Watford host Birmingham City for another entertaining Championship game here at Vicarage Road.
- Watford have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Birmingham City have not yet lost a game.
This promises to be an entertaining fixture with lots of spark and energy as both participants are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Watford form and stats
1-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Watford so far this season.
Watford shared the glory with Coventry City in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. A goal frenzy last time out for Watford, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Coventry City. Fun stuff to watch! Rajovic, a natural forward, was the champion player for the team in that match, collecting a rating of 8.41 (out of 10). Rajovic scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Blackburn Rovers (0-1).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Watford handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Watford, as the Championship home game vs West Bromwich Albion is only four days away.
Watford has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Watford have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}.
Birmingham City form and stats
Birmingham City are still undefeated on their travels in the Championship. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
Birmingham City delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Millwall (placed 12th) in their previous match. Midfield player Bielik was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.44/10. Bielik hit one key pass.
The match before was the Carabao Cup-duel against Cardiff City, a home defeat (1-3). Birmingham City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.
The schedule is very tough for Birmingham now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Preston North End is waiting in only three days.
Birmingham City have the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Watford have pulled off a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (4-1-0) when playing Birmingham City.Top Goalscorers
  M. Rajovic 2 goals |  M. Martins Silva dos Santos 2 goals |   Lukas Jutkiewicz 2 goals |
Watford missing players
Birmingham City missing players
| Watford | Birmingham City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7.2 | 9.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.5 | 6 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18.6 | 23 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 13.5 | 13.2 |
| 5.6 | 6.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.5 | 4.2 |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 27% | 33% |
| 10.2 | 7.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10 | 10.4 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 3 | 3.6 |
- All of Birmingham City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Birmingham City have not yet lost a game.
- Birmingham City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Birmingham City have scored in all their matches so far.
- Birmingham City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Watford have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Watford have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Watford | Last season | Birmingham City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 11 | 21 | ||
| 56 | 35 | Scored | S | 23 | 47 | ||
| 53 | 23 | Conceded | C | 34 | 58 | ||
| 91% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 89% | ||
| 74% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 67% | ||
| 39% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 41% | ||
| 26% | 26% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 15% | ||
| 7% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 9% | ||
| 43% | 48% | BTTS | BTTS | 48% | 46% | ||
| 35% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 30% | ||
| 30% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 35% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.5 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 10.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.3 | ||
| 32% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | ||
| 12.2 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 12.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Preston North End | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Birmingham City | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | Hull City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Southampton | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 8 | Bristol City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | Plymouth Argyle | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | West Bromwich Albion | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | Millwall | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Blackburn Rovers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Coventry City | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 | Leeds United | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | Stoke City | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 18 | Watford | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 19 | Cardiff City | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 4 |
| 20 | Rotherham United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 21 | Huddersfield Town | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| 22 | Swansea City | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 2 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 24 | Middlesbrough | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 1 |
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