Watford vs Rotherham United forecast and statistics

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 21.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vicarage Road (22200 seats)

Watford - Rotherham United. 3rd spot meets 19th spot. Everything can happen - get a full overview of the game here!

Insights:
  • Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rotherham United have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Championship

Watford and Rotherham United should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Watford form and stats

The overall Championship results at home this season for Watford are 7-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).

The Watford goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 183 minutes without conceding a goal in the Championship.

A nice win for Watford last time playing, versus Blackpool. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Sarr and Ademeyo scoring for the victors. Morris was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.01 out of 10. The defender Morris hit one key pass and won 12 of 15 duels.

Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Reading in the FA Cup.

It should be added that a glance at the 13 latest league matches reveals that 12 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Watford has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Watford have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Rotherham United form and stats

Rotherham United have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-5-7 (14 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Rotherham's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Rotherham United won their last game, 4-0 versus Blackburn Rovers played at home. Yippee; their first win in the league after six rounds not winning. As mentioned above, Rotherham United was the only team on the pitch versus Blackburn Rovers in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Barlaser got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, top player of the team. Barlaser served one assist and hit two key passes.

A loss, in the FA Cup away at Ipswich Town, before that.

The attacking power of Rotherham United when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 14 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Rotherham have conceded 22 goals in their away games. Rotherham United has visited these top teams six times, and 4 of 6 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Watford have not lost in the last 5 matches (4-1-0) facing Rotherham United.

Rotherham United - Watford 1-1 was the end result in these contenders' latest head-to-head match, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

WatfordJ. Junqueira de Jesus
J. Junqueira de Jesus
8 goals
WatfordI. Sarr
I. Sarr
7 goals
Rotherham UnitedC. Ogbene
C. Ogbene
6 goals

Watford missing players

Rotherham United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Watford Rotherham United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 1 Played P 6 14 27
12 7 1 Won W 1 2 7
7 2 0 Drew D 1 5 9
8 4 0 Lost L 4 7 11
33 19 2 Scored S 3 8 32
28 12 0 Conceded C 12 22 39
89% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 86% 93%
70% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 81%
41% 46% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 43% 52%
22% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 14% 26%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 7% 7%
37% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 17% 29% 44%
44% 46% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 30%
30% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 57% 33%
 
4.9 4.5 2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 2.4 3.6
5.5 5.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 7.7 6.4
2 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.9 2.2
2 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
11.4 11.7 9 Shots (avg) S ( 5 5.5 8.1
3.8 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 1.6 2.7
32% 35% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 35% 43%
 
11.9 11.5 6 Shots against (avg) S A 17.3 17.9 14.8
3.9 3.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 6.1 5.2
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Rotherham United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Rotherham United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Rotherham United have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Championship
  • Rotherham United have the the worst goal difference (-14) away in Championship
  • Rotherham United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Watford have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Rotherham United have scored 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 Burnley 27 17 8 2 53 25 14 10 4 0 30 11 13 7 4 2 23 14 28 59
2 Sheffield United 27 16 6 5 47 24 13 8 3 2 29 13 14 8 3 3 18 11 23 54
3 Watford 27 12 7 8 33 28 13 7 2 4 19 12 14 5 5 4 14 16 5 43
4 Middlesbrough 27 12 6 9 42 33 13 6 5 2 18 12 14 6 1 7 24 21 9 42
5 Blackburn Rovers 27 14 0 13 30 34 13 9 0 4 20 13 14 5 0 9 10 21 -4 42
6 West Bromwich Albion 27 11 8 8 37 28 14 6 4 4 20 14 13 5 4 4 17 14 9 41
7 Norwich City 27 11 6 10 36 29 14 5 4 5 19 16 13 6 2 5 17 13 7 39
8 Millwall 26 11 6 9 32 27 13 8 3 2 20 8 13 3 3 7 12 19 5 39
9 Luton Town 26 10 9 7 33 29 13 3 7 3 18 16 13 7 2 4 15 13 4 39
10 Sunderland 27 10 8 9 39 32 13 4 4 5 17 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 7 38
11 Swansea City 27 10 8 9 39 37 13 6 2 5 20 16 14 4 6 4 19 21 2 38
12 Queens Park Rangers 27 10 7 10 30 33 13 5 3 5 16 17 14 5 4 5 14 16 -3 37
13 Preston North End 27 10 7 10 24 30 14 3 4 7 8 18 13 7 3 3 16 12 -6 37
14 Reading 27 11 4 12 31 38 13 8 2 3 20 14 14 3 2 9 11 24 -7 37
15 Coventry City 26 9 8 9 27 27 13 6 4 3 15 10 13 3 4 6 12 17 0 35
16 Hull City 27 9 7 11 33 43 14 4 3 7 14 23 13 5 4 4 19 20 -10 34
17 Bristol City 27 8 8 11 36 37 14 5 3 6 18 16 13 3 5 5 18 21 -1 32
18 Birmingham City 27 8 8 11 29 33 14 4 5 5 17 16 13 4 3 6 12 17 -4 32
19 Rotherham United 27 7 9 11 32 39 13 5 4 4 24 17 14 2 5 7 8 22 -7 30
20 Stoke City 27 8 6 13 29 37 13 3 3 7 13 18 14 5 3 6 16 19 -8 30
21 Cardiff City 27 7 8 12 21 30 14 4 5 5 11 12 13 3 3 7 10 18 -9 29
22 Huddersfield Town 26 7 5 14 25 33 14 5 2 7 13 14 12 2 3 7 12 19 -8 26
23 Blackpool 27 6 8 13 28 40 13 3 3 7 14 19 14 3 5 6 14 21 -12 26
24 Wigan Athletic 27 6 7 14 27 47 14 2 3 9 11 28 13 4 4 5 16 19 -20 25

