Football
Watford vs Queens Park Rangers. Sky Bet Championship.
3:00pm, Saturday 5th August 2023.
Vicarage RoadAttendance: Attendance20,087.
Match ends, Watford 4, Queens Park Rangers 0.
Second Half ends, Watford 4, Queens Park Rangers 0.
Foul by Edo Kayembe (Watford).
Sam Field (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Chris Willock (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Ryan Andrews (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Elijah Dixon-Bonner (Queens Park Rangers).
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Elijah Dixon-Bonner replaces Andre Dozzell.
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Chris Willock replaces Ilias Chair.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Asmir Begovic.
Attempt saved. Ken Sema (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ismaël Koné.
Ismaël Koné (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Andre Dozzell (Queens Park Rangers).
Wesley Hoedt (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stephen Duke-McKenna (Queens Park Rangers).
Attempt saved. Lyndon Dykes (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ilias Chair.
Attempt saved. Ismaël Koné (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Edo Kayembe.
Foul by Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford).
Stephen Duke-McKenna (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ken Sema (Watford).
Kenneth Paal (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Ken Sema (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ismaël Koné.
Attempt blocked. Ilias Chair (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andre Dozzell.
Attempt missed. Ryan Andrews (Watford) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ken Sema.
Attempt blocked. Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ken Sema.
Substitution, Watford. Edo Kayembe replaces Matheus Martins.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Andre Dozzell.
Attempt saved. Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford) right footed shot from long range on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
Matheus Martins (Watford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Osman Kakay (Queens Park Rangers).
Offside, Watford. Wesley Hoedt is caught offside.
Sam Field (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sam Field (Queens Park Rangers).
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Kenneth Paal.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match (Watford).
Sinclair Armstrong (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Daniel Bachmann (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sinclair Armstrong (Queens Park Rangers).
Substitution, Watford. Jake Livermore replaces Francisco Sierralta.
Substitution, Watford. Giorgi Chakvetadze replaces Tom Dele-Bashiru.
Substitution, Watford. Ismaël Koné replaces Imrân Louza.
Attempt blocked. Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matheus Martins with a cross.
Imrân Louza (Watford) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Jeremy Ngakia.
Delay in match because of an injury Daniel Bachmann (Watford).
Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Ryan Porteous.
Attempt blocked. Morgan Fox (Queens Park Rangers) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Kenneth Paal with a cross.
Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Daniel Bachmann.
Attempt missed. Matheus Martins (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jeremy Ngakia.
Foul by Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford).
Substitution, Watford. Ryan Andrews replaces James Morris.
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Sinclair Armstrong replaces Charlie Kelman.
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Stephen Duke-McKenna replaces Paul Smyth.
Second Half begins Watford 4, Queens Park Rangers 0.
First Half ends, Watford 4, Queens Park Rangers 0.
Foul by Lyndon Dykes (Queens Park Rangers).
Attempt missed. Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ryan Porteous.
Imrân Louza (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Vakoun Bayo (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Imrân Louza with a through ball following a fast break.
James Morris (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by James Morris (Watford).
Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Watford 4, Queens Park Rangers 0. Vakoun Bayo (Watford) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Francisco Sierralta.
Ryan Porteous (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Charlie Kelman (Queens Park Rangers).
Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Watford 3, Queens Park Rangers 0. Matheus Martins (Watford) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ken Sema with a cross following a corner.
Attempt saved. Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Imrân Louza with a through ball.
Attempt missed. Francisco Sierralta (Watford) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Wesley Hoedt following a corner.
Attempt missed. Wesley Hoedt (Watford) header from the left side of the box misses to the right following a corner.
Attempt saved. Wesley Hoedt (Watford) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ryan Porteous.
Attempt missed. Vakoun Bayo (Watford) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jeremy Ngakia with a cross.
Foul by Ryan Porteous (Watford).
Osman Kakay (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Ilias Chair.
Attempt saved. Matheus Martins (Watford) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
Goal! Watford 2, Queens Park Rangers 0. Imrân Louza (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jeremy Ngakia.
Foul by Wesley Hoedt (Watford).
Asmir Begovic (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ken Sema (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay in match because of an injury Wesley Hoedt (Watford).
Attempt saved. Vakoun Bayo (Watford) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Morris with a cross.
Offside, Queens Park Rangers. Paul Smyth is caught offside.
Ken Sema (Watford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Kenneth Paal (Queens Park Rangers).
Attempt blocked. Kenneth Paal (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Goal! Watford 1, Queens Park Rangers 0. Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Imrân Louza with a through ball.
Vakoun Bayo (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Joe Gubbins (Queens Park Rangers).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
