Championship: Two squads in pretty good form get together for this match. Norwich City might have a small advantage with their 2nd spot in the standings?
- Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Norwich City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Watford form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Watford have to build on here at Vicarage Road in the Championship.
Watford are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Blackpool. Bachmann had a busy but productive day in the Blackpool match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Louza (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.75/10. Louza scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 88 successful passes (of 100 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Swansea City (1-2).This is expected to be a close game, with Watford perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Watford as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Watford has won 5 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Watford as they are travelling to their away game against Millwall in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.
The Watford fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. Watford's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Norwich City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Preston North End with 2-3 on the scoreboard. Before that defeat this club had taken at least one point from nine league fixtures in a row. The attacker Sargent got a match rating of 7.7 in that game. Sargent scored one goal and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Reading that ended 1-1.A new game in only three days for Norwich City, the Championship home match versus Luton Town. Busy days.
They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings featuring these teams: Watford won six, Norwich City were winners in four and we saw zero draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Sargent 7 goals |   I. Sarr 4 goals |  T. Pukki 4 goals |
Watford missing players
Norwich City missing players
| Watford | Norwich City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| 16 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 77% |
| 46% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 46% |
| 31% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 8% | 17% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 62% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 62% |
| 31% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 31% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 17% | 8% |
| 4.2 | 3.3 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 7.7 | 6.8 |
| 5.7 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | 3.8 |
| 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 10.7 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 12.8 | 15 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.3 | 5.1 |
| 36% | 43% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 23% | 30% |
| 12.2 | 12.2 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.7 | 10.3 |
| 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3 |
- Norwich City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Watford have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Watford have won significantly less corners at home than 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 | Sheffield United | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 24 |
| 2 | Norwich City | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Burnley | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Reading | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -3 | 22 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Preston North End | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Cardiff City | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 11 | Sunderland | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 12 | Watford | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | Millwall | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 14 | Birmingham City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | Stoke City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 16 | Wigan Athletic | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | -3 | 16 |
| 17 | Rotherham United | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -1 | 15 |
| 19 | Blackpool | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 20 | Hull City | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 14 |
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 13 |
| 22 | West Bromwich Albion | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 8 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 7 |
- Watford
- Watford Observer - (local newspaper)
- Norwich City
- Norwich Evening News - (local newspaper)
