Watford favourites for feisty fight facing Wigan Athletic

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 18.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vicarage Road (22200 seats)

In total; 37 league matches are played and Watford are 21 points ahead of Wigan Athletic. What will happen?

Insights:
  • Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Wigan Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-26) in Championship

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Watford form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Watford at their home stadium (Vicarage Road) is 9 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Watford's last game was hosting Birmingham City (placed 18th) and winning 3-0. Finally, a league win after three games without one. Watford goalkeeper Bachmann did an outstanding job against Birmingham City with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. The goalie Bachmann was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.23 out of ten. Bachmann topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Queens Park Rangers (0-1).

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Watford matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 4 games).

Not much happening? Looking at this team's last 19 league matches, 15 have produced two goals or less.

Watford have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Vicarage Road with 27 goals in 18 league matches. Watford have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

Wigan Athletic have only collected 18 points from their away games in the Championship, after 4-6-8 (18 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Wigan have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 13 consecutive matches without winning on the road.

Wigan Athletic delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Coventry City (placed 9th) in their previous game. Nyambe was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.62. The defender Nyambe won 6 of 11 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Burnley's place.

Few goals the story here? 9 of this club's most recent 11 league matches have had two or less goals.

26 goals have been conceded by Wigan Athletic in these games.

Head 2 Head

Wigan Athletic - Watford 0-1 was the output when these teams previously did battle, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Watford four wins, two draws and Wigan Athletic two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wigan AthleticW. Keane
W. Keane
10 goals
WatfordJ. Junqueira de Jesus
J. Junqueira de Jesus
9 goals
WatfordI. Sarr
I. Sarr
9 goals

Watford missing players

Wigan Athletic missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Watford Wigan Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 5 18 37
14 9 2 Won W 0 4 7
12 5 1 Drew D 1 6 12
11 4 2 Lost L 4 8 18
44 27 9 Scored S 4 18 32
39 16 6 Conceded C 9 26 58
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 92%
70% 72% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 73%
38% 44% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 43%
22% 22% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 19%
5% 11% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 14%
41% 44% 60% BTTS BTTS 80% 67% 62%
38% 44% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 19%
32% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 22% 27%
 
4.9 4.9 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.4 4.4 4.3
5.1 4.6 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 5.7 4.4
2.1 2 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.9 1.8
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11.6 12.6 12 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9.6 10.1
3.9 4.6 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 2.9 2.8
30% 33% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 34% 31%
 
12.1 11.3 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.6 13.4 11.4
4 3.8 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.9 3.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Wigan Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wigan Athletic have the most conceded goals in the second half (36) in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-26) in Championship

  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 36 23 11 2 71 28 19 14 5 0 43 13 17 9 6 2 28 15 43 80
2 Sheffield United 36 20 7 9 56 32 18 11 3 4 35 17 18 9 4 5 21 15 24 67
3 Middlesbrough 37 19 7 11 65 42 18 10 6 2 32 14 19 9 1 9 33 28 23 64
4 Luton Town 36 16 12 8 44 34 18 6 8 4 23 19 18 10 4 4 21 15 10 60
5 Millwall 37 17 9 11 48 39 18 10 5 3 29 16 19 7 4 8 19 23 9 60
6 Blackburn Rovers 36 18 4 14 41 41 17 12 1 4 23 13 19 6 3 10 18 28 0 58
7 Norwich City 36 16 7 13 51 40 19 8 4 7 27 22 17 8 3 6 24 18 11 55
8 West Bromwich Albion 36 15 9 12 46 38 19 10 5 4 26 15 17 5 4 8 20 23 8 54
9 Coventry City 37 14 12 11 43 36 19 9 6 4 24 17 18 5 6 7 19 19 7 54
10 Watford 37 14 12 11 44 39 18 9 5 4 27 16 19 5 7 7 17 23 5 54
11 Preston North End 37 14 11 12 34 39 19 5 6 8 14 22 18 9 5 4 20 17 -5 53
12 Sunderland 36 14 10 12 51 43 17 6 5 6 22 22 19 8 5 6 29 21 8 52
13 Bristol City 36 12 12 12 45 43 19 8 5 6 24 18 17 4 7 6 21 25 2 48
14 Stoke City 37 13 8 16 48 45 18 6 4 8 23 21 19 7 4 8 25 24 3 47
15 Hull City 36 12 10 14 41 49 18 7 4 7 20 23 18 5 6 7 21 26 -8 46
16 Reading 36 13 5 18 38 55 18 10 3 5 27 20 18 3 2 13 11 35 -17 44
17 Swansea City 37 11 10 16 49 57 18 7 3 8 28 28 19 4 7 8 21 29 -8 43
18 Birmingham City 37 11 9 17 41 50 19 6 5 8 22 21 18 5 4 9 19 29 -9 42
19 Queens Park Rangers 37 11 9 17 38 58 18 6 4 8 20 26 19 5 5 9 18 32 -20 42
20 Rotherham United 37 9 13 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 30 23 19 2 8 9 11 28 -10 40
21 Cardiff City 36 10 8 18 27 40 18 6 5 7 15 16 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 38
22 Blackpool 37 8 11 18 39 54 18 5 6 7 23 22 19 3 5 11 16 32 -15 35
23 Wigan Athletic 37 7 12 18 32 58 19 3 6 10 14 32 18 4 6 8 18 26 -26 33
24 Huddersfield Town 36 8 8 20 30 52 18 6 4 8 16 20 18 2 4 12 14 32 -22 32

