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Watford vs Birmingham leans toward Watford in Championship meetings, although Birmingham have supplied a win and a draw as counterpoints. Watford won 3-0 on 1 January 2026, 2-0 on 16 September 2023 and 3-0 on 14 March 2023, while Birmingham won 2-1 on 1 December 2025. The 1-1 draw on 16 August 2022 keeps the fixture from becoming one-dimensional overall.
Past matches, Watford vs Birmingham
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Watford
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12G
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4D
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22D
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29D
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23M
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17M
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66F
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34F
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18F
Birmingham Substitutes
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G
21
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M
12
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F
17
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M
27
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F
30
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F
33
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M
40
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D
41
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M
42
Match events
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9'⚽T. Ince Normal Goal (Asst: G. Chakvetadze)
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38'⚽T. Ince Normal Goal
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43'Matthew Pollock Yellow Card
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46'N. Irankunda G. Chakvetadze
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46'M. Leonard A. Sampsted
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46'L. Dykes W. T. Willumsson
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60'⚽T. Ince Normal Goal (Asst: N. Irankunda)
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62'E. Cashin A. Cochrane
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63'Lyndon Dykes Yellow Card
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64'V. Semedo L. Kjerrumgaard
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68'M. Ducksch K. Furuhashi
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69'N. Mendy I. Louza
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70'M. Sissoko O. Maamma
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77'K. Baah T. Ince
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77'L. Koumas K. Anderson
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78'Seung-Ho Paik Yellow Card
Stats for this game
Matchup Watford VS Birmingham
Watford have the stronger league line
Watford’s Championship results include a 3-0 home win on 1 January 2026, a 2-0 victory on 16 September 2023, a 3-0 home result on 14 March 2023 and a 1-0 win at Birmingham on 16 March 2024. Birmingham’s 2-1 home victory on 1 December 2025 is a clear reply, while the 1-1 draw at Birmingham on 16 August 2022 adds shared points. The 3-0 wins give Watford a clear marker, but they do not erase Birmingham’s response. The comparison remains competitive. That keeps the question open.
Birmingham’s counterpoint keeps the fixture open
The results lean toward Watford, but Birmingham’s home win changed the direction of that contest. The draw and the narrow 2-1 score provide a measured counterweight to Watford’s wider victories. A future Championship meeting will ask whether Watford can preserve its edge or Birmingham can turn its counterpoint into a broader league balance.