There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Watford leading Derby County by 20 points.
- Watford has the most points (35) at home in Championship
- Derby County has the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) 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 Watford and Derby County.
Watford form and stats
35 points is a decent return from 15 Championship games here at Vicarage Road for Watford. The data says 11 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
Watford are confident in defense, having played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Watford are returning here after visiting Preston North End in a Championship game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. João Pedro scored the goal(s). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Bristol City in a game that was won 6-0.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Watford have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won six times, drawn zero and lost three.
Watford can score goals in their home matches. After 15 league matches they have found the net 30 times. Watford have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Derby County form and stats
As the visiting team in Championship matches, Derby County have produced an overall stat of 5-3-6 so far.
Derby County play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Wycombe Wanderers (placed 24th). Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Middlesbrough.
Late drama in the previous game, when Andre Wisdom scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time to defeat Wycombe Wanderers.
County are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and eight defeats. From a total of twelve matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Huddersfield Town in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting County as they have only managed to score 12 times from 14 away games in the league. As opposed to that, County have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Derby County - Watford 0-1. Watford-Derby County H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Watford four wins, Derby County five wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Deeney 7 goals |  J. Junqueira de Jesus 7 goals |  I. Sarr 7 goals |
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| Watford | Derby County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 15 | 11 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 38 | 30 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 21 |
| 20 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 30 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 93% | 93% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 52% |
| 27% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | 24% |
| 17% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 13% | 27% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 37% | 47% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 29% | 28% |
| 50% | 47% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | 31% |
| 30% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 48% |
| 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 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.7 | 11.6 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 11.4 | 10.5 |
| 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 40% | 53% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | 24% |
- Derby County has the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Championship
- Derby County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Watford has the most points (35) at home in Championship
- Watford has the most scored goals (30) at home in Championship
- Watford has the the best goal difference (+19) at home in Championship
- Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Watford have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Watford have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Derby County have scored away.
- Watford haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 61 |
| 2 | Brentford | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 56 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 24 | 57 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 21 | 56 |
| 4 | Watford | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 54 |
| 5 | Reading | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 51 |
| 6 | AFC Bournemouth | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 44 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 49 |
| 7 | Cardiff City | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 43 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 43 |
| 9 | Stoke City | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 34 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 42 |
| 10 | Barnsley | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 42 |
| 11 | Millwall | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 41 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 39 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 34 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 22 | -4 | 39 |
| 14 | Bristol City | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 29 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 26 | -12 | 39 |
| 15 | Luton Town | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 37 |
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -5 | 36 |
| 17 | Derby County | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | -9 | 34 |
| 18 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 33 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 44 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -10 | 33 |
| 20 | Coventry City | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -15 | 31 |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 19 | -6 | 29 |
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 23 | -10 | 28 |
| 23 | Birmingham City | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 37 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -16 | 28 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 29 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 51 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 32 | -29 | 19 |
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