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Middlesbrough v Watford : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 15th Feb, 15:00 BST, Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough

the Riverside Stadium masses welcome Watford's fans on Saturday afternoon, as Michael Carrick's Middlesbrough go head to head with Tom Cleverley's troops in the Championship. Stats for our tip of are shown below, including head to head (H2H) history. Flipping the market with the tabs changes all stats and the odds, so be sure to have a browse to find the best bet for you.


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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
M'Boro
45%
--
Draw
24%
--
Watford
31%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
M'Boro 2-1
9%
--
M'Boro 1-0
8%
--
Watford 2-1
7%
--
M'Boro 2-0
7%
--
Watford 1-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
M'Boro 3-1
5%
--
Draw 0-0
5%
--
Watford 2-0
4%
--
M'Boro 3-0
4%
--
M'Boro 3-2
4%
--
Watford 3-1
3%
--
Watford 3-2
3%
--
M'Boro 4-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
59%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
41%
--
Home 1st Goal
51%
--
Away 1st Goal
47%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
61%
--
BTTS - No
39%
--
BTTS - Home Win
24%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
18%
--
Home/draw
69%
--
Away/draw
55%
--
Home/away
76%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
37%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
63%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
20%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
80%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
--
Home DNB
62%
--
Away DNB
48%
--
M'Boro win to nil
21%
--
Watford win to nil
14%
--
Win / draw / win Championship table

M'Boro have played 30 matches so far this season and lay in 7th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 21 games against teams below in the table, having won 9, drawn 6 and lost 6 matches. They have kept 5 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. M'Boro have outscored their opponents by 49 goals to 40 goals.

Home League Performance

M'Boro have played 16 games at home winning 7, drawing 5 and losing 4 games. They have scored 24 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and conceded 18 goals at home.

Watford are in 12th position in the Championship on 41 points having played 30 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

9 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 29 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 20 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 1 and won 6. Watford have conceded 20 goals, scored 20, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
M'Boro
Watford
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Leeds3018934163 
Apr 8
l
 
3-1A
Feb 11
l
 
2-1A
2
Sheff Utd3019652061 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 12
l
 
1-2A
l
 
1-0A
3
Burnley30151322758 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
Apr 18
l
 
2-1A
4
Sunderland30161041958 
l
 
2-3F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
Feb 8
5
Blackburn3013611545 
l
 
0-1A
Apr 5
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
6
West Brom30101461244 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-1F
Apr 12
7
M'Boro Home30128101044 
-
-
w
 
2-1A
Feb 15
8
Norwich3011910742 
Apr 26
d
 
3-3A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-1A
9
Bristol C3010128342 
l
 
0-2A
Feb 21
w
 
1-0F
Apr 5
10
Sheff Wed3011910-342 
d
 
3-3F
Apr 21
May 3
w
 
2-6F
11
Coventry3011811341 
l
 
0-3A
May 3
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1A
12
Watford Away3012513-241 
Feb 15
l
 
2-1F
-
-
13
Millwall30101010340 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 12
Mar 8
w
 
2-3F
14
QPR3091110-638 
Mar 11
w
 
1-4F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-1A
15
Preston308139-537 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-0A
16
Oxford Utd3091011-1037 
Mar 29
w
 
2-6A
w
 
1-0F
Mar 15
17
Swansea309714-1034 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 8
Mar 12
l
 
1-0A
18
Stoke3071112-932 
w
 
2-0F
Feb 25
w
 
3-0F
Mar 1
19
Cardiff3071013-1831 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-2F
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
20
Portsmouth307914-1630 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
2-1F
w
 
2-1A
Apr 21
21
Hull307815-929 
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-1F
Apr 8
d
 
1-1A
22
Derby307617-927 
Mar 1
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-2F
23
Luton307617-1927 
w
 
5-1F
Mar 15
Feb 23
l
 
3-0A
24
Plymouth3051015-3425 
Apr 18
d
 
3-3A
Mar 29
d
 
2-2F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
M'Boro 7TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
Watford 12TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
W
4
Draw
5
Lost
11
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at M'Boro since 1994
M'Boro
Watford
Goals: Scored
21
13
Games: Scored
12 / 14
11 / 14
Clean sheets
3 / 14
2 / 14
MID
6
D
5
WAT
3
League games at Watford since 1993
Watford
M'Boro
Goals: Scored
23
14
Games: Scored
14 / 15
9 / 15
Clean sheets
6 / 15
1 / 15
MID
3
D
3
WAT
9
Goal Statistics

Middlesbrough have been consistent in front of goal of late, scoring in 6 consecutive Championship matches. Their PG of 1.7 against Watford on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

M'Boro 7th Watford 12th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.7
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
18%
1
31%
2
26%
3
15%
4+
9%
There is a 82% probability that M'Boro will score 1 or more goals
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Watford will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+6
M'Boro’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+8
Watford’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.7
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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M'Boro
PG (predicted goals)
Watford
1.7
1.4
Attack rating
%
better
MID
WAT
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
MID
WAT
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

M'Boro v Watford Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

M'Boro Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
291199
F AzazE LathF AzazG Edmundson
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
F Azaz MID2989
3
-
E Lath FWD29113
3
-
H Hackney MID2752
4
1
D Burgzorg FWD2642
2
-
N Borges DEF253
3
-
B Doak FWD2437
8
-
L Ayling DEF222
2
-
G Edmundson DEF211
9
-
T Conway FWD208
-
D Barlaser MID1911
2
-
A Morris MID191
3
-
A Dijksteel DEF1811
2
-
S Dieng GLK17
-
R Berg DEF17
3
2
R McGree MID1615
2
-
D Fry DEF12
1
-
L Engel DEF9
1
-
J Howson MID91
-
M Forss FWD8
-
T Glover GLK7
-
S Brynn GLK6
-
R Giles DEF2
-
M Travers GLK1
-
S Junior FWD1
-
M Whittaker FWD1
-
Watford Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
301058
M PollockV BayoG ChakvetadzeK Baah
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Pollock DEF304
5
-
G Chakvetadze MID2925
5
-
E Kayembe MID297
5
-
V Bayo FWD2910
4
1
Y Larouci DEF282
1
-
M Sissoko MID2711
5
-
R Andrews DEF2432
3
-
K Baah FWD2443
6
2
F Carvallo DEF23
8
-
D Bachmann GLK22
1
-
T Ince FWD191
-
R Vata FWD1833
-
I Louza  MID171
6
-
J Morris DEF14
2
-
J Ngakia DEF131
5
-
T Dele-Bashiru MID132
-
J Bond GLK9
-
A Ogbonna DEF6
-
M. Doumbia FWD6
-
J Abankwah DEF4
1
-
P Dwomoh MID4
-
K Keben DEF1
-