| | First Half starts. |
| 2' | | Callum Styles - Sunderland - won a free kick in defence. |
| 2' | | Fouled by Jack Grieves - Watford |
| 6' | | Shot blocked. Adil Aouchiche - Sunderland - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Trai Hume. |
| 7' | | New attacking attempt. Vakoun Bayo - Watford - shot with right foot from more than 35 yards is saved in the left corner. Assist - Yáser Asprilla. |
| 10' | | Fouled by Edo Kayembe - Watford |
| 10' | | Pierre Ekwah - Sunderland - won a free kick in defence. |
| 10' | | Edo Kayembe - Watford - receive yellow card. |
| 15' | | Fouled by Dan Ballard - Sunderland |
| 15' | | Vakoun Bayo - Watford - won a free kick in defence. |
| 17' | | Missed chance. Edo Kayembe - Watford - shot with left foot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assist - Ken Sema with a head. |
| 20' | | Adil Aouchiche - Sunderland - won a free kick on the left wing. |
| 20' | | Fouled by Wesley Hoedt - Watford |
| 21' | | Shot blocked. Dan Ballard - Sunderland - shot with the head from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Jack Clarke with a cross. |
| 21' | | Corner - Sunderland. Conceded by Mattie Pollock. |
| 23' | | Fouled by Emmanuel Dennis - Watford |
| 23' | | Pierre Ekwah - Sunderland - won a free kick in attack. |
| 24' | | Corner - Sunderland. Conceded by Wesley Hoedt. |
| 25' | | Delay in match - injury Trai Hume - Sunderland |
| 26' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 29' | | Fouled by Ken Sema - Watford |
| 29' | | Trai Hume - Sunderland - won a free kick on the right wing. |
| 30' | | Ajibola Alese - Sunderland - won a free kick in defence. |
| 30' | | Fouled by Yáser Asprilla - Watford |
| 31' | | Offside - Sunderland. Jack Clarke is in offside. |
| 32' | | Dan Ballard - Sunderland - won a free kick in defence. |
| 32' | | Fouled by Vakoun Bayo - Watford |
| 34' | | Chris Rigg - Sunderland - won a free kick in defence. |
| 34' | | Fouled by Wesley Hoedt - Watford |
| 37' | | Shot blocked. Edo Kayembe - Watford - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Yáser Asprilla. |
| 38' | | Missed chance. Ismaël Koné - Watford - shot with right foot from outside the box missed. Assist - Edo Kayembe. |
| 40' | | Corner - Watford. Conceded by Dan Ballard. |
| 40' | | Shot blocked. Mattie Pollock - Watford - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assist - Yáser Asprilla. |
| 41' | | Missed chance. Chris Rigg - Sunderland - shot with right foot from the right side of the box missed. Assist - Adil Aouchiche following a fast break. |
| 42' | | Shot blocked. Callum Styles - Sunderland - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assist - Ajibola Alese. |
| 44' | | Fouled by Emmanuel Dennis - Watford |
| 44' | | Luke O'Nien - Sunderland - won a free kick in defence. |
| 45+1' | | New attacking attempt. Trai Hume - Sunderland - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Jobe Bellingham with a head. |
| 45+1' | | Corner - Sunderland. Conceded by Daniel Bachmann. |
| 45+2' | | Fouled by Adil Aouchiche - Sunderland |
| 45+2' | | Wesley Hoedt - Watford - won a free kick in defence. |
| 45+2' | | Offside - Watford. Vakoun Bayo is in offside. |
| 45+3' | | First Half ended - Watford 0, Sunderland 0. |
| 45' | | Second Half starts Watford 0, Sunderland 0. |
| 45' | | Substitution - Watford. Matheus Martins for Emmanuel Dennis. |
| 45' | | Substitution - Watford. Ryan Andrews for Jack Grieves. |
| 48' | | Missed chance. Jack Clarke - Sunderland - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is close, but missed. |
