Watford - Stoke City: Small difference between teams in Championship clash

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Mon 08.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vicarage Road (22200 seats)

The season has been a rollercoaster for these squads so far, highs and lows leading to mid-table positions so far. Pave the way for Watford - Stoke City!

Insights:
  • Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Stoke City is in the worst form (0-2-4)

Watford are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Stoke is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

Watford and Stoke City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Watford form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Watford have managed 10 wins, 6 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 22 games.

Watford travelled for their previous game, a trip to Sunderland that ended 2-2. A disappointing finish for Watford in their match versus Sunderland as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score. Porteous was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.13 out of 10. The defender Porteous scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 6 of 9 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Watford lost 0-1 at Hull City's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Watford perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Watford as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Watford has won 5 of these, drawn 0 and lost 0.

A decent goal production from Watford in their home games so far, with 33 goals from 22 league matches. 23 goals have been conceded.

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Stoke City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 8 wins, 6 draws and 8 defeats. Visiting Stoke City has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Queens Park Rangers with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Fox, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.33. Fox hit one key pass and won 11 of 14 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Cardiff City.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Stoke City playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 8 Stoke wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Stoke City have scored 30 goals in 22 league games away. Stoke City have conceded 25 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The former head-to-head game ended Stoke City - Watford 0-4, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Watford victories, one draw and five Stoke City wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

WatfordJ. Junqueira de Jesus
J. Junqueira de Jesus
11 goals
WatfordI. Sarr
I. Sarr
10 goals
Stoke CityT. Campbell
T. Campbell
9 goals

Watford missing players

Stoke City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Watford Stoke City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
45 22 6 Played P 6 22 45
15 10 2 Won W 5 8 14
15 6 3 Drew D 0 6 11
15 6 1 Lost L 1 8 20
54 33 6 Scored S 12 30 55
53 23 4 Conceded C 5 25 52
91% 91% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
73% 77% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 73% 67%
40% 45% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 45% 44%
27% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 32% 29%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 4%
44% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 42%
33% 41% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 32% 29%
31% 18% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 38%
 
5.1 5.6 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 5 5.7
5.1 4.5 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.5 4.9
2.2 2.1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 1.8
3 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.5 13 13 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 12.7 12.6
3.8 4.4 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.5 4.5
32% 34% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 30% 27%
 
12.1 10.8 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13 11.1 9.8
4.1 3.9 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.7 3.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Stoke City is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 45 28 14 3 84 35 22 15 6 1 46 15 23 13 8 2 38 20 49 98
2 Sheffield United 44 27 7 10 71 37 23 16 3 4 47 19 21 11 4 6 24 18 34 88
3 Luton Town 45 21 16 8 57 39 22 10 8 4 31 21 23 11 8 4 26 18 18 79
4 Middlesbrough 45 22 8 15 83 55 22 13 6 3 45 18 23 9 2 12 38 37 28 74
5 Coventry City 45 18 15 12 57 45 23 11 7 5 30 24 22 7 8 7 27 21 12 69
6 Millwall 45 19 11 15 54 46 22 11 6 5 31 18 23 8 5 10 23 28 8 68
7 Sunderland 45 17 15 13 65 55 23 7 9 7 33 33 22 10 6 6 32 22 10 66
8 West Bromwich Albion 45 18 12 15 57 50 23 11 7 5 31 20 22 7 5 10 26 30 7 66
9 Blackburn Rovers 45 19 9 17 48 51 23 13 4 6 27 19 22 6 5 11 21 32 -3 66
10 Swansea City 45 17 12 16 65 62 22 10 4 8 35 30 23 7 8 8 30 32 3 63
11 Preston North End 45 17 12 16 45 56 22 7 7 8 20 25 23 10 5 8 25 31 -11 63
12 Norwich City 45 17 11 17 57 53 22 8 5 9 27 26 23 9 6 8 30 27 4 62
13 Watford 45 15 15 15 54 53 22 10 6 6 33 23 23 5 9 9 21 30 1 60
14 Hull City 45 14 15 16 51 61 23 9 6 8 24 27 22 5 9 8 27 34 -10 57
15 Bristol City 45 14 14 17 53 56 23 9 7 7 30 24 22 5 7 10 23 32 -3 56
16 Stoke City 45 14 11 20 55 52 23 6 5 12 25 27 22 8 6 8 30 25 3 53
17 Birmingham City 45 14 11 20 46 56 22 7 6 9 23 22 23 7 5 11 23 34 -10 53
18 Queens Park Rangers 45 13 11 21 44 69 22 6 5 11 21 33 23 7 6 10 23 36 -25 50
19 Rotherham United 45 11 16 18 49 60 23 9 6 8 37 30 22 2 10 10 12 30 -11 49
20 Cardiff City 45 13 10 22 41 55 23 6 7 10 20 24 22 7 3 12 21 31 -14 49
21 Huddersfield Town 44 12 11 21 44 62 21 7 6 8 23 25 23 5 5 13 21 37 -18 47
22 Reading 45 13 11 21 46 66 23 10 8 5 31 24 22 3 3 16 15 42 -20 44
23 Blackpool 45 10 11 24 47 72 23 6 6 11 28 34 22 4 5 13 19 38 -25 41
24 Wigan Athletic 45 10 14 21 38 65 22 5 6 11 17 35 23 5 8 10 21 30 -27 41

