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2022–23 season
Owner	Gino Pozzo
Chairman	Scott Duxbury
Head Coach	Rob Edwards (until 26 September) Slaven Bilić (from 26 September to 7 March) Chris Wilder (from 7 March)
Stadium	Vicarage Road
Championship	11th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: João Pedro (11) All: João Pedro (11)
Highest home attendance	20,204 v Millwall, Championship, 26 December 2022
Lowest home attendance	8,891 v Milton Keynes Dons, EFL Cup, 23 August 2022
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2022–23 season was the 124th season in the existence of Watford Football Club and the club's first season back in the Championship since the 2020–21 following their relegation from the Premier League last season. In addition to the league, they will also compete in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

Players

Current squad

As of 8 May 2023

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Since	Ends	Signed from	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Daniel Bachmann		GK	9 July 1994 (age 28)	2017	2024	Stoke	86	0
26	Ben Hamer		GK	20 November 1987 (age 35)	2022	2024	Swansea	1	0
35	Maduka Okoye		GK	28 August 1999 (age 23)	2022	2027	Sparta Rotterdam	2	0
Defenders
2	Jeremy Ngakia		RB	7 September 2000 (age 22)	2020	2024	West Ham	59	0
3	Mario Gaspar		RB	24 November 1990 (age 32)	2022	2024	Villarreal	33	0
13	João Ferreira		RB	22 March 2001 (age 22)	2023	2027	Benfica	5	1
14	Hassane Kamara		LB	5 March 1994 (age 29)	2022	2023	Udinese (on loan)	51	1
15	Craig Cathcart		CB	6 February 1989 (age 34)	2014	2023	Blackpool	262	8
22	Ryan Porteous		CB	25 March 1999 (age 24)	2023	2027	Hibernian	17	2
27	Christian Kabasele		CB	24 February 1991 (age 32)	2016	2024	Genk	166	7
30	Kortney Hause		CB	16 July 1995 (age 27)	2022	2023	Aston Villa (on loan)	3	0
31	Francisco Sierralta		CB	6 May 1997 (age 26)	2020	2027	Udinese	57	2
42	James Morris		LB	23 November 2001 (age 21)	2021	2026	Southampton	15	0
44	Wesley Hoedt		CB	6 March 1994 (age 29)	2023	2025	Anderlecht	15	1
57	Ryan Andrews		RB	26 August 2004 (age 18)	2012	2024	Academy	7	0
Midfielders
4	Hamza Choudhury		CM	1 October 1997 (age 25)	2022	2023	Leicester (on loan)	37	0
6	Imran Louza		CM	1 May 1999 (age 24)	2021	2028	Nantes	43	5
8	Tom Cleverley		CM	12 August 1989 (age 33)	2017	2023	Everton	181	19
11	Ismaël Koné		CM	16 June 2002 (age 20)	2023	2027	Montréal	17	0
12	Ken Sema		LM	30 September 1993 (age 29)	2018	2026	Östersunds	127	11
16	Dan Gosling		CM	1 February 1990 (age 33)	2021	2023	Bournemouth	37	3
18	Yáser Asprilla		AM	19 November 2003 (age 19)	2022	2026	Envigado	39	1
24	Tom Dele-Bashiru		CM	17 September 1999 (age 23)	2019	2025	Manchester City	11	1
25	Leandro Bacuna		CM	21 August 1991 (age 31)	2022	2023	Cardiff	15	0
39	Edo Kayembe		CM	3 June 1998 (age 24)	2022	2026	Eupen	35	0
Forwards
7	Keinan Davis		ST	13 February 1998 (age 25)	2022	2023	Aston Villa (on loan)	34	7
10	João Pedro		ST	26 September 2001 (age 21)	2020	2028	Fluminense	109	24
21	Henrique Araújo		ST	19 January 2002 (age 21)	2023	2023	Benfica (on loan)	8	0
23	Ismaïla Sarr		RW	25 February 1998 (age 25)	2019	2024	Rennes	131	34
28	Samuel Kalu		RW	26 August 1997 (age 25)	2022	2025	Bordeaux	13	0
34	Britt Assombalonga		ST	6 December 1992 (age 30)	2023	2023	Adana Demirspor	15	2
37	Matheus Martins		LW	16 July 2003 (age 19)	2023	2023	Udinese (on loan)	6	0
49	Michael Adu-Poku		ST	22 September 2005 (age 17)	2018	2024	Academy	2	0
50	Adrian Blake		LW	15 July 2005 (age 17)	2013	2023	Academy	3	0
53	Jack Grieves		ST	5 December 2004 (age 18)	2020	2023	Academy	3	0
54	Tobi Adeyemo		ST	14 March 2005 (age 18)	2018	2026	Academy	5	1

