Football
Watford vs Sheffield Wednesday. Sky Bet Championship.
3:00pm, Saturday 21st October 2023.
Vicarage RoadAttendance: Attendance19,102.
Match ends, Watford 1, Sheffield Wednesday 0.
Second Half ends, Watford 1, Sheffield Wednesday 0.
Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Ken Sema.
Attempt missed. Matheus Martins (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze following a fast break.
Foul by Jake Livermore (Watford).
Dominic Iorfa (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Bambo Diaby.
Attempt saved. Matheus Martins (Watford) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jeremy Ngakia.
Offside, Sheffield Wednesday. Lee Gregory is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Matheus Martins (Watford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yáser Asprilla.
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Lee Gregory replaces Josh Windass.
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Michael Smith replaces Jeff Hendrick.
Ismaël Koné (Watford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Josh Windass (Sheffield Wednesday).
Foul by Yáser Asprilla (Watford).
Reece James (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Watford 1, Sheffield Wednesday 0. Yáser Asprilla (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ismaël Koné.
Mallik Wilks (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Watford. Yáser Asprilla replaces Tom Ince.
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Reece James replaces John Buckley.
Attempt blocked. Ismaël Koné (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Matheus Martins.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Dominic Iorfa.
Jeff Hendrick (Sheffield Wednesday) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ismaël Koné (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jeff Hendrick (Sheffield Wednesday).
Offside, Watford. Mileta Rajovic is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Ismaël Koné (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze.
Foul by Ismaël Koné (Watford).
Callum Paterson (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Watford. Giorgi Chakvetadze replaces Imrân Louza.
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Mallik Wilks replaces Anthony Musaba.
Attempt missed. John Buckley (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Barry Bannan.
Attempt saved. Anthony Musaba (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Akin Famewo with a cross.
Substitution, Watford. Ken Sema replaces Jamal Lewis.
Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Jamal Lewis.
Attempt missed. Jeff Hendrick (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Josh Windass with a cross following a set piece situation.
Jamal Lewis (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jamal Lewis (Watford).
Pol Valentín (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Wesley Hoedt (Watford) left footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right.
Substitution, Watford. Ismaël Koné replaces Tom Dele-Bashiru.
Substitution, Watford. Mileta Rajovic replaces Vakoun Bayo.
Second Half begins Watford 0, Sheffield Wednesday 0.
First Half ends, Watford 0, Sheffield Wednesday 0.
Attempt missed. Dominic Iorfa (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Barry Bannan following a set piece situation.
Ryan Porteous (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ryan Porteous (Watford).
Josh Windass (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Jeff Hendrick (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Barry Bannan.
Foul by Tom Ince (Watford).
Bambo Diaby (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Imrân Louza (Watford) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jeremy Ngakia with a cross.
Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Jeremy Ngakia.
Attempt missed. Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jeff Hendrick.
Matheus Martins (Watford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Pol Valentín (Sheffield Wednesday).
Attempt missed. John Buckley (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Tom Dele-Bashiru.
Attempt blocked. Jeff Hendrick (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Anthony Musaba (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by John Buckley.
Attempt missed. Wesley Hoedt (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Imrân Louza.
Jake Livermore (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Pol Valentín.
Josh Windass (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Josh Windass (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jeff Hendrick with a cross following a set piece situation.
Foul by Imrân Louza (Watford).
John Buckley (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Offside, Sheffield Wednesday. Josh Windass is caught offside.
Foul by Wesley Hoedt (Watford).
John Buckley (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jeremy Ngakia (Watford).
Matheus Martins (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Matheus Martins (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Ince.
Attempt missed. Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Tom Ince.
Hand ball by Anthony Musaba (Sheffield Wednesday).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.