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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 Burnley 45 28 14 3 84 35 22 15 6 1 46 15 23 13 8 2 38 20 49 98
2 Sheffield United 44 27 7 10 71 37 23 16 3 4 47 19 21 11 4 6 24 18 34 88
3 Luton Town 45 21 16 8 57 39 22 10 8 4 31 21 23 11 8 4 26 18 18 79
4 Middlesbrough 45 22 8 15 83 55 22 13 6 3 45 18 23 9 2 12 38 37 28 74
5 Coventry City 45 18 15 12 57 45 23 11 7 5 30 24 22 7 8 7 27 21 12 69
6 Millwall 45 19 11 15 54 46 22 11 6 5 31 18 23 8 5 10 23 28 8 68
7 Sunderland 45 17 15 13 65 55 23 7 9 7 33 33 22 10 6 6 32 22 10 66
8 West Bromwich Albion 45 18 12 15 57 50 23 11 7 5 31 20 22 7 5 10 26 30 7 66
9 Blackburn Rovers 45 19 9 17 48 51 23 13 4 6 27 19 22 6 5 11 21 32 -3 66
10 Swansea City 45 17 12 16 65 62 22 10 4 8 35 30 23 7 8 8 30 32 3 63
11 Preston North End 45 17 12 16 45 56 22 7 7 8 20 25 23 10 5 8 25 31 -11 63
12 Norwich City 45 17 11 17 57 53 22 8 5 9 27 26 23 9 6 8 30 27 4 62
13 Watford 45 15 15 15 54 53 22 10 6 6 33 23 23 5 9 9 21 30 1 60
14 Hull City 45 14 15 16 51 61 23 9 6 8 24 27 22 5 9 8 27 34 -10 57
15 Bristol City 45 14 14 17 53 56 23 9 7 7 30 24 22 5 7 10 23 32 -3 56
16 Stoke City 45 14 11 20 55 52 23 6 5 12 25 27 22 8 6 8 30 25 3 53
17 Birmingham City 45 14 11 20 46 56 22 7 6 9 23 22 23 7 5 11 23 34 -10 53
18 Queens Park Rangers 45 13 11 21 44 69 22 6 5 11 21 33 23 7 6 10 23 36 -25 50
19 Rotherham United 45 11 16 18 49 60 23 9 6 8 37 30 22 2 10 10 12 30 -11 49
20 Cardiff City 45 13 10 22 41 55 23 6 7 10 20 24 22 7 3 12 21 31 -14 49
21 Huddersfield Town 44 12 11 21 44 62 21 7 6 8 23 25 23 5 5 13 21 37 -18 47
22 Reading 45 13 11 21 46 66 23 10 8 5 31 24 22 3 3 16 15 42 -20 44
23 Blackpool 45 10 11 24 47 72 23 6 6 11 28 34 22 4 5 13 19 38 -25 41
24 Wigan Athletic 45 10 14 21 38 65 22 5 6 11 17 35 23 5 8 10 21 30 -27 41

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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.