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
19 May 2022	DF		Scott Holding	Stockport County	Undisclosed
2 July 2022	CF		Vakoun Issouf Bayo	Sporting Charleroi	Undisclosed
6 July 2022	DM		Luigi Gaspar	Arsenal	Free Transfer
12 July 2022	CF		Rey Manaj	Barcelona	Undisclosed
19 July 2022	GK		Ben Hamer	Swansea City	Free Transfer
29 July 2022	RB		Mario Gaspar	Villarreal	Free Transfer
4 August 2022	DM		Max Delyfer	Potters Bar Town	Free Transfer
15 November 2022	CB		Aidan Coyne	Perth Glory	Free Transfer
14 December 2022	CM		Leandro Bacuna	Cardiff City	Free Transfer
1 January 2023	CM		Ismaël Koné	Montréal	Undisclosed
7 January 2023	RB		João Ferreira	Benfica	Undisclosed
13 January 2023	FW		James Collins	Hertford Town	Undisclosed
13 January 2023	MF		Jordan Fankwe	Mickleover	Undisclosed
13 January 2023	CM		Zak Fraser-Grante	Hampton & Richmond Borough	Undisclosed
13 January 2023	FW		David Hamiga	Beaconsfield Town	Undisclosed
13 January 2023	CF		Ezio Touray	Basingstoke Town	Undisclosed
27 January 2023	CB		Ryan Porteous	Hibernian	Undisclosed
29 January 2023	CF		Britt Assombalonga	Adana Demirspor	Free Transfer
31 January 2023	CB		Wesley Hoedt	Anderlecht	Undisclosed

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
21 June 2022	CF		Cucho Hernández	Columbus Crew	Undisclosed
24 June 2022	RW		Philip Zinckernagel	Olympiacos	Undisclosed
30 June 2022	CB		Derek Agyakwa	Port Vale	Released
30 June 2022	GK		Dante Baptiste	Wealdstone	Released
30 June 2022	DF		Jack Broome	Unattached	Released
30 June 2022	CB		Jack Burchell	Unattached	Released
30 June 2022	CF		Ryan Cassidy	Unattached	Released
30 June 2022	CF		Jimiel Chikukwa	Unattached	Released
30 June 2022	CM		Kamil Conteh	Middlesbrough	Released
30 June 2022	CM		Kane Crichlow	Episkopi	Released
30 June 2022	GK		Rob Elliot	Gateshead	Released
30 June 2022	GK		Ben Foster	Retired	N/A
30 June 2022	CF		Andre Gray	Aris Thessaloniki	Released
30 June 2022	DF		Will Hall	Unattached	Released
30 June 2022	MF		Jordan Harrison	Unattached	Released
30 June 2022	MF		Dominic Hutchinson	Wealdstone	Released
30 June 2022	CB		Andi Janjeva	Unattached	Released
30 June 2022	SS		Joshua King	Fenerbahçe	Released
30 June 2022	CM		Juraj Kucka	Slovan Bratislava	Released
30 June 2022	CB		George Langston	Eastleigh	Released
30 June 2022	CF		Kyreece Lisbie	Brentford	Released
30 June 2022	LW		Kyrell Lisbie	Unattached	Released
30 June 2022	FW		Freddie Moriarty	Unattached	Released
30 June 2022	MF		Enoch Muwonge	Unattached	Released
30 June 2022	CB		Nicolas Nkoulou	Aris Thessaloniki	Released
30 June 2022	CB		Josh O'Brien	Salford City	Released
30 June 2022	GK		Adam Parkes	Plymouth Argyle	Released
30 June 2022	CM		Daniel Phillips	St Johnstone	Released
30 June 2022	RW		Maurizio Pochettino	Gimnàstic	Released
30 June 2022	MF		Ben Smith	Unattached	Released
30 June 2022	CM		Henry Wise	New York Red Bulls	Released
1 July 2022	CM		Moussa Sissoko	Nantes	Undisclosed
13 July 2022	CF		Tiago Cukur	Fenerbahçe	Undisclosed
18 July 2022	LB		Adam Masina	Udinese	Undisclosed
28 July 2022	RB		Kiko Femenía	Villarreal	Undisclosed
11 August 2022	GK		Pontus Dahlberg	IFK Göteborg	Undisclosed
13 August 2022	CB		Samir	Tigres UANL	Undisclosed
14 August 2022	LW		Emmanuel Dennis	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed
23 August 2022	LB		Hassane Kamara	Udinese	Undisclosed
1 September 2022	CF		Adalberto Peñaranda	Boavista	Mutual Consent
1 September 2022	LB		Danny Rose	Unattached	Mutual Consent
3 September 2022	CF		Dapo Mebude	KV Oostende	Undisclosed
30 January 2023	GK		Vincent Angelini	Brentford	Undisclosed
8 February 2023	CF		Rey Manaj	Unattached	Mutual Consent

