BBc News ni 📰Follow game Stoke City vs Watford live coverage, stream information, score online, prediction, TV channel, lineups preview, start date and result updates of the Friendly Match on 2nd October 2022. Kick-off start time: 7am ET.
BBc news ni Follow live coverage as Stoke City face Watford in the Championship today.
Stoke City return to action with a game against Watford as Alex Neil looks to secure his first home win as manager.
Stoke went into the international break on the back of a win at Hull and draw at Queens Park Rangers and are now back at the bet365 Stadium for the first time since late August, a draw with Swansea that was Neil’s first game in charge.
Slaven Bilic is the new man in the away dug out, replacing summer appointment Rob Edwards a few days ago. Watford, relegated from the Premier League last season, are 10th in the Championship with three wins and five draws from their opening 10 games, two points ahead of 14th-placed Stoke and one adrift of the play-off places.
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English football’s second tier is one of the most-watched leagues in Europe with a relentless fixture schedule and the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer combining to make it one of the most dramatic and exciting competitions in world football.
BBc news ni :- Burnley were relegated from the top tier in 2022 but return refreshed and hopeful of making it back and equally Watford no doubt enjoyed their time in the Premier League too and are also keen to return.
Norwich know what it takes to earn promotion from the Championship and will again be one of the favourites to do it again with one of the best squads in the division.
It isn’t all about the battle for promotion, either, with Wigan, Rotherham and play-off winners Sunderland hoping their ascensions from League One aren’t short-lived as they battle to avoid the drop at the bottom.
