Watford manager F. Muñoz Llompart looking for three points in Nottingham Forest showdown

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 06.March
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Vicarage Road (22200 seats)

3rd position in the Championship table for Watford so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 16th-placed Nottingham Forest visits Vicarage Road.

Insights:
  • Watford have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Championship

It's no vacation for neither Watford nor Nottingham Forest as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Watford form and stats

Watford, who have the most points (41) at home in Championship, have performed here at Vicarage Road this season with 13 wins from 17 Championship matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Watford, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Heartbreak before that as Watford lost 0-1 at AFC Bournemouth's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Watford handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, zero draws and three defeats.

Watford can score goals in their home matches. After 17 league matches they have found the net 34 times. Watford are not conceding a lot of goals here at Vicarage Road in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 17 matches. 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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Nottingham Forest form and stats

Playing away, Nottingham Forest have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 8 defeats in the Championship this season.

Home advantage was not enough for Nottingham in their previous game, as they lost their Championship-match, hosting Luton Town, 0-1. Before that, Nottingham travelled to Derby County and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Nottingham are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, one draw and three defeats. From a total of seven matches.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 18 goals have been conceded by Nottingham Forest in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Watford and Nottingham Forest have met before this season: Nottingham Forest - Watford 0-0. Watford-Nottingham Forest H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Watford four wins, Nottingham Forest two wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

WatfordJ. Junqueira de Jesus
J. Junqueira de Jesus
9 goals
WatfordI. Sarr
I. Sarr
8 goals
WatfordT. Deeney
T. Deeney
7 goals

Watford missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Watford Nottingham Forest
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 6 Played P 5 17 34
18 13 6 Won W 0 5 10
9 2 0 Drew D 0 4 10
7 2 0 Lost L 5 8 14
45 34 18 Scored S 1 13 28
24 12 4 Conceded C 9 18 33
85% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
53% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 65% 62%
29% 41% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 18% 24%
18% 29% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 6%
15% 24% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 20% 35% 38%
47% 47% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 24% 32%
29% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 80% 41% 41%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.6 1.4 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
10.9 11.3 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.1 11.5
3.2 3.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.5 3.1
41% 53% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 30% 27%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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 Nottingham Forest have scored away.
  • Watford have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Championship
  • Watford have the most points (41) at home in Championship
  • Watford have the the best goal difference (+22) at home in Championship
  • 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 34 22 7 5 48 25 17 11 5 1 23 9 17 11 2 4 25 16 23 73
2 Brentford 34 18 9 7 61 36 17 10 5 2 34 18 17 8 4 5 27 18 25 63
3 Watford 34 18 9 7 45 24 17 13 2 2 34 12 17 5 7 5 11 12 21 63
4 Swansea City 32 18 8 6 41 23 17 10 5 2 21 9 15 8 3 4 20 14 18 62
5 Reading 34 17 6 11 46 37 17 10 0 7 25 20 17 7 6 4 21 17 9 57
6 AFC Bournemouth 34 15 10 9 49 33 17 10 3 4 28 16 17 5 7 5 21 17 16 55
7 Barnsley 33 16 6 11 41 37 16 9 3 4 22 17 17 7 3 7 19 20 4 54
8 Cardiff City 34 15 8 11 53 35 17 7 3 7 31 19 17 8 5 4 22 16 18 53
9 Middlesbrough 34 14 8 12 40 36 17 8 3 6 20 18 17 6 5 6 20 18 4 50
10 Millwall 34 10 16 8 34 31 17 4 10 3 17 14 17 6 6 5 17 17 3 46
11 Stoke City 34 11 12 11 39 39 17 7 4 6 23 21 17 4 8 5 16 18 0 45
12 Bristol City 34 14 3 17 36 46 17 7 2 8 15 18 17 7 1 9 21 28 -10 45
13 Luton Town 33 12 8 13 28 37 16 6 6 4 20 19 17 6 2 9 8 18 -9 44
14 Preston North End 34 13 4 17 38 44 17 5 3 9 14 16 17 8 1 8 24 28 -6 43
15 Blackburn Rovers 33 11 7 15 46 39 16 6 5 5 24 19 17 5 2 10 22 20 7 40
16 Nottingham Forest 34 10 10 14 28 33 17 5 6 6 15 15 17 5 4 8 13 18 -5 40
17 Queens Park Rangers 32 10 10 12 32 39 16 6 4 6 17 19 16 4 6 6 15 20 -7 40
18 Derby County 33 10 8 15 25 37 17 5 5 7 12 17 16 5 3 8 13 20 -12 38
19 Huddersfield Town 34 10 7 17 39 51 17 8 3 6 25 18 17 2 4 11 14 33 -12 37
20 Coventry City 34 8 11 15 31 46 17 6 6 5 18 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -15 35
21 Birmingham City 34 8 11 15 26 42 17 3 3 11 12 28 17 5 8 4 14 14 -16 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 33 9 7 17 24 40 16 6 5 5 13 11 17 3 2 12 11 29 -16 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 33 5 8 20 23 55 17 3 5 9 10 21 16 2 3 11 13 34 -32 23

