English League Championship

Watford vs Hull City, 2022-23 English League Championship, Regular Season

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Watford are hosting Hull City at Vicarage Road, Watford, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Offside, Watford. Hassane Kamara tries a through ball, but Ken Sema is caught offside.
  • 9': Substitution, Hull City. Greg Docherty replaces Dimitris Pelkas because of an injury.
  • 15': Substitution, Watford. Joseph Hungbo replaces Hamza Choudhury because of an injury.
  • 16': Christian Kabasele (Watford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 16': Foul by Tyler Smith (Hull City).
  • 17': Foul by Keinan Davis (Watford).
  • 17': Ryan Longman (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Foul by Ryan Woods (Hull City).
  • 19': João Pedro (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 19': Ryan Woods (Hull City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 24': Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Craig Cathcart.
  • 24': Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Christian Kabasele.
  • 25': Attempt missed. Jacob Greaves (Hull City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jean Michaël Seri with a cross following a corner.
  • 28': Foul by João Pedro (Watford).
  • 28': Jean Michaël Seri (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 29': Attempt blocked. Tyler Smith (Hull City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cyrus Christie.
  • 29': Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Christian Kabasele.
  • 30': Attempt saved. João Pedro (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Keinan Davis.
  • 36': Foul by Jacob Greaves (Hull City).
  • 36': Joseph Hungbo (Watford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 36': Jacob Greaves (Hull City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 38': Foul by Greg Docherty (Hull City).
  • 38': João Pedro (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Attempt saved. Regan Slater (Hull City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jean Michaël Seri.
  • 44': Foul by Cyrus Christie (Hull City).
  • 44': Ken Sema (Watford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 44': Cyrus Christie (Hull City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Attempt missed. Joseph Hungbo (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left following a set piece situation.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Craig Cathcart (Watford).
  • 45'+1': Tyler Smith (Hull City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45'+2': Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Christian Kabasele.
  • 45'+4': Foul by Jean Michaël Seri (Hull City).
  • 45'+4': Ken Sema (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45'+6': First Half ends, Watford 0, Hull City 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Watford 0, Hull City 0.
  • 47': Attempt saved. Tyler Smith (Hull City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Greg Docherty.
  • 47': Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Daniel Bachmann.
  • 48': Attempt missed. Ryan Longman (Hull City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jean Michaël Seri.
  • 49': Foul by Joseph Hungbo (Watford).
  • 49': Jacob Greaves (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 50': Foul by Alfie Jones (Hull City).
  • 50': Ken Sema (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 50': Alfie Jones (Hull City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 51': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Cyrus Christie.
  • 52': Attempt saved. João Pedro (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 52': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Matt Ingram.
  • 53': Substitution, Hull City. Ozan Tufan replaces Greg Docherty.
  • 55': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Cyrus Christie.
  • 57': Attempt saved. Yáser Asprilla (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Ken Sema.
  • 57': Attempt blocked. Keinan Davis (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by João Pedro.
  • 57': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Sean McLoughlin.
  • 58': Attempt blocked. Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Ken Sema with a cross.
  • 58': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Ryan Longman.
  • 58': Attempt blocked. Christian Kabasele (Watford) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ken Sema with a cross.
  • 58': Attempt blocked. Joseph Hungbo (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 59': Foul by Jean Michaël Seri (Hull City).
  • 59': João Pedro (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Attempt missed. João Pedro (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Joseph Hungbo.
  • 63': Attempt missed. Ozan Tufan (Hull City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Cyrus Christie.
  • 66': Attempt missed. Jacob Greaves (Hull City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 67': Foul by Yáser Asprilla (Watford).
  • 67': Jean Michaël Seri (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 68': Attempt blocked. Regan Slater (Hull City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 70': Foul by Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford).
  • 70': Jean Michaël Seri (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Substitution, Watford. Rey Manaj replaces Joseph Hungbo.
  • 71': Foul by Ryan Longman (Hull City).
  • 71': Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Substitution, Hull City. Lewie Coyle replaces Tyler Smith.
  • 74': Substitution, Hull City. Tobias Figueiredo replaces Ryan Woods.
  • 76': Attempt blocked. Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yáser Asprilla.
  • 77': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Lewie Coyle.
  • 80': Foul by Ozan Tufan (Hull City).
  • 80': Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 80': Hand ball by Ozan Tufan (Hull City).
  • 81': Attempt saved. Cyrus Christie (Hull City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Jean Michaël Seri.
  • 81': Foul by Sean McLoughlin (Hull City).
  • 81': Keinan Davis (Watford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 83': Foul by Yáser Asprilla (Watford).
  • 83': Jean Michaël Seri (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 84': Attempt missed. Rey Manaj (Watford) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Yáser Asprilla.
  • 88': Attempt missed. Rey Manaj (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Hassane Kamara with a cross.
  • 90': Christian Kabasele (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90': Foul by Ozan Tufan (Hull City).
  • 90': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Sean McLoughlin.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Watford. Vakoun Issouf Bayo replaces Rey Manaj.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Watford 0, Hull City 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Watford 0, Hull City 0.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Watford 0, Hull City 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Watford 0, Hull City 0.

Statistics

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13 Fouls 7
4 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 1
5 Corner Kicks 7
3 Saves 3
48.4 Possession 51.6
9 SHOTS 12
3 ON GOAL 3
0.3 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
382 Accurate Passes 410
472 Passes 481
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 9
10 Crosses 31
0.2 Cross % 0.3
50 Long Balls 41
24 Accurate Long Balls 22
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
2 Blocked Shots 5
6 Effective Tackles 11
15 Tackles 16
0.4 Tackle % 0.7
6 Interceptions 12
28 Effective Clearances 9
28 Clearances 9

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Vicarage Road
Location: Watford, England
Attendance: 18,846

EFL Championship Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Leeds United 16 +16 32
2 Sunderland 16 +14 32
3 Sheffield United 16 +12 32
4 Burnley 16 +13 30
Full Standings

Line-Ups

WAT Watford (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Daniel Bachmann (GK)
15 Craig Cathcart
27 Christian Kabasele
14 Hassane Kamara
2 Jeremy Ngakia
10 João Pedro
4 Hamza Choudhury
24 Tom Dele-Bashiru
7 Keinan Davis
12 Ken Sema
18 Yáser Asprilla

HUL Hull City (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Matt Ingram (GK)
17 Sean McLoughlin
5 Alfie Jones Yellow Card
4 Jacob Greaves Yellow Card
33 Cyrus Christie Yellow Card
20 Dimitris Pelkas
24 Jean Michaël Seri
15 Ryan Woods Yellow Card
22 Tyler Smith
16 Ryan Longman
27 Regan Slater

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