This is shaping out to be an appealing match as Watford have their presumed home advantage, while Sunderland are in front by 1 point in the Championship table.
- Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Watford nor Sunderland 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.
Watford form and stats
The Championship stats at home this season for Watford are 3-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Watford faced defeat in their previous match, away at Blackburn Rovers (0-2). Midfield player Ngakia got a match rating of 7.21 in that game, the max score being 10. Ngakia dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A 1-1 draw away before that, with Rotherham United the opponent.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 9 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 4.
Watford have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Vicarage Road with 6 goals in 4 league matches.
Sunderland form and stats
3 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Sunderland playing as the away team in the Championship this season.
Two trips in a row for Sunderland, whose coach Mowbray could celebrate last time after the win against Reading. The attacker Roberts got a match rating of 8.55 in that game. Roberts scored two goals, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 35 successful passes (of 39 total).
A 0-1 defeat away at Middlesbrough before that.Sunderland are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
Some info for sports gamblers wanting to bet on only one (or no) team scoring in this game: This club have played 5 consecutive league games with just one or no team finding the net.
The travelling fans enjoy Sunderland's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Watford victories, one draw and one Sunderland win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Stewart 5 goals |  J. Clarke 3 goals |  E. Simms 3 goals |
Watford missing players
Sunderland missing players
| Watford | Sunderland | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 67% |
| 22% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 56% |
| 11% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 11% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 56% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| 33% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 33% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 3.6 | 2.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| 6 | 5.2 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7 | 5.4 |
| 1.9 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 6 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.3 | 10.2 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 7.6 | 10.9 |
| 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 31% | 40% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 53% | 42% |
| 11.7 | 12 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 11.8 | 11.9 |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
- Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sunderland 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 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 20 |
| 2 | Norwich City | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 4 | Reading | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 5 | Burnley | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | Bristol City | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | Rotherham United | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 10 | Watford | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | Wigan Athletic | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Preston North End | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 13 | Stoke City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | Birmingham City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 16 | Blackpool | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 17 | Hull City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 18 | Luton Town | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 19 | Millwall | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 20 | West Bromwich Albion | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 22 | Swansea City | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 9 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 2 |
