How to watch today's Sunderland vs Watford Championship game: Live stream, TV channel, and start time

Sunderland will take on Watford in the Championship at the Stadium of Light on Saturday.

Sunderland are fourth in the standings and are unbeaten in their last four matches. Their most recent outing ended in a 3-1 win which included an 87th-minute own-goal winner.

Watford, who are 12th in the standings, will need a strong performance to go back home with even a point. They will be desperate to avoid what could very well be a fourth straight defeat.

Here, GOAL brings you everything you need to know about how to watch, including TV channel, streaming details and more.

How to watch Sunderland vs Watford online - TV channels & live streams

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	Amazon Prime Video	Watch here

The match will be shown live on Paramount+, CBS and Amazon Prime Video in the US. Live updates can be found here on GOAL.

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Sunderland vs Watford kick-off time

Championship - Championship

Stadium of Light

The match will be played at the Stadium of Light on Saturday, with kick-off at 7.30 pm ET for fans in the US.

Team news & squads

Sunderland vs Watford lineups

Sunderland

4-2-3-1

Formation

4-2-3-1

WAT

1

A. Patterson

32

T. Hume

3

D. Cirkin

26

C. Mepham

13

L. O'Nien

10

P. Roberts

4

D. Neil

28

E. Le Fee

11

C. Rigg

20

S. Abdul Samed

18

W. Isidor

33

E. Selvik

37

Y. Larouci

25

J. Abankwah

45

R. Andrews

6

M. Pollock

24

T. Dele-Bashiru

8

G. Chakvetadze

10

I. Louza

39

E. Kayembe

17

M. Sissoko

20

M. Doumbia

4-2-3-1

WAT

SUN

-Line up

• 1

  A. Patterson

• 32

  T. Hume

  16’

• 3

  D. Cirkin

  33’

  89’

• 26

  C. Mepham

  84’

• 13

  L. O'Nien

  16’

• 10

  P. Roberts

  59’

• 4

  D. Neil

• 28

  E. Le Fee

  65’

• 11

  C. Rigg

  72’

• 20

  S. Abdul Samed

  59’

• 18

  W. Isidor

  35’

  89’

Substitutes

• 21

  S. Moore

• 33

  L. Hjelde

• 30

  M. Aleksic

  59’

• 36

  I. Poveda

  59’

  90’ + 6’

• 5

  D. Ballard

  84’

• 12

  E. Mayenda

  72’

• 50

  H. Jones

• 55

  B. Middlemas

• 47

  T. Samuel-Ogunsuyi

Manager

• R. Le Bris

WAT

-Line up

• 33

  E. Selvik

• 37

  Y. Larouci

  61’

• 25

  J. Abankwah

• 45

  R. Andrews

• 6

  M. Pollock

• 24

  T. Dele-Bashiru

  42’

• 8

  G. Chakvetadze

  80’

• 10

  I. Louza

  46’

• 39

  E. Kayembe

  46’

• 17

  M. Sissoko

  85’

• 20

  M. Doumbia

  32’

  81’

Substitutes

• 4

  K. Keben

• 7

  T. Ince

  81’

• 22

  J. Morris

• 23

  J. Bond

• 28

  M. Adu-Poku

• 2

  J. Ngakia

  61’

• 3

  F. Sierralta

  85’

• 61

  A. Nabizada

• 52

  L. Ramirez-Espain

Manager

• T. Cleverley

Sunderland team news

Ian Poveda seems to have overcome his injury troubles and gained valuable playing time on Monday night. Alan Browne and Jenson Seelt are also making progress in their recoveries and could be in contention for a place on the bench this weekend.

Tommy Watson came close to departing on transfer deadline day but is expected to return to training soon. The match against Watford will come too soon for him, as well as for Romaine Mundle.

Watford team news

Festy Ebosele has left for Turkey in the winter transfer window. That might be the only change the head coach will have to deal with as Watford prepare to take on Sunderland with a strong squad.

Form

Head-to-Head Record

SUN

Last 5 matches

WAT

1

Win

2

Draws

2

Wins

• Watford

  2

  -

  1

  Sunderland

• Watford

  1

  -

  0

  Sunderland

• Sunderland

  2

  -

  0

  Watford

• Sunderland

  2

  -

  2

  Watford

• Watford

  2

  -

  2

  Sunderland

7

Goals scored

7

Games over 2.5 goals

3/5

Both teams scored

3/5

Standings

Useful links

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• Watford team page
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