Football
Watford vs Birmingham City. Sky Bet Championship.
3:00pm, Saturday 16th September 2023.
Vicarage RoadAttendance: Attendance18,932.
Match ends, Watford 2, Birmingham City 0.
Second Half ends, Watford 2, Birmingham City 0.
Attempt blocked. Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Imrân Louza.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Emmanuel Longelo.
Daniel Bachmann (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City).
Goal! Watford 2, Birmingham City 0. Ryan Andrews (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze.
Foul by Ismaël Koné (Watford).
Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
Yáser Asprilla (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jordan James (Birmingham City).
Goal! Watford 1, Birmingham City 0. Mileta Rajovic (Watford) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Yáser Asprilla with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Jordan James (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ivan Sunjic.
Attempt blocked. Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan James.
Foul by Jamal Lewis (Watford).
Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Second yellow card to Lee Buchanan (Birmingham City) for a bad foul.
Foul by Lee Buchanan (Birmingham City).
Substitution, Birmingham City. Jordan James replaces Scott Hogan.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Emmanuel Longelo replaces Jay Stansfield.
Attempt missed. Imrân Louza (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ryan Porteous.
Attempt saved. Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jay Stansfield.
Foul by Imrân Louza (Watford).
Lee Buchanan (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Wesley Hoedt (Watford).
Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ryan Porteous (Watford).
Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Porteous (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Dion Sanderson.
Hand ball by Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
Substitution, Watford. Ryan Andrews replaces Jeremy Ngakia.
Foul by Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford).
Cody Drameh (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Ivan Sunjic.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Jay Stansfield.
Foul by Francisco Sierralta (Watford).
Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Juninho Bacuna replaces Oliver Burke.
Attempt saved. Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Imrân Louza.
Attempt blocked. Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Koji Miyoshi.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Koji Miyoshi replaces Keshi Anderson.
Attempt missed. Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ismaël Koné.
Substitution, Watford. Ismaël Koné replaces Matheus Martins.
Substitution, Watford. Giorgi Chakvetadze replaces Tom Dele-Bashiru.
Ryan Porteous (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City).
Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Matheus Martins (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Dion Sanderson.
Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
Yáser Asprilla (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City).
Substitution, Watford. Yáser Asprilla replaces Tom Ince.
Attempt blocked. Matheus Martins (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Wesley Hoedt (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford).
Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Matheus Martins (Watford).
Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Watford. Jamal Lewis replaces James Morris.
Second Half begins Watford 0, Birmingham City 0.
First Half ends, Watford 0, Birmingham City 0.
James Morris (Watford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Scott Hogan (Birmingham City).
Foul by Mileta Rajovic (Watford).
Kevin Long (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Imrân Louza (Watford).
Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Imrân Louza (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Offside, Watford. Francisco Sierralta is caught offside.
Lee Buchanan (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Francisco Sierralta.
Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Hand ball by Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City).
Attempt blocked. Oliver Burke (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Krystian Bielik with a headed pass.
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Francisco Sierralta.
Hand ball by Francisco Sierralta (Watford).
Francisco Sierralta (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Oliver Burke (Birmingham City).
Foul by James Morris (Watford).
Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ryan Porteous (Watford) hits the left post with a right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right. Assisted by Matheus Martins with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Cody Drameh.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Krystian Bielik.
Attempt saved. Matheus Martins (Watford) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Cody Drameh (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Cody Drameh (Birmingham City).
Matheus Martins (Watford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Oliver Burke.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.