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Oxford United v Watford : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 15th Mar, 15:00 BST, The Kassam Stadium, Oxford

Watford pay Championship counterparts Oxford United a visit on Saturday afternoon, as Tom Cleverley guides his side into an away clash with Gary Rowett & co. at The Kassam Stadium. For each and every Championship fixture, KickOff delves into the stats for seventeen major betting markets. Meaningful stats, including head-to-head results, are then brought forward alongside odds.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The stats suggest there isn't an obvious winner in this fixture, but there's plenty of reasons to believe that Oxford Utd and Watford will score 2 or more goals between them. We've seen goals when they've gone head-to-head in years gone by, and neither Gary Rowett or Tom Cleverley has subjected their supporters to too many 0-0s recently either. The bookmakers predict over 1.5 goals too, with odds of 1.33 equating to roughly a 79% probability.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 40% chance of Watford coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Oxford Utd 35%	2.62	2.62
Draw 25%	3.30	3.40
Watford 40%	2.62	2.62
Draw 1-1 12%	6.50	6.00
Watford 2-1 9%	10.00	9.00
Watford 1-0 8%	8.50	7.50
Oxford Utd 2-1 8%	10.00	9.00
Oxford Utd 1-0 8%	8.50	7.50
Watford 2-0 6%	13.00	11.00
Draw 2-2 6%	15.00	12.00
Draw 0-0 5%	9.50	8.50
Oxford Utd 2-0 5%	13.00	11.00
Watford 3-1 4%	21.00	17.00
Oxford Utd 3-1 4%	21.00	17.00
Watford 3-0 3%	26.00	19.00
Watford 3-2 3%	29.00	23.00
Oxford Utd 3-2 3%	29.00	23.00
Oxford Utd 3-0 3%	26.00	19.00
Over 2.5 Goals 56%	2.00	1.95
Under 2.5 Goals 44%	1.80	1.75
Home 1st Goal 48%	2.00	-
Away 1st Goal 49%	2.00	-
No 1st Goal 3%	9.50	-
BTTS - Yes 59%	1.80	1.80
BTTS - No 41%	1.91	1.95
BTTS - Home Win 19%	5.50	5.00
BTTS - Draw 19%	4.50	4.40
BTTS - Away Win 21%	5.50	5.00
Home/draw 60%	1.44	1.48
Away/draw 65%	1.44	1.48
Home/away 75%	1.33	1.30
Over 1.5 Goals 79%	1.33	1.33
Under 1.5 Goals 21%	3.40	3.10
Over 3.5 Goals 33%	3.50	3.40
Under 3.5 Goals 67%	1.30	1.29
Over 4.5 Goals 17%	7.00	6.50
Under 4.5 Goals 83%	1.10	1.09
Over 5.5 Goals 8%	15.00	13.00
Under 5.5 Goals 92%	1.03	1.02
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1.06	1.06
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	9.50	8.50
Home DNB 53%	1.83	1.85
Away DNB 57%	1.83	1.85
Oxford Utd win to nil 17%	4.33	-
Watford win to nil 19%	4.33	-
Oxford Utd / Oxford Utd 19%	4.33	4.20
Oxford Utd / Watford 3%	29.00	21.00
Oxford Utd / Draw 6%	15.00	12.00
Draw / Oxford Utd 14%	6.00	5.75
Draw / Watford 14%	6.00	5.75
Draw / Draw 16%	5.00	4.80
Watford / Oxford Utd 3%	29.00	21.00
Watford / Watford 19%	4.33	4.20
Watford / Draw 6%	15.00	12.00

