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Watford vs Luton Town
23 Feb 2025, 12:00 · Championship · 2024/2025
Referee
Andrew KitchenChampionship 2024/2025 · 26 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
WatfordMin
Luton TownJeremy Ngakia
Yellowcard
Foul
5′- ⚽
Tom Dele-Bashiru 1-0
Penalty · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
11′ - ⚽
Edo Kayembe 2-0
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Giorgi Chakvetadze
Right foot shot
23′ - 42′
Mads Juel Andersen
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⇄
Ryan Andrews
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Yasser Larouci
46′ - 46′⇄
Shandon Baptiste
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Marvelous Nakamba
- 46′⇄
Jacob Brown
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Lasse Nordås
- 46′⇄
Christ Makosso
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Mads Juel Andersen
- ⇄
Mattie Pollock
Substitution · Substitution because of injury
Off: Kévin Keben
53′ Mattie Pollock
Yellowcard
Foul
58′- 70′⇄
Josh Bowler
Substitution · Substitution because of injury
Off: Shandon Baptiste
- 73′
Carlton Morris
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⇄
Vakoun Bayo
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Mamadou Doumbia
78′ - ⇄
Francisco Sierralta
Substitution · Substitution because of injury
Off: James Abankwah
78′ - 84′⇄
Elijah Adebayo
Substitution · Substitution because of injury
Off: Carlton Morris
- ⇄
James Morris
Substitution · Substitution because of injury
Off: Giorgi Chakvetadze
90+6′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7.36 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | 7.51 | |
| 53 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.94 | |
| 78 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.34 | |
| 46 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6.83 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 7.57 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 7.69 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 7.12 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 7.51 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.32 | |
| 78 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 7.25 | |
| 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.89 | |
| 12 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.97 | |
| 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.87 | |
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| 12 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.86 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Watford
Latest: Leeds United · 0–4
Match stats
11 Feb 2025, 19:45 · Home vs Leeds United · 2024/2025
Luton Town
Latest: Sunderland · 0–2
Match stats
12 Feb 2025, 19:45 · Away vs Sunderland · 2024/2025
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Watford’s ground: 3 previous meetings, 3 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Watford’s home games with Luton Town’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2024/2025. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Watford
Goals
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Luton Town
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Watford
Luton Town
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Watford
Luton Town
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Watford
Luton Town
Previous meetings
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