| 51' | | New attacking attempt. Jack Clarke - Sunderland - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the left corner. Assist - Ajibola Alese. |
| 52' | | Shot blocked. Ryan Andrews - Watford - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assist - Vakoun Bayo. |
| 54' | | New attacking attempt. Edo Kayembe - Watford - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. |
| 54' | | Missed chance. Ismaël Koné - Watford - shot with right foot from outside the box missed to the left. |
| 55' | | Fouled by Trai Hume - Sunderland |
| 55' | | Mattie Pollock - Watford - won a free kick in defence. |
| 58' | | New attacking attempt. Jack Clarke - Sunderland - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is saved in the right corner. Assist - Adil Aouchiche. |
| 58' | | Hand ball by Luke O'Nien - Sunderland |
| 58' | | Luke O'Nien - Sunderland - receive yellow card for hand ball. |
| 60' | | Corner - Watford. Conceded by Ajibola Alese. |
| 64' | | Goal! Watford 1, Sunderland 0. Ryan Andrews - Watford - shot with right foot from the right side of the box to the left corner. Assist - Ismaël Koné with a through ball. |
| 65' | | Substitution - Sunderland. Patrick Roberts for Chris Rigg. |
| 65' | | Substitution - Sunderland. Abdoullah Ba for Adil Aouchiche. |
| 67' | | Fouled by Mattie Pollock - Watford |
| 67' | | Trai Hume - Sunderland - won a free kick on the right wing. |
| 67' | | Fouled by Ajibola Alese - Sunderland |
| 67' | | Mattie Pollock - Watford - won a free kick in defence. |
| 68' | | Offside - Watford. Ryan Andrews is in offside. |
| 69' | | Substitution - Watford. Jamal Lewis for Ken Sema. |
| 71' | | Offside - Sunderland. Abdoullah Ba is in offside. |
| 72' | | New attacking attempt. Abdoullah Ba - Sunderland - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assist - Patrick Roberts. |
| 74' | | Shot blocked. Abdoullah Ba - Sunderland - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Jack Clarke. |
| 75' | | Fouled by Pierre Ekwah - Sunderland |
| 75' | | Matheus Martins - Watford - won a free kick on the left wing. |
| 77' | | Offside - Watford. Yáser Asprilla is in offside. |
| 78' | | Substitution - Sunderland. Luís Semedo for Ajibola Alese. |
| 78' | | Substitution - Sunderland. Corry Evans for Pierre Ekwah. |
| 79' | | Fouled by Jack Clarke - Sunderland |
| 79' | | Ryan Andrews - Watford - won a free kick in defence. |
| 80' | | Substitution - Watford. Mileta Rajovic for Vakoun Bayo. |
| 83' | | Hand ball by Abdoullah Ba - Sunderland |
| 86' | | Fouled by Jamal Lewis - Watford |
| 86' | | Patrick Roberts - Sunderland - won a free kick on the right wing. |
| 86' | | Jamal Lewis - Watford - receive yellow card for a foul. |
| 87' | | Fouled by Abdoullah Ba - Sunderland |
| 87' | | Ryan Porteous - Watford - won a free kick in defence. |
| 88' | | Corner - Watford. Conceded by Corry Evans. |
| 88' | | Shot blocked. Mattie Pollock - Watford - shot with the head from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Yáser Asprilla with a cross. |
| 89' | | New attacking attempt. Callum Styles - Sunderland - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is saved in the right corner. Assist - Patrick Roberts. |
| 89' | | Delay in match - Sunderland |
| 90+1' | | Substitution - Watford. Jake Livermore for Yáser Asprilla. |
| 90+4' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 90+3' | | Delay in match - injury Callum Styles - Sunderland |
| 90+4' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 90+5' | | Second Half ended - Watford 1, Sunderland 0. |
| | Thats all. Game finished - Watford 1, Sunderland 0. |