This league campaign has been a rollercoaster for these participants so far, boom and bust leading to mid-table places so far. Make ready for Stoke City - Watford!
- Stoke City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Watford have yet to win a game away.
Both participants have had plenty of rest since their last game. Let's aim for an enthusiastic match!
Stoke City form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Stoke City have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Josef Bursik not having conceded a league goal in 213 minutes.
Stoke drew their last game, 0-0 away at Queens Park Rangers (placed 6th). Bursik, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.35 out of 10 in that game. Bursik topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Hull City.This is expected to be a close game, with Stoke City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Stoke City as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Stoke City has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 5.
The manager Neil will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Burnley in only three days.
The Stoke City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches.
Watford form and stats
As the visiting team in Championship matches, Watford have produced an overall stat of 0-4-1 so far.
Watford played 2-2 against Sunderland in their previous match. Midfielder Kamara was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.42. Kamara had 26 successful passes (of 31 total).
Prior to that match, the Watford manager Edwards faced defeat when travelling to Blackburn Rovers and losing 0-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Watford in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Watford, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
After this away game Watford return home for a Championship game against Swansea City. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Stoke victories, two draws and three Watford wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Baker 4 goals |  B. Wilmot 2 goals |  J. Brown 2 goals |
Stoke City missing players
Watford missing players
| Stoke City | Watford | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 90% |
| 70% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 70% |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 60% |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 20% | 30% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 20% |
| 5.4 | 7 | 12 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 6.1 | 4.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.6 | 5.7 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.8 | 14.5 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 10.4 | 10.7 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| 31% | 36% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 34% |
| 12.4 | 10 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11.4 | 11.7 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
- Stoke City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Stoke City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Watford have yet to win a game 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 | Sheffield United | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 23 |
| 2 | Norwich City | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | Reading | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -4 | 18 |
| 4 | Burnley | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 8 | Rotherham United | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 14 |
| 10 | Watford | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | Luton Town | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 12 | Wigan Athletic | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | Millwall | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 14 | Stoke City | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 12 |
| 16 | Swansea City | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 12 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 18 | Cardiff City | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 19 | Blackpool | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
| 20 | Hull City | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 11 |
| 21 | West Bromwich Albion | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 22 | Middlesbrough | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 3 |
- Stoke City
- StokeonTrent Live - (local newspaper)
- Watford
- Watford Observer - (local newspaper)
