This could be an interesting match as Birmingham City have their presumed home advantage while Watford are ahead 8 points in the Championship table.
- Birmingham City has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Championship
- Watford has the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Championship
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Birmingham City and Watford.
Birmingham City form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Championship this season. Birmingham City have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at St. Andrew's Stadium.
Happy days for Birmingham City in their previous game, a Championship match away at Reading (placed 5th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. In the game before, an away victory match versus Bristol City with a 1-0 scoreline.
Birmingham are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Cardiff City awaits in four days.
Birmingham aren't scoring a lot here at St. Andrew's Stadium in the league, with only 7 goals from 8 games. On the other hand, Birmingham have conceded 10 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Watford form and stats
Watford, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Championship, have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Championship, after 1-5-2 (8 played). It's three draws from Watford's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Watford had fun at their own home (St. Andrew's Stadium) last time out, beating Rotherham United 2-0. Troy Deeney and Christian Kabasele scored. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Cardiff City.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Brentford in just three days.
Goals are few and far between in Watford's away league games. Only 3 goals from 8 travels. Watford's manager V. Ivić has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 4 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Birmingham won four games, one match ended with a draw and Watford has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  J. Junqueira de Jesus 5 goals |  I. Sarr 3 goals |   H. Dean 2 goals |
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| Birmingham City | Watford | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| 15 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 76% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 62% | 82% |
| 53% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 25% | 47% |
| 35% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 24% |
| 6% | 12% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 24% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 53% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 41% |
| 35% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 41% |
| 35% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 62% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.1 | 11 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.5 | 10.4 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.8 | 2.8 |
| 32% | 32% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 45% |
- Birmingham City has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Championship
- Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Birmingham City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Watford have scored away.
- Watford has the fewest conceded goals (4) away 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 | Norwich City | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 34 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 31 |
| 3 | Watford | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 30 |
| 5 | Reading | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Bristol City | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Brentford | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 28 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 |
| 9 | Cardiff City | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 26 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 25 |
| 11 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 23 |
| 14 | Luton Town | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 23 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -1 | 22 |
| 16 | Barnsley | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 22 |
| 17 | Millwall | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 21 |
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 19 | Coventry City | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 20 | Rotherham United | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 13 |
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | -11 | 13 |
| 22 | Derby County | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -14 | 12 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 11 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 9 |
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