Championship match prediction: Little separates Watford and West Bromwich Albion in quality

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Mon 20.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vicarage Road (22200 seats)

Watford are enjoying their 6th, while West Bromwich Albion are lagging 2 points behind in the standings. Will they shorten the gap?

Insights:
  • Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • West Bromwich Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Watford form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Watford at their home stadium (Vicarage Road) is 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. The last three games played by Watford, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

The Watford coach Bilić and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Burnley (placed 1st). Midfielder Sema was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.41 (out of ten) in that game. Sema served one assist and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Blackburn Rovers that ended 1-1.

Trench warfare? In this team's last 14 league matches, 12 have contained two goals or less.

Watford has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Watford are not conceding a lot of goals here at Vicarage Road in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 15 matches.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

The visitors are W5-D4-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as West Bromwich Albion have lost on their last two travels.

West Bromwich Albion played 1-1 against Blackburn Rovers in their previous match. The draw against Blackburn Rovers came from a losing position. The WBA manager Vallet brought on Molumby as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfielder Yokuşlu was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.43. Yokuşlu dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Birmingham City wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Few goals the story here? 15 of this club's latest 20 league matches have had two or less goals.

West Bromwich Albion are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 15 games (in the league). 18 goals have been conceded by West Bromwich Albion in these games.

Head 2 Head

Watford have avoided defeat in the last 4 games (2-2-0) versus West Bromwich Albion.

The latest H2H game ended West Bromwich Albion - Watford 1-1, earlier this season. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

WatfordJ. Junqueira de Jesus
J. Junqueira de Jesus
9 goals
WatfordI. Sarr
I. Sarr
8 goals
West Bromwich AlbionB. Thomas-Asante
B. Thomas-Asante
5 goals

Watford missing players

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Watford West Bromwich Albion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 15 5 Played P 6 15 31
12 7 2 Won W 2 5 12
11 4 1 Drew D 1 4 9
9 4 2 Lost L 3 6 10
38 21 5 Scored S 9 18 40
35 14 4 Conceded C 10 18 33
91% 93% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
75% 73% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 74%
38% 40% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 40% 32%
22% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 13% 16%
3% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 7% 13%
44% 47% 40% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 48%
38% 40% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 35%
28% 20% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 23%
 
4.9 4.9 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5 7.2
5.3 4.9 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.7 4.3
2.1 2.1 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.5 1.6
2 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
11.7 12.4 13 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 10.9 13.3
3.9 4.4 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.1 4
30% 32% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 38% 32%
 
11.9 11.1 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 11.9 9.8
4 3.8 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.5 3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • West Bromwich Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • West Bromwich Albion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • West Bromwich Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 31 20 9 2 62 27 17 12 5 0 36 13 14 8 4 2 26 14 35 69
2 Sheffield United 31 18 7 6 52 27 16 10 3 3 34 16 15 8 4 3 18 11 25 61
3 Middlesbrough 32 16 6 10 53 37 15 8 5 2 23 12 17 8 1 8 30 25 16 54
4 Luton Town 31 13 11 7 39 31 15 5 7 3 20 16 16 8 4 4 19 15 8 50
5 Sunderland 31 13 9 9 46 33 15 6 4 5 20 16 16 7 5 4 26 17 13 48
6 Watford 32 12 11 9 38 35 15 7 4 4 21 14 17 5 7 5 17 21 3 47
7 Millwall 30 13 7 10 36 30 14 8 4 2 21 9 16 5 3 8 15 21 6 46
8 Blackburn Rovers 31 14 4 13 33 37 14 9 1 4 20 13 17 5 3 9 13 24 -4 46
9 Norwich City 31 13 6 12 43 36 16 6 4 6 22 20 15 7 2 6 21 16 7 45
10 West Bromwich Albion 31 12 9 10 40 33 16 7 5 4 22 15 15 5 4 6 18 18 7 45
11 Coventry City 31 11 9 11 33 33 17 8 5 4 21 15 14 3 4 7 12 18 0 42
12 Swansea City 31 11 9 11 45 46 15 7 2 6 25 21 16 4 7 5 20 25 -1 42
13 Hull City 32 11 8 13 38 47 16 6 3 7 18 23 16 5 5 6 20 24 -9 41
14 Preston North End 31 11 8 12 28 37 16 3 5 8 10 21 15 8 3 4 18 16 -9 41
15 Reading 31 12 5 14 35 46 15 9 3 3 24 17 16 3 2 11 11 29 -11 41
16 Bristol City 31 10 10 11 41 40 17 6 5 6 21 18 14 4 5 5 20 22 1 40
17 Queens Park Rangers 32 10 9 13 33 43 16 5 4 7 18 23 16 5 5 6 15 20 -10 39
18 Birmingham City 31 10 8 13 36 40 17 5 5 7 20 20 14 5 3 6 16 20 -4 38
19 Stoke City 31 10 7 14 36 38 16 5 4 7 20 18 15 5 3 7 16 20 -2 37
20 Rotherham United 31 7 12 12 34 42 14 5 5 4 24 17 17 2 7 8 10 25 -8 33
21 Cardiff City 32 8 8 16 24 36 16 4 5 7 12 16 16 4 3 9 12 20 -12 32
22 Wigan Athletic 31 7 9 15 29 50 16 3 3 10 12 30 15 4 6 5 17 20 -21 30
23 Huddersfield Town 31 7 7 17 28 42 15 5 3 7 14 15 16 2 4 10 14 27 -14 28
24 Blackpool 31 6 10 15 31 47 15 3 5 7 16 21 16 3 5 8 15 26 -16 28

