Watford have outperformed Swansea City this season, but every fixture begins at 0-0. Here's all the intelligence you need before kickoff:
- Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Swansea City have scored in all their away matches so far.
It's no vacation for neither Watford nor Swansea City 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
When playing at home in the Championship, Watford have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
It's back home for Watford, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Stoke City away with the result 4-0. Davis, Sarr, Sema and Bayo found the net in that victory. At last, a league win after three fixtures without. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Watford played a great game against Stoke City and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Kamara was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.42 out of 10. The defender Kamara served one assist, hit two key passes and won 11 of 17 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Sunderland that ended 2-2.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 10 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 2 and lost 4.
Watford are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Blackpool awaits in three days.
Watford have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Vicarage Road with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Watford's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Swansea City form and stats
2-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Swansea City in their Championship matches away.
It's the second away game in a row for Swansea City, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus West Bromwich Albion (placed 21st) last time out. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Martin when Obafemi scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 62nd minute. Midfielder Manning was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.81. Manning hit two key passes and had 27 successful passes (of 32 total).
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Hull City.We have checked recent matches where Swansea have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
A new game in only three days for Swansea City, the Championship home match versus Sunderland. Busy days.
The visiting Swansea have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. 6 goals have been conceded by Swansea City in these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings between these squads: Watford won five, Swansea City triumphed in three and we saw two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Piroe 4 goals |   K. Sema 3 goals |  I. Sarr 3 goals |
Watford missing players
Swansea City missing players
| Watford | Swansea City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 91% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 73% |
| 36% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 27% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 55% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 80% | 45% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 5.7 | 4.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7.2 | 5.7 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.1 | 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.8 | 12.1 |
| 3.5 | 3.6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
| 38% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 11.7 | 12 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.8 | 10.5 |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.4 | 3.5 |
- Swansea City have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Swansea 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 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 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | Norwich City | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | Reading | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 4 | Burnley | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 7 | Watford | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Sunderland | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 10 | Wigan Athletic | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 11 | Swansea City | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 15 |
| 12 | Rotherham United | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 13 | Bristol City | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 14 |
| 14 | Preston North End | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 13 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 16 | Millwall | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 18 | Cardiff City | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 19 | Blackpool | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 20 | Hull City | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 11 |
| 21 | West Bromwich Albion | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 22 | Middlesbrough | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 10 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 6 |
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