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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 34 22 7 5 48 25 17 11 5 1 23 9 17 11 2 4 25 16 23 73
2 Brentford 34 18 9 7 61 36 17 10 5 2 34 18 17 8 4 5 27 18 25 63
3 Watford 34 18 9 7 45 24 17 13 2 2 34 12 17 5 7 5 11 12 21 63
4 Swansea City 32 18 8 6 41 23 17 10 5 2 21 9 15 8 3 4 20 14 18 62
5 Reading 34 17 6 11 46 37 17 10 0 7 25 20 17 7 6 4 21 17 9 57
6 AFC Bournemouth 34 15 10 9 49 33 17 10 3 4 28 16 17 5 7 5 21 17 16 55
7 Barnsley 33 16 6 11 41 37 16 9 3 4 22 17 17 7 3 7 19 20 4 54
8 Cardiff City 34 15 8 11 53 35 17 7 3 7 31 19 17 8 5 4 22 16 18 53
9 Middlesbrough 34 14 8 12 40 36 17 8 3 6 20 18 17 6 5 6 20 18 4 50
10 Millwall 34 10 16 8 34 31 17 4 10 3 17 14 17 6 6 5 17 17 3 46
11 Stoke City 34 11 12 11 39 39 17 7 4 6 23 21 17 4 8 5 16 18 0 45
12 Bristol City 34 14 3 17 36 46 17 7 2 8 15 18 17 7 1 9 21 28 -10 45
13 Luton Town 33 12 8 13 28 37 16 6 6 4 20 19 17 6 2 9 8 18 -9 44
14 Preston North End 34 13 4 17 38 44 17 5 3 9 14 16 17 8 1 8 24 28 -6 43
15 Blackburn Rovers 33 11 7 15 46 39 16 6 5 5 24 19 17 5 2 10 22 20 7 40
16 Nottingham Forest 34 10 10 14 28 33 17 5 6 6 15 15 17 5 4 8 13 18 -5 40
17 Queens Park Rangers 32 10 10 12 32 39 16 6 4 6 17 19 16 4 6 6 15 20 -7 40
18 Derby County 33 10 8 15 25 37 17 5 5 7 12 17 16 5 3 8 13 20 -12 38
19 Huddersfield Town 34 10 7 17 39 51 17 8 3 6 25 18 17 2 4 11 14 33 -12 37
20 Coventry City 34 8 11 15 31 46 17 6 6 5 18 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -15 35
21 Birmingham City 34 8 11 15 26 42 17 3 3 11 12 28 17 5 8 4 14 14 -16 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 33 9 7 17 24 40 16 6 5 5 13 11 17 3 2 12 11 29 -16 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 33 5 8 20 23 55 17 3 5 9 10 21 16 2 3 11 13 34 -32 23

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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.