Watford end 210-day wait for a clean sheet against Charlton

Watford beat Charlton Athletic 2-0 at Vicarage Road on Saturday, 17 October 2026, Sky Sports reported. Luca Kjerrumgaard scored in the 58th minute, and Jordan Zemura added a second in the fourth minute of stoppage time.

Sky Sports said Watford had slumped into the Championship's bottom three after conceding nine goals in defeats to Burnley and Cardiff, and that the win was their first clean sheet in 210 days and only their second victory in three months. Charlton's run without a win was extended to eight games.

Watford head coach Alessio Dionisi said: "I'm very happy because it was not easy this week for everyone at the club... My team is not yet strong enough for the Championship but it's possible to improve." Charlton manager Nathan Jones said: "We were all over the place. We didn't pass the ball well enough and we didn't defend well enough."

The photograph above shows Vicarage Road, Watford's home stadium where this match was played, not action from the game. Credit: Brakspear, "Vicarage Road Watford", Wikimedia Commons, released into the public domain.

Sources: Sky Sports.