Rotherham United and Watford spectators can't wait for Championship clash at AESSEAL New York Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 16.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: AESSEAL New York Stadium (12021 seats)

Struggling Rotherham United will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Watford in the upcoming league round. It’s 22nd vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Rotherham United have the fewest clean sheets (6) in Championship
  • Watford have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Championship

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Championship game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Cardiff City. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Rotherham United form and stats

Rotherham United's struggle is real here at AESSEAL New York Stadium with only 15 points collected from 16 Championship games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-3-9. Three consecutive losses here at AESSEAL New York Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

A strong away win for Rotherham against Sheffield Wednesday the last match, as Michael Smith and Freddie Ladapo were on target. Ahead of that match, Rotherham lost 0-1 at home to Reading.

Manager P. Warne felt very clever after Freddie Ladapo scored the winning goal against Sheffield Wednesday, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 70th minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when Freddie Ladapo scored the winning goal six minutes into stoppage time.

The manager P. Warne will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bristol City in only four days.

The Rotherham fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 16 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Rotherham United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 22 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Watford form and stats

6-7-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Watford, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) away in Championship, in their Championship matches away.

Watford play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Cardiff City (placed 8th). Before that, Watford secured a home win against Nottingham Forest with the score 1-0.

Late drama in the previous game, when Adam Masina scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Cardiff City.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Birmingham City in just four days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Watford as they have only managed to score 13 times from 18 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Watford - Rotherham United 2-0 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - zero - three (Rotherham wins - draws - Watford wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

WatfordJ. Junqueira de Jesus
J. Junqueira de Jesus
9 goals
RotherhamM. Smith
M. Smith
8 goals
WatfordI. Sarr
I. Sarr
8 goals

Rotherham United missing players

Watford missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rotherham United Watford
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 7 Played P 7 18 36
9 4 0 Won W 2 6 20
5 3 1 Drew D 4 7 9
18 9 6 Lost L 1 5 7
35 20 6 Scored S 3 13 48
43 22 14 Conceded C 3 13 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 57% 72% 86%
69% 75% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 29% 39% 53%
50% 56% 71% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 22% 31%
16% 19% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 17%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 14%
47% 50% 71% BTTS BTTS 14% 33% 39%
19% 19% 0% Clean Sheets C S 71% 44% 47%
34% 31% 29% Failed to Score F T 57% 50% 28%
 
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 2.1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.9 1.9
3 2 2 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.7 11.6 11.1 Shots (avg) S ( 10.4 10.7 11
2.8 3.3 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.9 2.8 3.3
38% 38% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 25% 40%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Rotherham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rotherham United have the fewest clean sheets (6) in Championship
  • Rotherham United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Watford have the fewest conceded goals (13) away in Championship
  • Watford have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) 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 36 24 7 5 53 26 18 12 5 1 26 9 18 12 2 4 27 17 27 79
2 Watford 36 20 9 7 48 25 18 14 2 2 35 12 18 6 7 5 13 13 23 69
3 Swansea City 35 20 9 6 45 25 18 11 5 2 23 10 17 9 4 4 22 15 20 69
4 Brentford 35 19 9 7 62 36 17 10 5 2 34 18 18 9 4 5 28 18 26 66
5 Reading 36 18 7 11 50 38 18 11 0 7 28 20 18 7 7 4 22 18 12 61
6 Barnsley 36 18 7 11 45 39 18 10 4 4 23 17 18 8 3 7 22 22 6 61
7 AFC Bournemouth 36 15 11 10 52 37 18 10 3 5 30 19 18 5 8 5 22 18 15 56
8 Cardiff City 36 15 9 12 54 37 18 7 3 8 32 21 18 8 6 4 22 16 17 54
9 Middlesbrough 36 15 8 13 44 38 18 9 3 6 23 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 6 53
10 Millwall 36 11 16 9 35 33 18 4 10 4 17 16 18 7 6 5 18 17 2 49
11 Stoke City 36 12 12 12 41 42 18 8 4 6 25 21 18 4 8 6 16 21 -1 48
12 Bristol City 36 15 3 18 39 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 18 8 1 9 24 28 -9 48
13 Queens Park Rangers 35 12 10 13 35 40 18 7 4 7 18 20 17 5 6 6 17 20 -5 46
14 Blackburn Rovers 36 12 8 16 49 41 18 6 6 6 25 21 18 6 2 10 24 20 8 44
15 Preston North End 36 13 5 18 39 46 18 5 4 9 15 17 18 8 1 9 24 29 -7 44
16 Luton Town 35 12 8 15 28 41 17 6 6 5 20 20 18 6 2 10 8 21 -13 44
17 Nottingham Forest 36 10 11 15 29 35 18 5 7 6 16 16 18 5 4 9 13 19 -6 41
18 Huddersfield Town 36 11 8 17 40 51 18 8 4 6 25 18 18 3 4 11 15 33 -11 41
19 Derby County 36 10 9 17 25 39 18 5 5 8 12 18 18 5 4 9 13 21 -14 39
20 Coventry City 35 9 11 15 32 46 18 7 6 5 19 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -14 38
21 Birmingham City 36 8 11 17 26 46 18 3 3 12 12 31 18 5 8 5 14 15 -20 35
22 Rotherham United 32 9 5 18 35 43 16 4 3 9 20 22 16 5 2 9 15 21 -8 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 35 9 7 19 25 45 17 6 5 6 14 13 18 3 2 13 11 32 -20 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 36 6 8 22 24 58 18 4 5 9 11 21 18 2 3 13 13 37 -34 26

