This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premier League, Watford holding 16th place and Southampton lying 14th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Watford and Southampton.
Watford form and stats
4 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Watford have to build on here at Vicarage Road in the Premier League.
Watford lost their last game at Burnley (placed 11th) after a 0-1 scoreline. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Leicester City.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Watford have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won five, drawn four and lost four.
The Watford fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 15 matches. Watford's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Southampton form and stats
7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Southampton playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Arsenal with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game was the away victory against Norwich City with the score of 3-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Southampton in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Southampton, three draws and four defeats.
Southampton find the net regularly in their away games. 22 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. Southampton have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Southampton - Watford 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - five - four (Watford wins - draws - Southampton wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Ings 16 goals |   T. Deeney 6 goals |  I. Sarr 5 goals |
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| Watford | Southampton | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 28 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 9 | 22 | 38 |
| 46 | 18 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 21 | 54 |
| 87% | 73% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 87% |
| 45% | 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 67% | 61% |
| 13% | 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 27% | 26% |
| 6% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 39% | 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 53% | 58% |
| 29% | 47% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 23% |
| 45% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 13% | 19% |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 |
| 5.3 | 4.9 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.1 | 5.9 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 350 | 210 | 59 | Total Shots | T S | 60 | 207 | 400 |
| 100 | 54 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 21 | 79 | 138 |
| 28% | 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 28% | 28% |
- Southampton has the fewest matches under the total-line (12)
- Southampton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Southampton haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Liverpool | 31 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 70 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 49 | 86 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 31 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 77 | 33 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 36 | 21 | 44 | 63 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 59 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 14 | 30 | 55 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 31 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 41 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 25 | 14 | 54 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 48 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 49 |
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 31 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 44 | 34 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 49 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 50 | 41 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 45 |
| 8 | Sheffield United | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 44 |
| 9 | Arsenal | 31 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 43 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 43 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -8 | 42 |
| 11 | Burnley | 31 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 45 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -10 | 42 |
| 12 | Everton | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 31 | -8 | 41 |
| 13 | Newcastle United | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 29 | -13 | 39 |
| 14 | Southampton | 31 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 38 | 54 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 21 | -16 | 37 |
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 31 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 34 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 25 | -7 | 33 |
| 16 | Watford | 31 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 28 | -18 | 28 |
| 17 | West Ham United | 31 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 35 | 54 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 26 | -19 | 27 |
| 18 | AFC Bournemouth | 31 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 50 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 27 | -21 | 27 |
| 19 | Aston Villa | 31 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 59 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 33 | -23 | 27 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 31 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 56 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 26 | -31 | 21 |
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