Brentford Community Stadium: Brentford vs Watford Championship preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 01.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Brentford Community Stadium

A key match in Championship as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Brentford in 3rd position and Watford placed 2nd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Brentford have the most scored goals (74) in Championship
  • Watford have the fewest conceded goals (28) in Championship

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Championship. Thankfully the previous game, versus Rotherham United, was also a home game here at Brentford Community Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Brentford form and stats

11 victories, 9 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Brentford, who have the most scored goals (74) in Championship, have to build on here at Brentford Community Stadium in the Championship. Brentford has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Norwich City defeat 58 days ago.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper David Raya Martin not having conceded a league goal in 213 minutes.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting AFC Bournemouth.

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

Brentford have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Brentford Community Stadium with 37 goals in 22 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Brentford have conceded only 20 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Watford form and stats

8-8-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Watford, who have the fewest conceded goals (28) in Championship, in their Championship matches away.

Watford have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann. It's been 192 minutes since they last conceded in Championship.

The supporters enjoyed Watford's previous game versus Millwall (placed 12th), a Championship 1-0 win played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Norwich City.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Watford in our archives, and the results are: one win for Watford, two draws and one defeat.

The attacking power of Watford when travelling is not overwhelming with 19 goals scored from 22 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Watford as they have only conceded 16 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Watford - Brentford 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Brentford zero wins, one draw and Watford three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BrentfordI. Toney
I. Toney
28 goals
WatfordI. Sarr
I. Sarr
13 goals
WatfordJ. Junqueira de Jesus
J. Junqueira de Jesus
9 goals

Brentford missing players

Watford missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Brentford Watford
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
44 22 6 Played P 6 22 44
22 11 2 Won W 2 8 26
15 9 3 Drew D 0 8 10
7 2 1 Lost L 4 6 8
74 37 8 Scored S 4 19 61
41 20 7 Conceded C 6 16 28
89% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 77% 89%
73% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 41% 52%
45% 45% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 23% 30%
27% 23% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 16%
16% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 14%
55% 55% 83% BTTS BTTS 33% 36% 36%
36% 41% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 41% 50%
20% 23% 17% Failed to Score F T 50% 45% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2 1.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
13.2 14 13 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 11 11.2
4.1 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3.5
41% 40% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 28% 40%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Brentford have the most points from losing position (23) in Championship
  • Brentford have the most scored goals (74) in Championship
  • Brentford have the most scored goals in the second half (43) in Championship
  • Watford have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Watford have the fewest conceded goals (16) away in Championship
  • Watford have the fewest conceded goals (28) in Championship
  • Watford have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Championship
  • Watford have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (18) in Championship
  • Watford have the most clean sheets (22) in Championship
  • Watford have the most matches under the total-line (29) 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 44 28 9 7 69 33 22 13 6 3 35 14 22 15 3 4 34 19 36 93
2 Watford 44 26 10 8 61 28 22 18 2 2 42 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 33 88
3 Brentford 44 22 15 7 74 41 22 11 9 2 37 20 22 11 6 5 37 21 33 81
4 AFC Bournemouth 44 22 11 11 73 43 22 13 3 6 40 22 22 9 8 5 33 21 30 77
5 Swansea City 44 22 11 11 54 36 22 11 6 5 25 15 22 11 5 6 29 21 18 77
6 Barnsley 44 23 8 13 56 46 22 12 5 5 28 20 22 11 3 8 28 26 10 77
7 Reading 44 19 12 13 59 48 22 12 3 7 35 25 22 7 9 6 24 23 11 69
8 Cardiff City 44 17 13 14 61 48 22 8 5 9 36 25 22 9 8 5 25 23 13 64
9 Middlesbrough 44 18 9 17 54 49 22 11 4 7 30 22 22 7 5 10 24 27 5 63
10 Queens Park Rangers 44 17 11 16 52 54 22 10 4 8 29 26 22 7 7 8 23 28 -2 62
11 Luton Town 43 17 9 17 39 48 21 8 7 6 24 22 22 9 2 11 15 26 -9 60
12 Millwall 44 14 17 13 42 45 22 6 10 6 20 23 22 8 7 7 22 22 -3 59
13 Stoke City 44 14 15 15 48 50 22 9 5 8 29 26 22 5 10 7 19 24 -2 57
14 Preston North End 44 16 7 21 45 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 22 10 2 10 26 31 -10 55
15 Blackburn Rovers 44 14 11 19 59 51 22 8 7 7 32 26 22 6 4 12 27 25 8 53
16 Birmingham City 44 13 13 18 35 52 22 6 4 12 18 33 22 7 9 6 17 19 -17 52
17 Nottingham Forest 44 12 15 17 36 43 22 6 8 8 20 22 22 6 7 9 16 21 -7 51
18 Bristol City 44 15 6 23 44 61 22 7 3 12 17 27 22 8 3 11 27 34 -17 51
19 Coventry City 44 13 12 19 42 59 22 9 7 6 24 21 22 4 5 13 18 38 -17 51
20 Huddersfield Town 44 12 11 21 47 68 22 8 6 8 27 22 22 4 5 13 20 46 -21 47
21 Derby County 44 11 10 23 32 53 22 6 6 10 17 23 22 5 4 13 15 30 -21 43
22 Rotherham United 43 11 6 26 42 58 22 5 3 14 25 34 21 6 3 12 17 24 -16 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 44 12 9 23 37 58 22 8 7 7 22 17 22 4 2 16 15 41 -21 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 44 9 10 25 35 69 22 6 5 11 16 28 22 3 5 14 19 41 -34 37