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
10 August 2022	CM		Hamza Choudhury	Leicester City	End of Season
13 August 2022	CF		Keinan Davis	Aston Villa	End of Season
22 August 2022	CB		Kortney Hause	Aston Villa	End of Season
23 August 2022	LB		Hassane Kamara	Udinese	End of Season
13 January 2023	LW		Matheus Martins	Udinese	End of Season
23 January 2023	CF		Henrique Araújo	Benfica	End of Season

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
2 July 2022	CM		Juergen Elitim	Racing Santander	End of Season
11 July 2022	CB		Jorge Segura	Independiente Medellín	End of Season
29 July 2022	LW		Kwadwo Baah	Fortuna Düsseldorf	End of Season
3 August 2022	AM		JJ McKiernan	Eastleigh	1 January 2023
8 August 2022	GK		Myles Roberts	Welling United	End of Season
12 August 2022	CF		Ashley Fletcher	Wigan Athletic	End of Season
16 August 2022	AM		Domingos Quina	Elche	31 January 2023
1 September 2022	RW		Ignacio Pussetto	Sampdoria	End of Season
15 October 2022	RB		Scott Holding	Stalybridge Celtic	15 November 2022
28 November 2022	FW		Tobi Adeyemo	Hitchin Town	25 December 2022
28 December 2022	CF		Shaq Forde	York City	End of Season
16 January 2023	RW		Joseph Hungbo	Huddersfield Town	End of Season
24 January 2023	CB		William Troost-Ekong	Salernitana	End of Season
25 January 2023	CM		JJ McKiernan	Eastleigh	End of Season
29 January 2023	CB		Mattie Pollock	Aberdeen	End of Season
30 January 2023	CF		Vakoun Issouf Bayo	Sporting Charleroi	End of Season
31 January 2023	CM		Domingos Quina	Rotherham United	End of Season
8 February 2023	GK		Roraigh Browne	Chertsey Town	4 March 2023
14 February 2023	DF		Bogdan Marian	AFC Rushden & Diamonds	30 April 2023
20 February 2023	MF		Ethan Goulding	Oxhey Jets	30 April 2023
20 February 2023	FW		Damani Hunter	Grays Athletic	30 April 2023
24 March 2023	CF		Ezio Touray	Maidstone United	End of Season

1. On 31 January, Qunia was recalled back from Elche and loaned to Rotherham

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

On June 24, Watford announced their pre-season schedule, which included a training camp in Austria. A replacement fixture for the Austria training camp was confirmed, against Panathinaikos.

