Can Stoke City beat Watford in Bet365 Stadium clash?

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 19.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bet365 Stadium (30089 seats)

Stoke City will do battle with Watford in this Championship fixture. Everything you can know about the fixture is here!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Stoke City form and stats

The hosts won their first Championship game here at Bet365 Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Stoke City last season were 6 wins, 5 draws and 12 losses from 23 games.

No payout for Stoke in their previous match, an away game at Ipswich Town that ended in defeat 0-2. Stoke City's goalkeeper Travers was extremely busy against Ipswich Town, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves.

Before that result, a home win against West Bromwich Albion in the Carabao Cup. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Stoke City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 3 and lost 5.

Early season league goal statistics from Stoke City's 1 home game: {4 goals}, 1 conceded.

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Watford form and stats

Watford have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann. It's been 270 minutes since they last conceded in Championship.

Watford's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Plymouth Argyle that finished 0-0. Hoedt was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.41. The defender Hoedt won 6 of 7 duels.

A loss, in the Carabao Cup away at Stevenage (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties), before that. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Watford playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 1 Watford win, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Stoke five wins, one draw and Watford four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Stoke CityA. Cunha Vidigal
A. Cunha Vidigal
2 goals
Stoke CityK. Hoever
K. Hoever
1 goals
WatfordI. Louza
I. Louza
1 goals

Stoke City missing players

Watford missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stoke City Watford
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 0 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 4 0 Scored S 0 0 4
3 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
6.5 10 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 10
4.5 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2.5
3 5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 15 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 22
4 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 8
50% 67% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
 
14 6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 8.5
6.5 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 3
Stoke City Last season Watford
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
14 6   Won W   5 16
11 5   Drew D   9 15
21 12   Lost L   9 15
55 25   Scored S   21 56
54 27   Conceded C   30 53
91% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 91%
67% 61%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 74%
43% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 39%
28% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 26%
4% 4%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 7%
41% 35%   BTTS BTTS   39% 43%
28% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 35%
39% 48%   Failed to Score F T   43% 30%
 
5.7 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 5.1
4.9 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5.1
1.8 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.2
1 1   Red cards R C   0 3
 
12.7 12.5   Shots (avg) S (   10 11.5
4.5 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.8
26% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 32%
 
9.8 8.5   Shots against (avg) S A   13.3 12.2
3.4 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.3 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ipswich Town 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
2 Leicester City 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 Watford 2 1 1 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
4 Plymouth Argyle 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
5 Norwich City 2 1 1 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 4
6 Southampton 2 1 1 0 6 5 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
7 Blackburn Rovers 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
8 Preston North End 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
9 Bristol City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
10 Birmingham City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
11 Coventry City 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
12 Hull City 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
13 Stoke City 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 3
14 West Bromwich Albion 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
15 Millwall 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
16 Queens Park Rangers 2 1 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 5 -3 3
17 Cardiff City 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
18 Swansea City 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
19 Leeds United 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
20 Rotherham United 2 0 1 1 3 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 1
21 Sunderland 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
22 Sheffield Wednesday 2 0 0 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 4 -3 0
23 Huddersfield Town 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
24 Middlesbrough 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 46 29 14 3 87 35 23 16 6 1 49 15 23 13 8 2 38 20 52 101
2 Sheffield United 46 28 7 11 73 39 23 16 3 4 47 19 23 12 4 7 26 20 34 91
3 Luton Town 46 21 17 8 57 39 23 10 9 4 31 21 23 11 8 4 26 18 18 80
4 Middlesbrough 46 22 9 15 84 56 23 13 7 3 46 19 23 9 2 12 38 37 28 75
5 Coventry City 46 18 16 12 58 46 23 11 7 5 30 24 23 7 9 7 28 22 12 70
6 Sunderland 46 18 15 13 68 55 23 7 9 7 33 33 23 11 6 6 35 22 13 69
7 Blackburn Rovers 46 20 9 17 52 54 23 13 4 6 27 19 23 7 5 11 25 35 -2 69
8 Millwall 46 19 11 16 57 50 23 11 6 6 34 22 23 8 5 10 23 28 7 68
9 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 12 16 59 53 23 11 7 5 31 20 23 7 5 11 28 33 6 66
10 Swansea City 46 18 12 16 68 64 23 11 4 8 38 32 23 7 8 8 30 32 4 66
11 Watford 46 16 15 15 56 53 23 11 6 6 35 23 23 5 9 9 21 30 3 63
12 Preston North End 46 17 12 17 45 59 23 7 7 9 20 28 23 10 5 8 25 31 -14 63
13 Norwich City 46 17 11 18 57 54 23 8 5 10 27 27 23 9 6 8 30 27 3 62
14 Bristol City 46 15 14 17 55 56 23 9 7 7 30 24 23 6 7 10 25 32 -1 59
15 Hull City 46 14 16 16 51 61 23 9 6 8 24 27 23 5 10 8 27 34 -10 58
16 Stoke City 46 14 11 21 55 54 23 6 5 12 25 27 23 8 6 9 30 27 1 53
17 Birmingham City 46 14 11 21 47 58 23 7 6 10 24 24 23 7 5 11 23 34 -11 53
18 Huddersfield Town 46 14 11 21 47 62 23 9 6 8 26 25 23 5 5 13 21 37 -15 53
19 Rotherham United 46 11 17 18 49 60 23 9 6 8 37 30 23 2 11 10 12 30 -11 50
20 Queens Park Rangers 46 13 11 22 44 71 23 6 5 12 21 35 23 7 6 10 23 36 -27 50
21 Cardiff City 46 13 10 23 41 58 23 6 7 10 20 24 23 7 3 13 21 34 -17 49
22 Reading 46 13 11 22 46 68 23 10 8 5 31 24 23 3 3 17 15 44 -22 44
23 Blackpool 46 11 11 24 48 72 23 6 6 11 28 34 23 5 5 13 20 38 -24 44
24 Wigan Athletic 46 10 15 21 38 65 23 5 7 11 17 35 23 5 8 10 21 30 -27 39

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ipswich Town 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
2 Leicester City 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 Watford 2 1 1 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
4 Plymouth Argyle 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
5 Norwich City 2 1 1 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 4
6 Southampton 2 1 1 0 6 5 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
7 Blackburn Rovers 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
8 Preston North End 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
9 Bristol City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
10 Birmingham City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
11 Coventry City 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
12 Hull City 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
13 Stoke City 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 3
14 West Bromwich Albion 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
15 Millwall 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
16 Queens Park Rangers 2 1 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 5 -3 3
17 Cardiff City 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
18 Swansea City 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
19 Leeds United 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
20 Rotherham United 2 0 1 1 3 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 1
21 Sunderland 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
22 Sheffield Wednesday 2 0 0 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 4 -3 0
23 Huddersfield Town 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
24 Middlesbrough 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.