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Sunderland v Watford: head-to-head record

Sunderland have played Watford 49 times in competitive football, winning 19, drawing 17 and losing 13, first meeting on 8 Jan 1938 and most recently on 8 Feb 2025. Every meeting is listed below.

Every Sunderland v Watford match

DateSeasonCompetitionVenueOpponentScoreScorersAtt
8 Jan 19381937–38FA CupHWatford1–0Len Duns 10
22 Aug 19701970–71Second DivisionHWatford3–3Bobby Park 37, Billy Hughes 52, Bobby Kerr 59
19 Dec 19701970–71Second DivisionAWatford1–1Dave Watson 48
21 Aug 19711971–72Second DivisionAWatford1–1Ian Porterfield 65
17 Apr 19721971–72Second DivisionHWatford5–0Dave Watson 40, Mick McGiven 72, Ian Porterfield 76, Richie Pitt 81, Dave Watson 87
15 Dec 19791979–80Second DivisionAWatford1–1Barry Dunn 84
26 Apr 19801979–80Second DivisionHWatford5–0Bryan Robson 35, Mick Buckley 42, Shaun Elliott 63, Bryan Robson 69, Shaun Elliott 78
25 Sep 19821982–83First DivisionAWatford0–8
2 May 19831982–83First DivisionHWatford2–2Ian Atkins 10, Leighton James 34
12 Nov 19831983–84First DivisionHWatford3–0Colin West 26, Mark Proctor 47, Gordon Chisholm 72
20 Mar 19841983–84First DivisionAWatford1–2Gary Rowell 58
10 Nov 19841984–85First DivisionAWatford1–3David Hodgson 71
23 Jan 19851984–85League CupAWatford1–0Clive Walker 51
12 Mar 19851984–85First DivisionHWatford1–1Clive Walker 44
3 Dec 19881988–89Second DivisionHWatford1–1John MacPhail 6016,330
1 May 19891988–89Second DivisionAWatford1–0Marco Gabbiadini 2313,499
9 Sep 19891989–90Second DivisionHWatford4–0Armstrong and Gabbiadini, Armstrong and Gabbiadini, Armstrong and Gabbiadini15,042
17 Feb 19901989–90Second DivisionAWatford1–1Thomas Hauser9,093
2 Nov 19911991–92Second DivisionHWatford3–1John Byrne, John Byrne, Gordon Armstrong12,790
14 Mar 19921991–92Second DivisionAWatford0–18,091
29 Sep 19921992–93First DivisionAWatford1–2Don Goodman6,263
27 Jan 19931992–93First DivisionHWatford1–2Kevin Ball14,703
25 Sep 19931993–94First DivisionAWatford1–1Gary Owers7,694
19 Mar 19941993–94First DivisionHWatford2–0Craig Russell, Craig Russell16,479
19 Nov 19941994–95First DivisionHWatford1–3Martin Smith15,063
21 Feb 19951994–95First DivisionAWatford1–0Craig Russell8,189
14 Oct 19951995–96First DivisionHWatford1–1Martin Scott17,790
2 Apr 19961995–96First DivisionAWatford3–3Craig Russell, Steve Agnew, Kevin Ball11,195
17 Sep 19961996–97League CupAWatford2–0Niall Quinn, Alex Rae9,136
24 Sep 19961996–97League CupHWatford1–0Martin Scott10,659
25 Aug 19981998–99First DivisionHWatford4–1Allan Johnston, Nicky Summerbee, Danny Dichio, Andy Melville36,587
30 Jan 19991998–99First DivisionAWatford1–2Niall Quinn20,188
10 Aug 19991999–00Premier LeagueHWatford2–0Kevin Phillips, Kevin Phillips40,630
27 Nov 19991999–00Premier LeagueAWatford3–2Kevin Phillips, Kevin Phillips, Gavin McCann21,590
15 Feb 20032002–03FA CupHWatford0–126,916
25 Aug 20032003–04First DivisionHWatford2–0Stephen Wright, Marcus Stewart23,600
7 Feb 20042003–04First DivisionAWatford2–2Marcus Stewart, Darren Byfield16,798
19 Oct 20042004–05ChampionshipAWatford1–1Stephen Elliott13,198
12 Feb 20052004–05ChampionshipHWatford4–2Marcus Stewart, Marcus Stewart, Marcus Stewart, Chris Brown24,948
12 Dec 20152015–16Premier LeagueHWatford0–143,989
15 May 20162015–16Premier LeagueAWatford2–2Jack Rodwell 39, Jeremain Lens 5121,012
17 Dec 20162016–17Premier LeagueHWatford1–0Patrick van Aanholt 4940,267
1 Apr 20172016–17Premier LeagueAWatford0–120,805
17 Sep 20222022–23ChampionshipAWatford2–2Aji Alese 45, Jewison Bennette 8719,767
29 Apr 20232022–23ChampionshipHWatford2–2Luke O'Nien 70, Patrick Roberts 90+544,944
4 Oct 20232023–24ChampionshipHWatford2–0Niall Huggins 43, Abdoullah Ba 6238,120
27 Apr 20242023–24ChampionshipAWatford0–120,712
28 Sep 20242024–25ChampionshipAWatford1–2Wilson Isidor 4920,335
8 Feb 20252024–25ChampionshipHWatford2–2Luke O'Nien 16, Dennis Cirkin 8941,329

See also: the Watford archive and Watford v Sunderland.

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