12 July 2022 Friendly	Watford	0–2	Bolton Wanderers	St Albans
15:00 BST		Report	Lee 14' Afolayan 43'	Stadium: Watford Football Club Training Ground Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)

16 July 2022 Friendly	Watford	4–1	Wycombe Wanderers	St Albans
13:00 BST	Sarr 2' (pen.), 50' Dennis 52' Asprilla 90'	Report	Tafazolli 67'	Stadium: Watford Football Club Training Ground Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)

26 November 2022 (2022-11-26) Friendly	Watford	1–1	Blackpool	Marbella, Spain
TBA CET	Davis 43'	Report	Carey 13'	Stadium: TBA

3 December 2022 (2022-12-03) Friendly	Arsenal	2–4	Watford	London Colney
15:00 GMT	Marquinhos 28' Nketiah 38'	Report	Davis 35', 50' Asprilla 59' Pedro 77'	Stadium: Arsenal Training Centre Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

Competitions

Overall record

Last updated: 8 May 2023
Source: Soccerway

Championship

League table

Results summary

Last updated: 8 May 2023.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

On 23 June, the league fixtures were announced.

1 August 2022 1	Watford	1–0	Sheffield United	Watford
20:00 BST	Sierralta  25' Cleverley  45+2' João Pedro  49', 56' Kamara  90+5'	Report	Clark  14' Fleck  24' Berge  90+2'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,536 Referee: Josh Smith

8 August 2022 2	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Watford	West Bromwich
20:00 BST	Molumby  45' Grant 45+2' Furlong  69'	Report	Sarr 12', 73' Kabasele  74'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 22,365 Referee: Tim Robinson

12 August 2022 3	Watford	1–0	Burnley	Watford
20:00 BST	Cleverley 45+2' Kamara  81' Asprilla  88'	Report	Brownhill  85'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,225 Referee: Thomas Bramall

16 August 2022 4	Birmingham City	1–1	Watford	Bordesley
19:45 BST	Hall 19' Sanderson  81'	Report	Choudhury  45+3' Manaj 63'	Stadium: St Andrew's Stadium Attendance: 16,811 Referee: David Webb

20 August 2022 5	Preston North End	0–0	Watford	Preston
15:00 BST	Brady  79' Cunningham  90+3'	Report	Manaj  37' Cathcart  83'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 15,317 Referee: Darren Bond

27 August 2022 6	Watford	2–3	Queens Park Rangers	Watford
15:00 BST	Sema 27' Pedro  40', 50' Kayembe  45+4' Kamara  84' Kabasele  90'	Report	Chair 18' Willock 34' Johansen  44' Adomah 70' Dieng  81' Dozzell  85'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,977 Referee: Keith Stroud

30 August 2022 7	Watford	2–1	Middlesbrough	Watford
19:45 BST	Sarr 24' Sierralta  61' Choudhury  90+2' Bayo 90+3'	Report	Muniz 4' Crooks  38' Jones  82' McNair  87' McGree  90+2'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,022 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

3 September 2022 8	Rotherham United	1–1	Watford	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Wood 2' Peltier  27' Wiles  32'	Report	Bayo 33' Asprilla  41' Kayembe  66'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 10,607 Referee: Leigh Doughty

13 September 2022 (2022-09-13) 9	Blackburn Rovers	2–0	Watford	Blackburn
19:45 BST	Hyam  24', 82' Hedges 38',  79'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 11,803 Referee: Steve Martin

17 September 2022 (2022-09-17) 10	Watford	2–2	Sunderland	Watford
15:00 BST	Davis 34' O'Nien 62' (o.g.)	Report	Alese 45' Roberts  59' Evans  61' Bennette 87',  88' Matete  90+5'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,767 Referee: John Busby

2 October 2022 (2022-10-02) 11	Stoke City	0–4	Watford	Stoke-on-Trent
12:00 BST	Fosu  14' Delap  52'	Report	Sarr 12' Bachmann  32' Asprilla  48' Sema 64'  65' Sierralta  69' Davis 78' Bayo 84' Choudhury  90+3'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 19,905 Referee: Josh Smith