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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 Burnley 31 20 9 2 62 27 17 12 5 0 36 13 14 8 4 2 26 14 35 69
2 Sheffield United 31 18 7 6 52 27 16 10 3 3 34 16 15 8 4 3 18 11 25 61
3 Middlesbrough 32 16 6 10 53 37 15 8 5 2 23 12 17 8 1 8 30 25 16 54
4 Luton Town 31 13 11 7 39 31 15 5 7 3 20 16 16 8 4 4 19 15 8 50
5 Sunderland 31 13 9 9 46 33 15 6 4 5 20 16 16 7 5 4 26 17 13 48
6 Watford 32 12 11 9 38 35 15 7 4 4 21 14 17 5 7 5 17 21 3 47
7 Millwall 30 13 7 10 36 30 14 8 4 2 21 9 16 5 3 8 15 21 6 46
8 Blackburn Rovers 31 14 4 13 33 37 14 9 1 4 20 13 17 5 3 9 13 24 -4 46
9 Norwich City 31 13 6 12 43 36 16 6 4 6 22 20 15 7 2 6 21 16 7 45
10 West Bromwich Albion 31 12 9 10 40 33 16 7 5 4 22 15 15 5 4 6 18 18 7 45
11 Coventry City 31 11 9 11 33 33 17 8 5 4 21 15 14 3 4 7 12 18 0 42
12 Swansea City 31 11 9 11 45 46 15 7 2 6 25 21 16 4 7 5 20 25 -1 42
13 Hull City 32 11 8 13 38 47 16 6 3 7 18 23 16 5 5 6 20 24 -9 41
14 Preston North End 31 11 8 12 28 37 16 3 5 8 10 21 15 8 3 4 18 16 -9 41
15 Reading 31 12 5 14 35 46 15 9 3 3 24 17 16 3 2 11 11 29 -11 41
16 Bristol City 31 10 10 11 41 40 17 6 5 6 21 18 14 4 5 5 20 22 1 40
17 Queens Park Rangers 32 10 9 13 33 43 16 5 4 7 18 23 16 5 5 6 15 20 -10 39
18 Birmingham City 31 10 8 13 36 40 17 5 5 7 20 20 14 5 3 6 16 20 -4 38
19 Stoke City 31 10 7 14 36 38 16 5 4 7 20 18 15 5 3 7 16 20 -2 37
20 Rotherham United 31 7 12 12 34 42 14 5 5 4 24 17 17 2 7 8 10 25 -8 33
21 Cardiff City 32 8 8 16 24 36 16 4 5 7 12 16 16 4 3 9 12 20 -12 32
22 Wigan Athletic 31 7 9 15 29 50 16 3 3 10 12 30 15 4 6 5 17 20 -21 30
23 Huddersfield Town 31 7 7 17 28 42 15 5 3 7 14 15 16 2 4 10 14 27 -14 28
24 Blackpool 31 6 10 15 31 47 15 3 5 7 16 21 16 3 5 8 15 26 -16 28

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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.