Home advantage could prove decisive in Watford - Queens Park Rangers battle

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 05.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vicarage Road (22200 seats)

The brand new season is about to start and the followers are shivering with optimism. It’s square one as Watford welcome Queens Park Rangers for the opening fixture at Vicarage Road. Keep reading!

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Watford form and stats

In the previous season, Watford's league stats were 16 wins, 15 draws and 15 losses, resulting in 11th place in the Championship. During these 46 matches they scored {56 goals} and conceded 53. Appearing as the home side in the former season Watford produced 11-6-6 (win-draw-lost) with {35 goals} and 23 conceded.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Watford handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

The manager Ismaël will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Stevenage in only three days.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Watford, who have participated in two training matches. Watford have won 0 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 1 game.

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Queens Park Rangers form and stats

Let's have a look at how Queens Park Rangers performed last season in the Championship: They landed a 20th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 11 draws and 22 defeats. In total they scored 44 and conceded {71 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 6 and lost 10 with 23/36 goals scored/conceded.

QPR are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Queens Park Rangers have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from five fixtures.

Head 2 Head

Queens Park Rangers have avoided defeat in the last 4 matches (3-1-0) against Watford.

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Total First Half Second Half
Watford Queens Park Rangers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Watford Last season Queens Park Rangers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
16 11   Won W   7 13
15 6   Drew D   6 11
15 6   Lost L   10 22
56 35   Scored S   23 44
53 23   Conceded C   36 71
91% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 93%
74% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 72%
39% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   48% 50%
26% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 24%
7% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 7%
43% 48%   BTTS BTTS   48% 48%
35% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 20%
30% 17%   Failed to Score F T   35% 39%
 
5.1 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5.2
5.1 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5
2.2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.8
3 3   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.5 13   Shots (avg) S (   11.1 12.1
3.8 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3.3
32% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 29%
 
12.2 11   Shots against (avg) S A   12 11.2
4.2 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 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 Birmingham City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Blackburn Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bristol City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cardiff City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Coventry City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Huddersfield Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hull City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Ipswich Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Leeds United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Leicester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Middlesbrough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Millwall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Norwich City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Plymouth Argyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Preston North End 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Queens Park Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Rotherham United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sheffield Wednesday 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Southampton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Stoke City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Sunderland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Swansea City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Watford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 West Bromwich Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Birmingham City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Blackburn Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bristol City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cardiff City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Coventry City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Huddersfield Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hull City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Ipswich Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Leeds United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Leicester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Middlesbrough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Millwall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Norwich City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Plymouth Argyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Preston North End 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Queens Park Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Rotherham United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sheffield Wednesday 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Southampton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Stoke City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Sunderland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Swansea City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Watford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 West Bromwich Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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.