5 October 2022 (2022-10-05) 12	Watford	1–2	Swansea City	Watford
19:45 BST	Sarr 34' Louza  90+12'	Report	Ntcham 52' Grimes  67' Cabango 90+8' Darling  90+14' Fulton  90+16' Latibeaudiere  90+17' Wood  90+18'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 17,231 Referee: Tim Robinson

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) 13	Blackpool	3–1	Watford	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Madine 10' Thompson  51' Yates 81' 85'	Report	Louza 29'  88'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 11,567 Referee: Bobby Madley

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 14	Watford	2–1	Norwich City	Watford
19:45 BST	Louza 13' 18' Davis 31' Kamara  74'	Report	Aarons  43' Sargent 45'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,400 Referee: Darren England

19 October 2022 (2022-10-19) 15	Millwall	3–0	Watford	Bermondsey
19:45 BST	Bradshaw 8' 26' 33'	Report	Davis  22' Kamara  56'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 12,787 Referee: David Webb

23 October 2022 (2022-10-23) 16	Watford	4–0	Luton Town	Watford
12:00 BST	Davis 3'  29' Troost-Ekong 45'  45+1' Pedro 57' Sema  67' Sarr 79'	Report	Bradley  18' Doughty  51' Campbell  59' Cornick  67' Osho  83'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,282 Referee: Bobby Madley

29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) 17	Wigan Athletic	0–1	Watford	Wigan
15:00 BST	Darikwa  14' Shinnie  62'	Report	Sierralta  42' Choudhury  77' Pedro 87'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,642 Referee: Matt Donohue

2 November 2022 (2022-11-02) 18	Cardiff City	1–2	Watford	Leckwith
19:45 GMT	Kipré 9' Nkounkou  40' Wintle  77'	Report	Sierralta 38' Sarr 59' Sema  77' Gaspar  82'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 17,036 Referee: Keith Stroud

5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) 19	Watford	0–1	Coventry City	Watford
15:00 GMT	Sierralta  69' Choudhury  74' Kamara  83' Bachmann  90+6'	Report	Gyökeres 50' Eccles  60' Wilson  90+5'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,164 Referee: Leigh Doughty

8 November 2022 (2022-11-08) 20	Watford	2–0	Reading	Watford
20:00 GMT	Pedro 15' (pen.), 87' Asprilla  34' Sema  49'	Report	Ejaria  38' Rahman  73' Loum  78'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 18,847 Referee: James Linington
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 10 September 2022, was postponed as a mark of respect following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.

12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 21	Bristol City	0–0	Watford	Ashton Gate
15:00 GMT	Scott  88'	Report	Gaspar  53'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 23,501 Referee: David Webb

11 December 2022 (2022-12-11) 22	Watford	0–0	Hull City	Watford
15:00 GMT		Report	Woods  19' Greaves  36' Christie  44' Jones  50'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 18,846 Referee: Dean Whitestone

17 December 2022 23	Huddersfield Town	0–2	Watford	Huddersfield
15:00 GMT	Diarra  17' Hogg  20'	Report	Bacuna  28' Pedro 54', 86' Sema  81'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 18,434 Referee: Leigh Doughty

30 December 2022 (2022-12-30) 25	Swansea City	4–0	Watford	Landore
19:45 GMT	Grimes  9' Darling  28' Piroe 39', 78' Fulton  60' Latibeauduere  64', 87' Cullen 74'	Report	Kalu  70' Bachmann  71'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 17,339 Referee: John Busby

2 January 2023 (2023-01-02) 26	Norwich City	0–1	Watford	Norwich
15:00 GMT	Gibbs  18' Hanley  45'	Report	Ngakia  4' Morris  49' Sierralta  68' Bayo 86'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,587 Referee: James Linington

14 January 2023 (2023-01-14) 27	Watford	2–0	Blackpool	Watford
15:00 GMT	Gaspar  41' Ferreira  64' Adeyemo 72' Sarr 87' (pen.)	Report	Husband  86' Maxwell  86' Patino  88'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,679 Referee: Gavin Ward

