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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 27.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vicarage Road (22200 seats)

Watford welcome Queens Park Rangers for another intriguing Championship fixture here at Vicarage Road.

Insights:
  • Watford have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Queens Park Rangers have yet to win a game away.

Watford have less rest than Queens Park Rangers in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Carabao Cup game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Milton Keynes Dons, was also a home game here at Vicarage Road. The away team is better rested.

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Watford form and stats

Perfect Championship season at home so far for Watford 2 wins from 2 appearances.

The Watford regulars got no joy from their last fixture, a Carabao Cup duel also played here at Vicarage Road: A 0-2 defeat against Milton Keynes Dons. Hungbo (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.41/10. Hungbo hit one key pass.

Before that, Watford played out a Championship draw 0-0 when visiting Preston North End.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Watford handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Sports bettors who enjoy staking for low-scoring games might like to know that this team have played 5 league rounds in a row with two goals or less (under 2.5).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Middlesbrough in only three days. This game is also played here at Vicarage Road.

At Vicarage Road, Watford has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Queens Park Rangers form and stats

The Championship season is young and Queens Park Rangers have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

Queens Park Rangers played 1-1 against Rotherham United in their previous match. Midfielder Chair was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.01. Chair served one assist, hit seven key passes and had 47 successful passes (of 52 total).

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Blackpool.

Queens Park Rangers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

After this away game QPR return home for a Championship game against Hull City. That game is only three sleeps after this.

It's early days yet, but Queens Park Rangers has scored 2 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Watford three wins, two draws and Queens Park Rangers five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Queens Park RangersC. Willock
C. Willock
2 goals
WatfordT. Cleverley
T. Cleverley
1 goals
WatfordK. Sema
K. Sema
1 goals

Watford missing players

Queens Park Rangers missing players

Watford Queens Park Rangers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 2 2 5
2 2 0 Won W 0 0 1
3 0 0 Drew D 1 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 2
4 2 0 Scored S 2 2 6
2 0 0 Conceded C 3 3 7
80% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
40% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 60%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
40% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 60%
60% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 40%
 
3.6 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 1.5 3.8
6.2 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 4
1.8 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.5 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 7.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 12.5 13.2
2.8 2.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 3.8
29% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 32%
 
11.6 11 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 12.5 11.2
4.4 4.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 3.8
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Queens Park Rangers have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Queens Park Rangers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Queens Park Rangers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Queens Park Rangers have yet to win a game away.
  • Queens Park Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Watford have won all their matches at home so far.
Watford Last season Queens Park Rangers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   23 46
6 2   Won W   9 19
5 2   Drew D   3 9
27 15   Lost L   11 18
34 17   Scored S   30 60
77 46   Conceded C   34 59
92% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 98%
71% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 74%
55% 68%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 52%
34% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 24%
26% 37%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 9%
50% 58%   BTTS BTTS   65% 57%
11% 5%   Clean Sheets C S   13% 26%
47% 42%   Failed to Score F T   22% 20%
 
4.2 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.8
6.2 5.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 5.2
1.7 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2
3 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
10.6 11.5   Shots (avg) S (   9.6 11.4
3.3 3.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4
27% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 32%
 
14.9 14   Shots against (avg) S A   12.6 12.7
5 5.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 4.3

  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 5 3 1 1 9 4 3 3 0 0 7 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 5 10
2 Watford 5 2 3 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 9
3 Reading 5 3 0 2 6 6 3 3 0 0 6 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 9
4 Blackburn Rovers 5 3 0 2 6 7 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 2 3 6 -1 9
5 Sunderland 5 2 2 1 8 7 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 8
6 Hull City 5 2 2 1 7 8 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 0 2 1 3 6 -1 8
7 Bristol City 5 2 1 2 8 6 3 2 0 1 6 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 7
8 Norwich City 5 2 1 2 6 5 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 7
9 Preston North End 5 1 4 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 7
10 Millwall 5 2 1 2 7 8 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 0 1 2 2 6 -1 7
11 Blackpool 5 2 1 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 5 -1 7
12 Cardiff City 5 2 1 2 3 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 1 4 -1 7
13 Rotherham United 4 1 3 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 5 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 4 6
14 West Bromwich Albion 5 1 3 1 8 6 3 1 2 0 6 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 6
15 Wigan Athletic 4 1 3 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 6
16 Burnley 5 1 3 1 6 6 3 0 3 0 5 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 6
17 Queens Park Rangers 5 1 2 2 6 7 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 5
18 Birmingham City 5 1 2 2 3 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 5
19 Luton Town 5 1 2 2 3 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 -1 5
20 Swansea City 5 1 2 2 4 8 3 0 1 2 2 7 2 1 1 0 2 1 -4 5
21 Stoke City 5 1 1 3 5 8 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 0 0 2 1 5 -3 4
22 Huddersfield Town 4 1 0 3 5 6 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -1 3
23 Middlesbrough 5 0 3 2 7 9 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 0 1 2 4 6 -2 3
24 Coventry City 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 1

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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.