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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 36 24 7 5 53 26 18 12 5 1 26 9 18 12 2 4 27 17 27 79
2 Watford 36 20 9 7 48 25 18 14 2 2 35 12 18 6 7 5 13 13 23 69
3 Swansea City 35 20 9 6 45 25 18 11 5 2 23 10 17 9 4 4 22 15 20 69
4 Brentford 35 19 9 7 62 36 17 10 5 2 34 18 18 9 4 5 28 18 26 66
5 Reading 36 18 7 11 50 38 18 11 0 7 28 20 18 7 7 4 22 18 12 61
6 Barnsley 36 18 7 11 45 39 18 10 4 4 23 17 18 8 3 7 22 22 6 61
7 AFC Bournemouth 36 15 11 10 52 37 18 10 3 5 30 19 18 5 8 5 22 18 15 56
8 Cardiff City 36 15 9 12 54 37 18 7 3 8 32 21 18 8 6 4 22 16 17 54
9 Middlesbrough 36 15 8 13 44 38 18 9 3 6 23 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 6 53
10 Millwall 36 11 16 9 35 33 18 4 10 4 17 16 18 7 6 5 18 17 2 49
11 Stoke City 36 12 12 12 41 42 18 8 4 6 25 21 18 4 8 6 16 21 -1 48
12 Bristol City 36 15 3 18 39 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 18 8 1 9 24 28 -9 48
13 Queens Park Rangers 35 12 10 13 35 40 18 7 4 7 18 20 17 5 6 6 17 20 -5 46
14 Blackburn Rovers 36 12 8 16 49 41 18 6 6 6 25 21 18 6 2 10 24 20 8 44
15 Preston North End 36 13 5 18 39 46 18 5 4 9 15 17 18 8 1 9 24 29 -7 44
16 Luton Town 35 12 8 15 28 41 17 6 6 5 20 20 18 6 2 10 8 21 -13 44
17 Nottingham Forest 36 10 11 15 29 35 18 5 7 6 16 16 18 5 4 9 13 19 -6 41
18 Huddersfield Town 36 11 8 17 40 51 18 8 4 6 25 18 18 3 4 11 15 33 -11 41
19 Derby County 36 10 9 17 25 39 18 5 5 8 12 18 18 5 4 9 13 21 -14 39
20 Coventry City 35 9 11 15 32 46 18 7 6 5 19 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -14 38
21 Birmingham City 36 8 11 17 26 46 18 3 3 12 12 31 18 5 8 5 14 15 -20 35
22 Rotherham United 32 9 5 18 35 43 16 4 3 9 20 22 16 5 2 9 15 21 -8 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 35 9 7 19 25 45 17 6 5 6 14 13 18 3 2 13 11 32 -20 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 36 6 8 22 24 58 18 4 5 9 11 21 18 2 3 13 13 37 -34 26

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