Win / draw / win Championship table

Oxford Utd have played 36 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

26 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 15 games, drawn 7 and won 4. Oxford Utd have conceded 45 goals, scored 23, failed to score in 9 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Oxford Utd have played 18 games at home, winning 8, drawing 5 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 26 goals, conceded 25 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Watford lay in 12th place on 49 points in the Championship league table having played 36 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 19 games against teams below them in the table, winning 7, drawing 5 and losing 7 games. They have scored 23 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Watford have conceded 24 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Watford have played 18 away games, winning 4, drawing 5 and losing 9 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.7 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Oxford Utd Watford
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Sheff Utd	37	24	7	6	24	77	Apr 5	l 3-0A	l 1-2A	l 1-0A
2	Leeds	36	22	10	4	49	76	Apr 18	l 4-0A	l 0-4A	l 2-1A
3	Burnley	37	20	15	2	39	75	d 0-00-0	l 1-0A	Apr 18	l 2-1A
4	Sunderland	37	19	12	6	21	69	Apr 26	l 2-0A	w 2-1F	d 2-2A
5	West Brom	37	13	17	7	14	56	d 1-1A	l 2-0A	w 2-1F	Apr 12
6	Coventry	37	16	8	13	4	56	l 2-3A	l 3-2A	d 1-1A	l 2-1A
7	Bristol C	37	13	15	9	7	54	d 1-1F	l 2-1F	w 1-0F	Apr 5
8	M'Boro	37	15	8	14	9	53	l 2-6F	Mar 29	w 2-1A	w 0-1F
9	Blackburn	36	15	7	14	4	52	w 1-0F	l 2-1F	w 1-0F	Apr 26
10	Sheff Wed	37	14	9	14	-5	51	l 1-3F	Apr 12	May 3	w 2-6F
11	Norwich	37	12	13	12	7	49	w 2-0F	d 1-1A	l 0-1A	l 4-1A
12	Watford Away	36	14	7	15	-4	49	Mar 15	l 1-0A	-	-
13	Millwall	36	12	12	12	-1	48	d 1-1A	w 0-1F	l 1-2F	w 2-3F
14	QPR	37	11	11	15	-6	44	Apr 9	l 2-0A	d 0-00-0	l 3-1A
15	Preston	37	9	17	11	-6	44	w 3-1A	d 1-1F	l 1-2A	l 3-0A
16	Swansea	36	12	8	16	-8	44	l 1-2A	May 3	Mar 12	l 1-0A
17	Portsmouth	36	11	9	16	-13	42	l 0-2A	d 1-1A	w 2-1A	Apr 21
18	Oxford Utd Home	36	9	12	15	-16	39	-	-	w 1-0F	Mar 15
19	Hull	36	9	10	17	-9	37	w 1-0F	Mar 12	Apr 8	d 1-1A
20	Stoke	36	8	12	16	-14	36	w 1-0F	d 0-00-0	w 3-0F	d 0-00-0
21	Cardiff	37	8	12	17	-21	36	w 3-2F	Apr 21	l 1-2A	d 1-1A
22	Derby	37	9	8	20	-12	35	d 1-1F	d 0-00-0	w 2-1A	w 0-2F
23	Luton	37	9	7	21	-26	34	w 3-2A	d 2-2A	w 2-0F	l 3-0A
24	Plymouth	36	6	12	18	-37	30	w 2-0F	d 1-1F	Mar 29	d 2-2F

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Oxford Utd	2 - 3	Coventry
Oxford Utd	0 - 2	Portsmouth
Oxford Utd	1 - 1	Bristol C
Oxford Utd	3 - 2	Luton
Oxford Utd	1 - 0	Blackburn
Oxford Utd	2 - 0	Plymouth
Oxford Utd	3 - 2	Cardiff
Oxford Utd	1 - 3	Sheff Wed
Oxford Utd	1 - 1	Millwall
Oxford Utd	2 - 6	M'Boro
Oxford Utd	1 - 0	Hull
Oxford Utd	1 - 2	Swansea
Oxford Utd	1 - 1	Derby
Oxford Utd	1 - 1	West Brom
Oxford Utd	0 - 0	Burnley
Oxford Utd	1 - 0	Stoke
Oxford Utd	3 - 1	Preston
Oxford Utd	2 - 0	Norwich
Oxford Utd	1 - 0	Peterborough
Oxford Utd	1 - 1	Stevenage

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Oxford Utd	1 - 1	Norwich
H	Oxford Utd	2 - 3	Coventry
A	Oxford Utd	0 - 2	West Brom
H	Oxford Utd	0 - 2	Portsmouth
A	Oxford Utd	0 - 0	Derby
A	Oxford Utd	0 - 1	Burnley
H	Oxford Utd	1 - 1	Bristol C
A	Oxford Utd	0 - 0	Stoke
H	Oxford Utd	3 - 2	Luton
H	Oxford Utd	1 - 0	Blackburn
A	Oxford Utd	1 - 1	Plymouth
A	Oxford Utd	1 - 1	Preston
A	Oxford Utd	1 - 0	Millwall
H	Oxford Utd	2 - 0	Plymouth
H	Oxford Utd	3 - 2	Cardiff
A	Oxford Utd	0 - 4	Leeds
H	Oxford Utd	1 - 3	Sheff Wed
A	Oxford Utd	0 - 2	QPR
H	Oxford Utd	1 - 1	Millwall
A	Oxford Utd	0 - 3	Sheff Utd