21 January 2023 (2023-01-21) 28	Watford	1–1	Rotherham United	Watford
15:00 GMT	Mario Gaspar  39' Bachmann  45+7' Ferreira 53' Sierralta  90+2'	Report	Ferguson 20',  45+6' Hjelde  30' Peltier  90+5'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 18,911 Referee: David Webb

28 January 2023 (2023-01-28) 29	Middlesbrough	2–0	Watford	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Akpom 36' Howson  44' Forss 45+3'	Report	Cathcart  38' Adeyemo  90+2'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 25,469 Referee: Darren Bond

4 February 2023 (2023-02-04) 30	Reading	2–2	Watford	Reading
15:00 GMT	Mbengue  32' Ince 66' (pen.) Hendrick 80' Holmes  84' Loum  87'	Report	Sarr 30' Porteous 48' Martins  64' Kamara  76' Pedro  90+4' Choudhury  90+5'	Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium Attendance: 13,861 Referee: Steve Martin

11 February 2023 (2023-02-11) 31	Watford	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Watford
15:00 GMT	Choudhury  36' Hoedt 74' Kamara  90+3'	Report	Dack 24' Thomas  31' Rankin-Costello  59' Buckley  90' Gallagher  90+6'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,294 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

14 February 2023 (2023-02-14) 32	Burnley	1–1	Watford	Burnley
20:00 GMT	Roberts  12' Barnes  58' Obafemi  90+2', 90+5'	Report	Pedro 32',  85' Kamara  35' Koné  70'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 18,393 Referee: Leigh Doughty

20 February 2023 (2023-02-20) 33	Watford	3–2	West Bromwich Albion	Watford
20:00 GMT	Sema 23' Hoedt  31' Choudhury  46' Sarr 66' Pieters 78' (o.g.)	Report	Pieters  55' Townsend 56' Wallace 72' Molumby  76'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 18,634 Referee: Tim Robinson

25 February 2023 34	Sheffield United	1–0	Watford	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Ahmedhodžić  17' Lowe  34' Porteous 73' (o.g.)	Report	Hoedt  12' Porteous  51' Koné  70'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 29,132 Referee: Keith Stroud

5 March 2023 35	Watford	0–0	Preston North End	Watford
15:00 GMT	Louza  90+5'	Report	Evans  47' Diaby  51' Potts  85' Woodman  89'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,244 Referee: Gavin Ward

11 March 2023 36	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	Watford	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 GMT	Iroegbunam 15',  61' Lowe  44'	Report	Choudhury  45+1' Hoedt  90+6'	Stadium: Loftus Road Stadium Attendance: 17,247 Referee: James Linington

14 March 2023 37	Watford	3–0	Birmingham City	Watford
19:45 GMT	Louza 6' Davis 16',  52' Assombalonga 73'	Report	Jutkiewicz  61' Long  66' Dean  80'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 18,403 Referee: Darren England

18 March 2023 38	Watford	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Watford
15:00 GMT	Davis 45',  89' Louza  90+6'	Report	Power  29' Rekik  29' Sinani  45+3' McClean 51' Darikwa  67'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 18,523 Referee: Graham Scott

1 April 2023 39	Luton Town	2–0	Watford	Luton
12:30 BST	Osho 28' Drameh  90+1' Campbell 90+1' Mpanzu  90+2'	Report	Pedro  45+1' Choudhury  78' Louza  90+5'	Stadium: Kenilworth Stadium Attendance: 10,046 Referee: Josh Smith

7 April 2023 40	Watford	2–3	Huddersfield Town	Watford
15:00 BST	Porteous  14' Asprilla 32' Pedro  54' Assombalonga 90+2' Choudhury  90+3' Bachmann  90+7'  90+7'	Report	Rudoni 44' Pearson 55' Kasumu  60' Harratt 82' Hogg  90+3'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,511 Referee: David Webb