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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 36 23 11 2 71 28 19 14 5 0 43 13 17 9 6 2 28 15 43 80
2 Sheffield United 36 20 7 9 56 32 18 11 3 4 35 17 18 9 4 5 21 15 24 67
3 Middlesbrough 37 19 7 11 65 42 18 10 6 2 32 14 19 9 1 9 33 28 23 64
4 Luton Town 36 16 12 8 44 34 18 6 8 4 23 19 18 10 4 4 21 15 10 60
5 Millwall 37 17 9 11 48 39 18 10 5 3 29 16 19 7 4 8 19 23 9 60
6 Blackburn Rovers 36 18 4 14 41 41 17 12 1 4 23 13 19 6 3 10 18 28 0 58
7 Norwich City 36 16 7 13 51 40 19 8 4 7 27 22 17 8 3 6 24 18 11 55
8 West Bromwich Albion 36 15 9 12 46 38 19 10 5 4 26 15 17 5 4 8 20 23 8 54
9 Coventry City 37 14 12 11 43 36 19 9 6 4 24 17 18 5 6 7 19 19 7 54
10 Watford 37 14 12 11 44 39 18 9 5 4 27 16 19 5 7 7 17 23 5 54
11 Preston North End 37 14 11 12 34 39 19 5 6 8 14 22 18 9 5 4 20 17 -5 53
12 Sunderland 36 14 10 12 51 43 17 6 5 6 22 22 19 8 5 6 29 21 8 52
13 Bristol City 36 12 12 12 45 43 19 8 5 6 24 18 17 4 7 6 21 25 2 48
14 Stoke City 37 13 8 16 48 45 18 6 4 8 23 21 19 7 4 8 25 24 3 47
15 Hull City 36 12 10 14 41 49 18 7 4 7 20 23 18 5 6 7 21 26 -8 46
16 Reading 36 13 5 18 38 55 18 10 3 5 27 20 18 3 2 13 11 35 -17 44
17 Swansea City 37 11 10 16 49 57 18 7 3 8 28 28 19 4 7 8 21 29 -8 43
18 Birmingham City 37 11 9 17 41 50 19 6 5 8 22 21 18 5 4 9 19 29 -9 42
19 Queens Park Rangers 37 11 9 17 38 58 18 6 4 8 20 26 19 5 5 9 18 32 -20 42
20 Rotherham United 37 9 13 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 30 23 19 2 8 9 11 28 -10 40
21 Cardiff City 36 10 8 18 27 40 18 6 5 7 15 16 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 38
22 Blackpool 37 8 11 18 39 54 18 5 6 7 23 22 19 3 5 11 16 32 -15 35
23 Wigan Athletic 37 7 12 18 32 58 19 3 6 10 14 32 18 4 6 8 18 26 -26 33
24 Huddersfield Town 36 8 8 20 30 52 18 6 4 8 16 20 18 2 4 12 14 32 -22 32

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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.