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Stoke	0 - 0	Watford
M'Boro	0 - 1	Watford
Sunderland	2 - 2	Watford
Coventry	2 - 1	Watford
Derby	0 - 2	Watford
Cardiff	1 - 1	Watford
QPR	3 - 1	Watford
Burnley	2 - 1	Watford
Hull	1 - 1	Watford
Plymouth	2 - 2	Watford
Swansea	1 - 0	Watford
Sheff Wed	2 - 6	Watford
Leeds	2 - 1	Watford
Luton	3 - 0	Watford
Preston	3 - 0	Watford
Norwich	4 - 1	Watford
Sheff Utd	1 - 0	Watford
Millwall	2 - 3	Watford
M'Boro	3 - 1	Watford
Southampton	3 - 2	Watford

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Watford	1 - 2	Millwall
A	Watford	0 - 0	Stoke
H	Watford	2 - 0	Luton
A	Watford	1 - 0	M'Boro
H	Watford	0 - 4	Leeds
A	Watford	2 - 2	Sunderland
H	Watford	0 - 1	Norwich
A	Watford	1 - 2	Coventry
H	Watford	1 - 2	Preston
A	Watford	2 - 0	Derby
A	Watford	1 - 1	Cardiff
H	Watford	1 - 2	Sheff Utd
A	Watford	1 - 3	QPR
H	Watford	1 - 2	Cardiff
H	Watford	2 - 1	Portsmouth
A	Watford	1 - 2	Burnley
H	Watford	2 - 1	West Brom
A	Watford	1 - 1	Hull
H	Watford	0 - 0	QPR
H	Watford	1 - 0	Bristol C

Goal Statistics

	Oxford Utd 18th	Watford 12th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.5 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 25% 1 34% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 59% probability that Oxford Utd will score no more than 1 goal	0 22% 1 33% 2 25% 3 13% 4+ There is a 78% probability that Watford will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	=0 Oxford Utd’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+9 Watford’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.4 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.9 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

OXF

WAT

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Games scored	25		28
Failed to score	11		8
Scored first	15		13
Goals scored	37		46
Avg. goals scored	1		1.3
Avg. shots per game	6		8
Avg. shots per goal	6		7
Conversion rate for	16		15
Avg. XG for	0.9		1.4
KickOff rating		+7%

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OXF

WAT

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Games conceded	27		27
Clean sheets	9		9
Conceded first	18		21
Goals conceded	53		50
Avg. goals conceded	1.5		1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		7
Conversion rate against	14%		14%
Avg. XG against	1.5		1.5
KickOff rating		+1%

Oxford Utd v Watford Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Oxford Utd Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
36	6	4	9
J Cumming	M Harris	T Goodrham	C Brannagan

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Cumming GLK	36			1 -
C Brown DEF	36	4	3	5 -
M Harris FWD	36	6	1	3 -
W Vaulks MID	35	1	1	2 -
R Rodrigues MID	33	4	3	2 -
T Goodrham FWD	32	3	4	4 -
G Leigh DEF	29	5	1	1 -
P Kioso DEF	27		1	5 -
I Mizouni MID	25	1	2	2 -
C Brannagan MID	25	2	4	9 -
E Moore DEF	22	1	2	7 -
M Phillips FWD	22		1	1 -
P Placheta FWD	22	2	3	-
S Long DEF	20		1	2 -
S Dembélé FWD	20		1	2 -
H Avest DEF	14	1		-
J McEachran MID	12		1	1 -
M Helik DEF	10	1		2 -
A. Matos MID	10			3 -
B Nelson DEF	8			1 -
O Romeny FWD	7	1		1 -
J Bennett DEF	5			1 -
S Mills FWD	5			-
T Bradshaw FWD	5			1 -
J Thorniley DEF	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	18	4	26
M Harris	M Harris	T Goodrham	T Goodrham

