Watford 0:2 Sheffield United: Championship Match Result

Championship

Watford LLWLLL

0:2

Finished

Kick-off was 18 Apr, 15:00 BST

Sheffield United WLWLLL

Venue: Vicarage Road City: Watford

In the Championship game on 18 April 2026, Sheffield United beat Watford 0:2. Match numbers: shots on target 3:5, corners 8:5.

Key numbers

Possession, % 53 – 47

Shots on target 3 – 5

Shots off target 7 – 3

Expected goals 1.29 – 0.81

🟨 26' I. Louza — Yellow card ⚽ 50' P. Bamford — Goal ⇄ 58' O. Maamma — Substitution ⇄ 59' E. Kayembe — Substitution ⚽ 59' P. Bamford — Goal ⇄ 60' A. Brooks — Substitution 🟨 65' G. Hamer — Yellow card ⇄ 67' G. Hamer — Substitution ⇄ 67' J. Riedewald — Substitution ⇄ 71' J. Abankwah — Substitution ⇄ 71' M. Doumbia — Substitution 🟨 75' D. Ings — Yellow card ⇄ 77' J. Rothwell — Substitution ⇄ 77' C. O'Hare — Substitution 🟨 81' S. Peck — Yellow card ⇄ 81' N. Mendy — Substitution 🟨 90+1' T. Chong — Yellow card 🟨 90+7' M. Pollock — Yellow card

Match events

26' 0:0 Watford Yellow card I. Louza
50' 0:1 Sheffield United Goal P. Bamford
58' 0:1 Watford Substitution O. Maamma off: G. Chakvetadze
59' 0:1 Watford Substitution E. Kayembe off: A. Nabizada
59' 0:2 Sheffield United Goal P. Bamford assist: F. Seriki
60' 0:2 Sheffield United Substitution A. Brooks off: T. Chong
65' 0:2 Sheffield United Yellow card G. Hamer
67' 0:2 Sheffield United Substitution G. Hamer off: D. Ings
67' 0:2 Sheffield United Substitution J. Riedewald off: S. Peck
71' 0:2 Watford Substitution J. Abankwah off: M. Bola
71' 0:2 Watford Substitution M. Doumbia off: L. Kjerrumgaard
75' 0:2 Sheffield United Yellow card D. Ings
77' 0:2 Sheffield United Substitution J. Rothwell off: O. Arblaster
77' 0:2 Sheffield United Substitution C. O'Hare off: T. Bindon
81' 0:2 Sheffield United Yellow card S. Peck
81' 0:2 Watford Substitution N. Mendy off: E. Bove
90+1' 0:2 Sheffield United Yellow card T. Chong
90+7' 0:2 Watford Yellow card M. Pollock

Statistics

53 Possession, % 47

3 Shots on target 5

7 Shots off target 3

1.29 Expected goals 0.81

2 Big chances 1

196 Attacks 154

8 Corners 5

11 Fouls 9

9 Free kicks 10

1 Offsides 1

2 Yellow cards 4

0 Red cards 0

12 Goal kicks 10

22 Throw-ins 29

All statistics

17/4340% Aerial duels 26/4360%

56 Backward passes 42

4 Blocked shots 3

23 Clearances 36

6/2129% Crosses 5/1436%

12/2450% Dribbles 8/1650%

1.13 Expected assists 0.61

86 Failed passes 89

3 Goalkeeper saves 3

5 Interceptions 8

9 Key passes 8

29/5850% Long passes 17/5730%

93 Passes into the final third 44

229 Passes in the opposition half 189

164 Passes in own half 154

0.21 Shot accuracy 0.45

8 Shots from outside the box 4

6 Shots inside the box 7

11/1861% Tackles 16/2176%

372 Total passes 329

Line-ups

Watford

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Egil Selvik	1
3	Saba Goglichidze	3
6	Matthew Pollock	6
25	James Bright Adusei Abankwah	25
29	Jeremy Petris	29
10	Imrân Louza	10
23	Nampalys Mendy	23
42	O. Mamama	42
66	Nestory Irankunda	66
20	Mamadou Dumbia	20
39	Edouard Kayembe Kayembe	39

Substitutes
#	Player	number
12	Nathan Baxter	12
2	Jeremy Ngakia	2
16	Marc Joel Bola	16
7	Tom Ince	7
8	Giorgi Chakvetadze	8
15	Edoardo Bove	15
9	Luca Tange Kjerrumgaard	9
34	Kwadwo Kyeremeh Baah	34
53	Amin Nabizada	53

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Sheffield United

Starting XI
#	Player	number
17	Adam Rhys Davies	17
2	Japhet Tanganga	2
14	Harrison Burrows	14
25	Mark James McGuinness	25
38	Oluwafemi Ibrahim Seriki	38
8	Gustavo Martin Emilio Hamer	8
10	Callum Luke O'Hare	10
11	A. Brooks	11
44	Jaïro Jocquim Riedewald	44
48	Joseph Matthew Rothwell	48
45	Patrick James Bamford	45

Substitutes
#	Player	number
31	Luke Facons	31
5	Leo Fuhr Hjelde	5
6	Tyler Bindon	6
12	Ki-Jana Hoever	12
4	Oliver Arblaster	4
24	Tahith Jose Chong	24
42	Sydie Peck	42
7	Thomas Cannon	7
9	Daniel William John Ings	9