10 April 2023 41	Coventry City	2–2	Watford	Coventry
15:00 BST	McFadzean  14' Eccles  45+3' McNally  45+3' Godden 58' Sheaf 72'	Report	Pedro 6' Choudhury  36' Louza 45+1',  62' Andrews  54' Bacuna  59' Hoedt  88'	Stadium: CBS Arena Attendance: 21,112 Referee: Keith Stroud

15 April 2023 42	Watford	2–0	Bristol City	Watford
15:00 BST	Cornick 6' (o.g.) Pedro 54' Porteous  61'	Report	Tanner  27' James  84' Mehmeti  90+4'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,148 Referee: Dean Whitestone

19 April 2023 43	Watford	1–3	Cardiff City	Watford
19:45 BST	Sarr 11' Hoedt  40' Davis  74' Ngakia  77'	Report	Etete 31',  39' Kipré 35' Kaba 41' Ralls  57' O'Dowda  58'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 17,005 Referee: Jarred Gillett

22 April 2023 44	Hull City	1–0	Watford	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Tufan 25' (pen.) Coyle  60' Ebiowei  79' Woods  90+4'	Report	Louza  72' Pedro  79'	Stadium: MKM Stadium Attendance: 20,666 Referee: Oliver Langford

FA Cup

The Hornets were drawn away to Reading in the third round.

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 January 2023 Third round	Reading	2–0	Watford	Reading
12:30 GMT	Hutchinson  13' Abrefa 45+3' Mbengue  69' Long 90+3'	Report	Morris  59' Adu-Poku  86'	Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium Attendance: 7,954 Referee: Peter Bankes

EFL Cup

Watford entered in the second round and were drawn at home to Milton Keynes Dons.

  Win   Draw   Loss

23 August 2022 Second round	Watford	0–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Watford
19:45 BST		Report	Dennis 45' Burns 53' Devoy  76' Oyegoke  79'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 8,891 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 8 May 2023

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AUT	Daniel Bachmann	45	0	0	0	0	0	45	0	5	1
2	DF	ENG	Jeremy Ngakia	10+4	0	0	0	0	0	10+4	0	2	0
3	DF	ESP	Mario Gaspar	18+13	0	1	0	1	0	20+13	0	4	0
4	MF	ENG	Hamza Choudhury	36	0	0	0	0+1	0	36+1	0	14	0
6	MF	MAR	Imran Louza	16+5	5	0	0	0	0	16+5	5	7	0
7	FW	ENG	Keinan Davis	27+7	7	0	0	0	0	27+7	7	6	0
8	MF	ENG	Tom Cleverley	3+1	1	0	0	0	0	3+1	1	1	0
10	FW	BRA	João Pedro	31+4	11	0	0	0	0	31+4	11	7	0
11	MF	CAN	Ismaël Koné	13+3	0	1	0	0	0	14+3	0	1	0
12	MF	SWE	Ken Sema	36+4	4	0	0	0+1	0	36+5	4	5	0
13	DF	POR	João Ferreira	3+2	1	0	0	0	0	3+2	1	1	0
14	DF	CIV	Hassane Kamara	30+2	0	0	0	0	0	30+2	0	8	2
15	DF	NIR	Craig Cathcart	26+2	0	0	0	1	0	27+2	0	2	0
16	MF	ENG	Dan Gosling	9+8	0	0	0	1	0	10+8	0	0	0
18	MF	COL	Yáser Asprilla	14+23	1	1	0	1	0	16+23	1	4	0
21	FW	POR	Henrique Araújo	3+5	0	0	0	0	0	3+5	0	0	0
22	DF	SCO	Ryan Porteous	17	2	0	0	0	0	17	2	5	0
23	FW	SEN	Ismaïla Sarr	36+3	10	0	0	0	0	36+3	10	0	0
24	MF	NGA	Tom Dele-Bashiru	4+2	0	0	0	0	0	4+2	0	0	0
25	MF	CUW	Leandro Bacuna	10+4	0	0+1	0	0	0	10+5	0	3	0
26	GK	ENG	Ben Hamer	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
27	DF	BEL	Christian Kabasele	21+4	1	0	0	0	0	21+4	1	2	0
28	FW	NGA	Samuel Kalu	2+7	0	0	0	0	0	2+7	0	1	0
30	DF	ENG	Kortney Hause	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
31	DF	CHI	Francisco Sierralta	17+1	1	1	0	0+1	0	18+2	1	7	0
34	FW	COD	Britt Assombalonga	1+10	2	0	0	0	0	1+10	2	0	0
35	GK	NGA	Maduka Okoye	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
37	FW	BRA	Matheus Martins	4+2	0	0	0	0	0	4+2	0	1	0
39	MF	COD	Edo Kayembe	19+2	0	0	0	1	0	20+2	0	2	0
42	DF	ENG	James Morris	6+6	0	1	0	0+1	0	7+7	0	1	0
44	DF	NED	Wesley Hoedt	14+1	1	0	0	0	0	14+1	1	5	0
49	FW	ENG	Michael Adu-Poku	0+1	0	1	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
50	FW	ENG	Adrian Blake	0+1	0	1	0	0+1	0	1+2	0	0	0
53	FW	ENG	Jack Grieves	0+2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0
54	FW	ENG	Tobi Adeyemo	0+4	1	0+1	0	0	0	0+5	1	1	0
57	DF	ENG	Ryan Andrews	6	0	0+1	0	0	0	6+1	0	1	0
Players who went out on loan or left permanently but made appearances for Watford prior to departing
5	DF	NGA	William Troost-Ekong	12+3	1	1	0	1	0	14+3	1	1	0
9	FW	ALB	Rey Manaj	2+4	1	0	0	1	0	3+4	1	1	0
19	FW	CIV	Vakoun Bayo	9+15	4	0	0	1	0	10+15	4	0	0
25	FW	NGA	Emmanuel Dennis	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
32	DF	ENG	Mattie Pollock	1+2	0	1	0	1	0	3+2	0	0	0
36	FW	ENG	Joseph Hungbo	0+7	0	1	0	1	0	2+7	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 8 May 2023