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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 Norwich City 44 28 9 7 69 33 22 13 6 3 35 14 22 15 3 4 34 19 36 93
2 Watford 44 26 10 8 61 28 22 18 2 2 42 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 33 88
3 Brentford 44 22 15 7 74 41 22 11 9 2 37 20 22 11 6 5 37 21 33 81
4 AFC Bournemouth 44 22 11 11 73 43 22 13 3 6 40 22 22 9 8 5 33 21 30 77
5 Swansea City 44 22 11 11 54 36 22 11 6 5 25 15 22 11 5 6 29 21 18 77
6 Barnsley 44 23 8 13 56 46 22 12 5 5 28 20 22 11 3 8 28 26 10 77
7 Reading 44 19 12 13 59 48 22 12 3 7 35 25 22 7 9 6 24 23 11 69
8 Cardiff City 44 17 13 14 61 48 22 8 5 9 36 25 22 9 8 5 25 23 13 64
9 Middlesbrough 44 18 9 17 54 49 22 11 4 7 30 22 22 7 5 10 24 27 5 63
10 Queens Park Rangers 44 17 11 16 52 54 22 10 4 8 29 26 22 7 7 8 23 28 -2 62
11 Luton Town 43 17 9 17 39 48 21 8 7 6 24 22 22 9 2 11 15 26 -9 60
12 Millwall 44 14 17 13 42 45 22 6 10 6 20 23 22 8 7 7 22 22 -3 59
13 Stoke City 44 14 15 15 48 50 22 9 5 8 29 26 22 5 10 7 19 24 -2 57
14 Preston North End 44 16 7 21 45 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 22 10 2 10 26 31 -10 55
15 Blackburn Rovers 44 14 11 19 59 51 22 8 7 7 32 26 22 6 4 12 27 25 8 53
16 Birmingham City 44 13 13 18 35 52 22 6 4 12 18 33 22 7 9 6 17 19 -17 52
17 Nottingham Forest 44 12 15 17 36 43 22 6 8 8 20 22 22 6 7 9 16 21 -7 51
18 Bristol City 44 15 6 23 44 61 22 7 3 12 17 27 22 8 3 11 27 34 -17 51
19 Coventry City 44 13 12 19 42 59 22 9 7 6 24 21 22 4 5 13 18 38 -17 51
20 Huddersfield Town 44 12 11 21 47 68 22 8 6 8 27 22 22 4 5 13 20 46 -21 47
21 Derby County 44 11 10 23 32 53 22 6 6 10 17 23 22 5 4 13 15 30 -21 43
22 Rotherham United 43 11 6 26 42 58 22 5 3 14 25 34 21 6 3 12 17 24 -16 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 44 12 9 23 37 58 22 8 7 7 22 17 22 4 2 16 15 41 -21 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 44 9 10 25 35 69 22 6 5 11 16 28 22 3 5 14 19 41 -34 37

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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.