Watford vs Ipswich Town 24/02/2026

Watford

Vicarage Road Stadium

24 Feb 2026, 20:45

0:2

Finished

Ipswich Town

Away

Match summary

1ST HALF

25'

J. Abankwah

28'

N. Irankunda

S. Egeli

Goal

37'

2ND HALF

46'

Edoardo Bove

G. Chakvetadze

46'

Jeremy Ngakia

J. Pétris

Cédric Kipré

56'

59'

M. Doumbia

L. Kjerrumgaard

Jens Cajuste

66'

Dan Neil

66'

S. Egeli

Wes Burns

66'

73'

Tom Ince

73'

J. Abankwah

George Hirst

74'

Iván Azón

74'

Marcelino Nuñez

A. Mehmeti

74'

George Hirst(Jacob Greaves)

Goal

77'

80'

Pierre Ekwah

Imrân Louza

Darnell Furlong

83'

C. Walton

85'

Ben Johnson

89'

Jack Clarke

89'

Match statistics

47%Possession53%

367Passes Attempted407

304Completed Passes325

3Corners4

14Throw-ins25

11Shots On Target11

Line-ups

Watford

Formation

5-4-1

Egil

#1Selvik

Matthew William

#6Pollock

James

#25Abankwah

Stephen

#21Mfuni

Jérémy

#29Pétris

Marc Joel

#16Bola

Imrân

#10Louza

Nampalys

#23Mendy

Giorgi

#8Chakvetadze

Nestory

#66Irankunda

Luca

#9Kjerrumgaard

Starting XI

E. Selvik #1
Mattie Pollock #6
J. Abankwah #25	73' 25'
Stephen Mfuni #21
J. Pétris #29	46'
Marc Bola #16
Imrân Louza #10	80'
N. Mendy #23
G. Chakvetadze #8	46'
N. Irankunda #66	28'
L. Kjerrumgaard #9	59'

Substitutes

Nathan Baxter #12
F. Mendy #27
Jeremy Ngakia #2	46'
Edoardo Bove #15	46'
Pierre Ekwah #17	80'
Edo Kayembe #39
M. Doumbia #20	59'
Tom Ince #7	73'
Vivaldo #18

Will not play

Hector Matthew

Hector Matthew Kyprianou

Midfielder

Hand injury

Return: Doubtful

Pierre

Pierre Dwomoh Junior

Midfielder

Thigh injury

Return: Doubtful

Rocco

Rocco Vata

Forward

Hamstring Injury

Return: Doubtful

Stephen

Stephen Mfuni

Defender

Ankle injury

Return: Early May 2026

Manager

Watford

Edward Still

Watford

Formation

5-4-1

Egil

#1Selvik

Matthew William

#6Pollock

James

#25Abankwah

Stephen

#21Mfuni

Jérémy

#29Pétris

Marc Joel

#16Bola

Imrân

#10Louza

Nampalys

#23Mendy

Giorgi

#8Chakvetadze

Nestory

#66Irankunda

Luca

#9Kjerrumgaard

Starting XI

E. Selvik #1
Mattie Pollock #6
J. Abankwah #25	73' 25'
Stephen Mfuni #21
J. Pétris #29	46'
Marc Bola #16
Imrân Louza #10	80'
N. Mendy #23
G. Chakvetadze #8	46'
N. Irankunda #66	28'
L. Kjerrumgaard #9	59'

Substitutes

Nathan Baxter #12
F. Mendy #27
Jeremy Ngakia #2	46'
Edoardo Bove #15	46'
Pierre Ekwah #17	80'
Edo Kayembe #39
M. Doumbia #20	59'
Tom Ince #7	73'
Vivaldo #18