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	FW	10	João Pedro	11	0	0	11
2	FW	23	Ismaïla Sarr	10	0	0	10
3	FW	7	Keinan Davis	7	0	0	7
4	MF	6	Imran Louza	5	0	0	5
5	MF	12	Ken Sema	4	0	0	4
	FW	19	Vakoun Bayo	4	0	0	4
7	DF	22	Ryan Porteous	2	0	0	2
	FW	34	Britt Assombalonga	2	0	0	2
9	DF	5	William Troost-Ekong	1	0	0	1
	MF	8	Tom Cleverley	1	0	0	1
	FW	9	Rey Manaj	1	0	0	1
	DF	13	João Ferreira	1	0	0	1
	MF	18	Yáser Asprilla	1	0	0	1
	DF	27	Christian Kabasele	1	0	0	1
	DF	31	Francisco Sierralta	1	0	0	1
	DF	44	Wesley Hoedt	1	0	0	1
	FW	54	Tobi Adeyemo	1	0	0	1
Own goals				2	0	0	2
Total				56	0	0	56

Assists

As of 8 May 2023

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	MF	12	Ken Sema	9	0	0	9
2	FW	23	Ismaïla Sarr	7	0	0	7
3	MF	6	Imran Louza	4	0	0	4
	FW	10	João Pedro	4	0	0	4
5	FW	7	Keinan Davis	2	0	0	2
	DF	14	Hassane Kamara	2	0	0	2
	MF	18	Yáser Asprilla	2	0	0	2
8	MF	11	Ismaël Koné	1	0	0	1
	DF	15	Craig Cathcart	1	0	0	1
	FW	19	Vakoun Bayo	1	0	0	1
	FW	21	Henrique Araújo	1	0	0	1
	DF	22	Ryan Porteous	1	0	0	1
	MF	24	Tom Dele-Bashiru	1	0	0	1
	FW	37	Matheus Martins	1	0	0	1

Clean sheets

As of 8 May 2023

No.	Player	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	Daniel Bachmann	16	0	0	16
Total		16	0	0	16

See also

• 2022–23 in English football
• List of Watford F.C. seasons

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External links

• Official website

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