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 27 17 8 2 53 25 14 10 4 0 30 11 13 7 4 2 23 14 28 59
2 Sheffield United 27 16 6 5 47 24 13 8 3 2 29 13 14 8 3 3 18 11 23 54
3 Watford 27 12 7 8 33 28 13 7 2 4 19 12 14 5 5 4 14 16 5 43
4 Middlesbrough 27 12 6 9 42 33 13 6 5 2 18 12 14 6 1 7 24 21 9 42
5 Blackburn Rovers 27 14 0 13 30 34 13 9 0 4 20 13 14 5 0 9 10 21 -4 42
6 West Bromwich Albion 27 11 8 8 37 28 14 6 4 4 20 14 13 5 4 4 17 14 9 41
7 Norwich City 27 11 6 10 36 29 14 5 4 5 19 16 13 6 2 5 17 13 7 39
8 Millwall 26 11 6 9 32 27 13 8 3 2 20 8 13 3 3 7 12 19 5 39
9 Luton Town 26 10 9 7 33 29 13 3 7 3 18 16 13 7 2 4 15 13 4 39
10 Sunderland 27 10 8 9 39 32 13 4 4 5 17 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 7 38
11 Swansea City 27 10 8 9 39 37 13 6 2 5 20 16 14 4 6 4 19 21 2 38
12 Queens Park Rangers 27 10 7 10 30 33 13 5 3 5 16 17 14 5 4 5 14 16 -3 37
13 Preston North End 27 10 7 10 24 30 14 3 4 7 8 18 13 7 3 3 16 12 -6 37
14 Reading 27 11 4 12 31 38 13 8 2 3 20 14 14 3 2 9 11 24 -7 37
15 Coventry City 26 9 8 9 27 27 13 6 4 3 15 10 13 3 4 6 12 17 0 35
16 Hull City 27 9 7 11 33 43 14 4 3 7 14 23 13 5 4 4 19 20 -10 34
17 Bristol City 27 8 8 11 36 37 14 5 3 6 18 16 13 3 5 5 18 21 -1 32
18 Birmingham City 27 8 8 11 29 33 14 4 5 5 17 16 13 4 3 6 12 17 -4 32
19 Rotherham United 27 7 9 11 32 39 13 5 4 4 24 17 14 2 5 7 8 22 -7 30
20 Stoke City 27 8 6 13 29 37 13 3 3 7 13 18 14 5 3 6 16 19 -8 30
21 Cardiff City 27 7 8 12 21 30 14 4 5 5 11 12 13 3 3 7 10 18 -9 29
22 Huddersfield Town 26 7 5 14 25 33 14 5 2 7 13 14 12 2 3 7 12 19 -8 26
23 Blackpool 27 6 8 13 28 40 13 3 3 7 14 19 14 3 5 6 14 21 -12 26
24 Wigan Athletic 27 6 7 14 27 47 14 2 3 9 11 28 13 4 4 5 16 19 -20 25

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