Will not play

Hector Matthew

Hector Matthew Kyprianou

Midfielder

Hand injury

Return: Doubtful

Pierre

Pierre Dwomoh Junior

Midfielder

Thigh injury

Return: Doubtful

Rocco

Rocco Vata

Forward

Hamstring Injury

Return: Doubtful

Stephen

Stephen Mfuni

Defender

Ankle injury

Return: Early May 2026

Manager

Watford

Edward Still

Ipswich Town

Formation

4-2-3-1

Christian Timothy

#28Walton

Cédric

#4Kipré

Dara Joseph

#26O'Shea

Jacob John

#24Greaves

Darnell Anthony

#19Furlong

Daniel

#6Neil

Azor

#5Matusiwa

Marcelino Ignacio

#32Nuñez Espinoza

Jack Raymond

#47Clarke

Sindre

#8Walle Egeli

Iván

#31Azón Monzón

Starting XI

C. Walton #28	85'
Cédric Kipré #4	56'
Dara O'Shea #26
Jacob Greaves #24	🎯77'
Darnell Furlong #19	83'
Dan Neil #6	66'
A. Matusiwa #5
Marcelino Nuñez #32	74'
Jack Clarke #47	89'
S. Egeli #8	66' ⚽37'
Iván Azón #31	74'

Substitutes

Alex Palmer #1
Wes Burns #7	66'
Ben Johnson #18	89'
Jens Cajuste #12	66'
Kasey McAteer #20
A. Mehmeti #33	74'
Jack Taylor #14
Chuba Akpom #29
George Hirst #9	⚽77' 74'

Will not play

Ashley

Ashley Young

Defender

Thigh injury

Return: Doubtful

David Robert Edmund

David Robert Edmund Button

Goalkeeper

Hamstring Injury

Return: Early May 2026

Conor Stephen

Conor Stephen Townsend

Defender

Cruciate ligament injury

Return: Early May 2026

Wesley James

Wesley James Burns

Defender

Calf injury

Return: Doubtful

Manager

Ipswich Town

Kieran McKenna

Head-to-head

36 matches

Watford

Watford

14

Wins

8

Draws

14

Wins

Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town

Championship2025 • 1 match

Ipswich Town

Watford

Championship2024 • 1 match

Ipswich Town

Watford

Championship2023 • 1 match

Watford

Ipswich Town

Championship2015 • 1 match

Watford

Ipswich Town

Championship2014 • 2 matches

Ipswich Town

Watford

Watford

Ipswich Town

League standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	G	GD	Pts	Form
1	Coventry City	42	25	10	7	84:42	+42	85	LWWDD
2	Ipswich Town	41	21	12	8	71:42	+29	75	WDWWL
3	Millwall	42	21	10	11	56:47	+9	73	LDWLD
4	Southampton	42	20	12	10	73:50	+23	72	WWWWW
5	Middlesbrough	42	20	12	10	62:42	+20	72	DDLDL
6	Hull City	42	20	8	14	64:60	+4	68	LWDDL
7	Wrexham AFC	42	17	13	12	63:60	+3	64	LWDLL
8	Derby County	42	18	9	15	61:53	+8	63	WWLWL
9	Norwich City	42	17	7	18	55:50	+5	58	LWDWL
10	Bristol City	42	16	10	16	52:51	+1	58	DLWWD
11	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	10	16	58:63	-5	58	WWWDD
12	Watford	42	14	15	13	52:51	+1	57	WDLDL
13	Preston North End	42	14	15	13	50:53	-3	57	LWDDW
14	Swansea City	42	16	9	17	50:54	-4	57	LLDDW
15	Birmingham City	42	15	11	16	51:52	-1	56	DLLLW
16	Stoke City	42	15	10	17	49:46	+3	55	WLWLD
17	Sheffield Utd	42	16	6	20	59:59	0	54	DLDLW
18	Charlton Athletic	42	12	13	17	39:51	-12	49	DLLDL
19	Portsmouth	42	12	12	18	43:57	-14	48	LDDWW
20	Blackburn Rovers	43	12	12	19	38:53	-15	48	DWDDL
21	West Brom	42	11	13	18	42:56	-14	46	WWDDD
22	Oxford United	42	10	14	18	41:54	-13	44	DLDDW
23	Leicester	42	11	14	17	54:64	-10	41	LDDDL
24	Sheffield Wed	42	1	11	30	25:82	-57	-4	LLLDD

Promotion

Playoff

Relegation

Match Information

Referee:

Ben Toner

Venue:

Vicarage Road Stadium

Capacity:

19 920

Watford vs Ipswich Town match from the Championship. View the final score, key match events, detailed statistics, line-ups and head-to-head record between Watford and Ipswich Town. Follow team performance and match context within the Championship season.