Watford vs Oxford Utd

Championship 4 Oct 2025, 14:00
Watford
Watford
2–1
HT 2–1
FULL TIME
Oxford Utd
Oxford Utd
🏟 Vicarage Road Round 9

Match report

Watford edged past Oxford Utd 2-1 in the Championship on 4 October 2025.

Watford had 27 shots to Oxford Utd's 15.

The match was played at Vicarage Road.

Half-time 2-1 Shots 27 - 15 On target 10 - 5 Corners 9 - 3 Fouls 6 - 9 Yellow cards 7
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Player of the match
Jeremy Ngakia
Watford · 2 goals
9 Jamie Cumming 9 saves
8 Nestory Irankunda captained the side
7 Egil Selvik 5 saves
7 Max Alleyne captained the side
First half vs second half
Oxford Utd came out stronger after half-time, with 11 second-half shots against 4 before the break.
  1st half 2nd half
Shots Total 16–4 11–11
Shots On Goal 4–1 6–4
Ball Possession 70–30 —
Corners 5–2 4–1
Attacks 61–35 42–56
Match statistics
9 Corners 3
5 Substitution 5
103 Attacks 91
4 Attacks 0
4 Attacks 0
3 Attacks 0
48 Dangerous Attacks 40
1 Dangerous Attacks 0
1 Dangerous Attacks 0
10 On Target 7
17 Off Target 9
27 Shots Total 15
10 Shots On Goal 5
12 Shots Off Goal 6
5 Shots Blocked 4
15 Shots Inside Box 7
12 Shots Outside Box 8
6 Fouls 9
9 Corners 3
1 Offsides 0
57% Ball Possession 43%
3 Yellow Cards 4
5 Saves 9
447 Passes Total 337
369 Passes Accurate 263
Line-ups 3-4-1-2  vs  4-4-2
Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward
Watford · 3-4-1-2
1 E. Selvik
3 M. Alleyne 4 K. Biakolo 25 J. Abankwah
2 J. Ngakia 10 I. Louza 23 N. Mendy 26 C. Wiley
11 R. Vata
66 N. Irankunda 18 Vivaldo
Oxford Utd · 4-4-2
1 J. Cumming
15 B. Spencer 6 M. Helik 2 S. Long 22 G. Leigh
17 S. Mills 14 B. Keersmaecker 8 C. Brannagan 23 S. Dembélé
16 N. Prelec 27 W. Lankshear
Watford
Coach
Paulo César Pezzolano Suárez
Substitutes
  • 9 Luca Kjerrumgaard
  • 29 Jeremy Petris
  • 17 Moussa Sissoko
  • 39 Edo Kayembe
  • 34 Kwadwo Baah
  • 12 Nathan Baxter
  • 16 Marc Bola
  • 6 Matthew Pollock
  • 5 Hector Kyprianou
Oxford Utd
Coach
Gary Rowett
Substitutes
  • 4 Will Vaulks
  • 7 Przemysław Płacheta
  • 26 Jack Currie
  • 20 Tom Bradshaw
  • 9 Mark Harris
  • 21 Matt Ingram
  • 29 Ben Davies
  • 12 Luke Harris
  • 19 Tyler Goodrham
Substitutions
  • 32' ↑ L. Kjerrumgaard ↓ V. Semedo Watford
  • 57' ↑ W. Vaulks ↓ W. Lankshear Oxford Utd
  • 57' ↑ P. Placheta ↓ S. Mills Oxford Utd
  • 70' ↑ M. Sissoko ↓ I. Louza Watford
  • 70' ↑ J. Petris ↓ C. Wiley Watford
  • 70' ↑ E. Kayembe ↓ R. Vata Watford
  • 73' ↑ J. Currie ↓ G. Leigh Oxford Utd
  • 85' ↑ M. Harris ↓ S. Dembele Oxford Utd
  • 85' ↑ T. Bradshaw ↓ N. Prelec Oxford Utd
  • 87' ↑ K. Baah ↓ N. Irankunda Watford
Cards
  • 5' C. Brannagan Oxford Utd
  • 30' S. Mills Oxford Utd
  • 39' K. Keben Watford
  • 45+5' M. Helik Oxford Utd
  • 49' L. Kjerrumgaard Watford
  • 53' I. Louza Watford
  • 90+2' J. Currie Oxford Utd
Head-to-head
Watford 2 1 draws 2 Oxford Utd
2026-04-11 Oxford Utd vs Watford 2 - 0
2025-10-04 Watford vs Oxford Utd 2 - 1
2025-03-15 Oxford United vs Watford 1 - 0
2024-11-08 Watford vs Oxford United 1 - 0
2020-09-15 Oxford United vs Watford 1 - 1
Recent form
Watford D W D D D
Oxford Utd D D D L W
Frequently asked questions
What was the final score in Watford vs Oxford Utd?
Watford won 2-1 against Oxford Utd on 4 October 2025.
Who won Watford vs Oxford Utd?
Watford won the match 2-1.
Where was Watford vs Oxford Utd played?
The match was played at Vicarage Road.