Oliver Rathbone. By then the game had settled into a rhythm where neither manager seemed willing to risk too much.

The statistics tell a story that does not quite match the scoreline. Rhyl dominated possession with 59 per cent and created two big chances, yet their expected goals of 1.92 produced only one goal. Watford, with just 41 per cent of the ball and a mere 0.65 expected goals, managed to escape with a point. Their six shots on target against Rhyl's two suggests they held on grimly when it mattered.

Rhyl have now drawn two of their four matches this season, having lost three of their previous five games. Watford also have two draws from four, though they lost just once in that span. Both sides will feel they could have taken something from this fixture, but neither side really broke the other.

Prepared from match data

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Key numbers

Possession, % 59 – 41
Shots on target 2 – 6
Shots off target 6 – 3
Expected goals 1.92 – 0.65

Match events

  1. 14' 0:1 Watford Goal Luca Kjerrumgaard assist: Omar Haktab Traore
  2. 20' 0:1 Wrexham Yellow card Nathan Broadhead
  3. 22' 1:1 Wrexham Goal Daniel Imray
  4. 45' 1:1 Watford Substitution Omar Haktab Traore off: Albert Eames
  5. 58' 1:1 Watford Substitution Othmane Maamma off: Martín Payero
  6. 63' 1:1 Wrexham Substitution Kieffer Moore off: Sam Smith
  7. 67' 1:1 Watford Substitution Amin Nabizada off: Mamadou Doumbia
  8. 67' 1:1 Watford Substitution Edoardo Bove off: Edo Kayembe
  9. 67' 1:1 Watford Substitution Luca Kjerrumgaard off: Rocco Vata
  10. 70' 1:1 Wrexham Substitution Oliver Rathbone off: Bailey Cadamarteri
  11. 72' 1:1 Wrexham Yellow card Ben Whiteman
  12. 78' 1:1 Wrexham Substitution Nathan Broadhead off: Matty James
  13. 78' 1:1 Wrexham Substitution Daniel Imray off: Ryan Longman
  14. 90' 1:1 Wrexham Substitution George Thomason off: Max Cleworth
  15. 90+4' 1:1 Wrexham Substitution G. Thomason off: M. Cleworth

Statistics

59 Possession, % 41
2 Shots on target 6
6 Shots off target 3
1.92 Expected goals 0.65
2 Big chances 1
115 Attacks 86
10 Corners 3
13 Fouls 11
11 Free kicks 12
1 Offsides 0
2 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
7 Goal kicks 9
23 Throw-ins 19
All statistics
18/3847% Aerial duels 20/3853%
67 Backward passes 45
4 Blocked shots 1
21 Clearances 36
6/3219% Crosses 5/2025%
10/2245% Dribbles 9/1560%
1.82 Expected assists 0.58
85 Failed passes 94
5 Goalkeeper saves 1
11 Interceptions 9
9 Key passes 6
26/5646% Long passes 14/5525%
112 Passes into the final third 65
284 Passes in the opposition half 212
225 Passes in own half 149
0.17 Shot accuracy 0.60
2 Shots from outside the box 5
10 Shots inside the box 5
12/1771% Tackles 14/2070%
477 Total passes 341

Line-ups

Wrexham

Starting XI
# Player number
22 Anthony Patterson 22
2 Callum Craig Doyle 2
5 Dominic John Hyam 5
26 Zachary George Onyego Vyner 26
8 Benjamin Whiteman 8
14 George Thomason 14
27 Lewis John O'Brien 27
30 Daniel Edward Peter Imray 30
19 Kieffer Moore 19
20 Oliver Michael Rathbone 20
33 Nathan Paul Broadhead 33
Substitutes
# Player number
21 Danny Ward 21
4 Max George Cleworth 4
24 Daniel George Scarr 24
15 George Dobson 15
37 Matthew Lee James 37
47 Ryan Longman 47
7 Davis James Marshall Keillor-Dunn 7
11 Bailey Cadamarteri 11
28 Samuel Toby Smith 28
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Watford

Starting XI
# Player number
1 Federico Ravaglia 1
4 Kévin Keben Biakolo 4
6 Matthew Pollock 6
23 Omar Haktab Traore 23
33 Jordan Zemura 33
5 Hector Matthew Kyprianou 5
7 O. Mamama 7
8 Edoardo Bove 8
17 Iker Bravo Solanilla 17
21 Amin Nabizada 21
9 Luca Tange Kjerrumgaard 9
Substitutes
# Player number
26 Daniel Bachmann 26
53 James Andrew Clarridge 53
56 Albert Ames 56
22 Martín Payero 22
39 Edouard Kayembe Kayembe 39
52 Leo Ramirez-Espain 52
11 Rocco Vata 11
20 Mamadou Dumbia 20
48 M. Adu Pokou 48
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