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Harris FWD	6	18	1	12
G Leigh DEF	5	6	1	20
R Rodrigues MID	4	10	3	19
C Brown DEF	4	6	3	9
T Goodrham FWD	3	11	4	26
P Placheta FWD	2	9	3	10
C Brannagan MID	2	9	4	17
H Avest DEF	1	4		3
O Romeny FWD	1	3		1
I Mizouni MID	1	6	2	12
E Moore DEF	1	4	2	2
M Helik DEF	1	2		4
W Vaulks MID	1	4	1	18
S Mills FWD				1
T Bradshaw FWD		2		2
B Nelson DEF				1
A. Matos MID				1
J McEachran MID			1	6
S Dembélé FWD		6	1	5
S Long DEF		2	1	6
M Phillips FWD		2	1	6
P Kioso DEF			1	5

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1742	63	187
C Brown	W Vaulks	C Brown

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Brown DEF	1742	25	187
W Vaulks MID	1454	63	136
J Cumming GLK	1357		10
C Brannagan MID	1030	45	77
E Moore DEF	939	16	85
P Kioso DEF	869	54	153
G Leigh DEF	825	34	129
T Goodrham FWD	779	57	143
S Long DEF	647	24	83
R Rodrigues MID	568	39	118
I Mizouni MID	547	45	66
M Helik DEF	505	10	53
P Placheta FWD	390	24	70
B Nelson DEF	385	10	31
M Harris FWD	344	24	76
J McEachran MID	255	16	26
S Dembélé FWD	233	25	85
M Phillips FWD	200	7	50
H Avest DEF	178	11	29
J Bennett DEF	177	8	19
A. Matos MID	112	26	41
O Romeny FWD	50	1	9
T Bradshaw FWD	32		12
S Mills FWD	27	5	12
J Thorniley DEF	23	1	9

Watford Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
34	10	6	8
M Pollock	V Bayo	G Chakvetadze	F Carvallo

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Pollock DEF	36	1	4	6 -
G Chakvetadze MID	35	2	6	7 -
E Kayembe MID	35	8	1	5 -
Y Larouci DEF	34		2	1 -
M Sissoko MID	32	2	1	4 -
V Bayo FWD	32	10		4 1
R Andrews DEF	30	3	2	3 -
F Carvallo DEF	25			8 -
T Ince FWD	25	1		-
K Baah FWD	24	4	3	6 2
I Louza MID	23	2	1	7 -
R Vata FWD	23	3	3	-
D Bachmann GLK	22			1 -
J Ngakia DEF	19	1		6 -
T Dele-Bashiru MID	19	4		-
J Morris DEF	15			2 -
M. Doumbia FWD	12			1 -
J Abankwah DEF	10			1 -
J Bond GLK	9			-
E Selvik GLK	6			1 -
A Ogbonna DEF	6			-
K Keben DEF	4			-
P Dwomoh MID	4			-
C Wiley DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	24	6	37
V Bayo	G Chakvetadze	G Chakvetadze	G Chakvetadze

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
V Bayo FWD	10	22		10
E Kayembe MID	8	12	1	10
T Dele-Bashiru MID	4	6		3
K Baah FWD	4	10	3	9
R Vata FWD	3	7	3	8
R Andrews DEF	3	9	2	9
M Sissoko MID	2	6	1	9
G Chakvetadze MID	2	24	6	37
I Louza MID	2	12	1	17
M Pollock DEF	1	6	4	9
J Ngakia DEF	1	3		5
T Ince FWD	1	3		6
P Dwomoh MID				1
J Abankwah DEF		1		3
M. Doumbia FWD		2		1
J Morris DEF				2
F Carvallo DEF		2		4
Y Larouci DEF		3	2	22

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2209	66	225
M Pollock	J Ngakia	M Pollock

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Pollock DEF	2209	40	225
I Louza MID	1343	36	90
G Chakvetadze MID	1212	37	154
E Kayembe MID	1012	31	91
F Carvallo DEF	996	28	97
M Sissoko MID	860	38	100
T Dele-Bashiru MID	822	17	68
Y Larouci DEF	804	26	89
R Andrews DEF	659	33	80
J Morris DEF	648	21	32
D Bachmann GLK	587		14
J Abankwah DEF	501	10	44
J Ngakia DEF	468	66	98
V Bayo FWD	337	16	97
T Ince FWD	288	11	29
J Bond GLK	238		5
A Ogbonna DEF	225	6	14
E Selvik GLK	218		3
K Baah FWD	213	17	89
R Vata FWD	185	18	50
P Dwomoh MID	86	5	15
K Keben DEF	85	4	8
M. Doumbia FWD	79	4	35
C Wiley DEF	6		1

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Oxford Utd have played 36 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Watford lay in 12th place on 49 points in the Championship league table having played 36 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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