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Watford v Sheffield Wednesday : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 3rd May, 12:30 BST, Vicarage Road, Watford

Tom Cleverley's Watford side enjoy home advantage in the Championship on Saturday lunch time, as Danny Röhl's Sheffield Wednesday arrive at the Vicarage Road. Below we've got predictions for 17 markets, supporting stats including head-to-heads, and the best odds. All is accessible using the tabs below.


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Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
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Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Watford
35%
--
Draw
27%
--
Sheff Wed
38%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Sheff Wed 1-0
11%
--
Watford 1-0
10%
--
Draw 0-0
8%
--
Sheff Wed 2-1
8%
--
Watford 2-1
8%
--
Sheff Wed 2-0
7%
--
Watford 2-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Sheff Wed 3-1
3%
--
Watford 3-1
3%
--
Sheff Wed 3-0
3%
--
Watford 3-0
2%
--
Sheff Wed 3-2
2%
--
Watford 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
45%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
55%
--
Home 1st Goal
47%
--
Away 1st Goal
48%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
51%
--
BTTS - No
49%
--
BTTS - Home Win
15%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
17%
--
Home/draw
62%
--
Away/draw
65%
--
Home/away
73%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
71%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
29%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
24%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
76%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
--
Home DNB
54%
--
Away DNB
57%
--
Watford win to nil
20%
--
Sheff Wed win to nil
21%
--
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Watford have played 44 matches so far this season and lay in 12th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 23 games against teams below in the table, having won 8, drawn 6 and lost 9 matches. They have kept 8 clean sheets and have failed to score in 8 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 58 goals to 51 goals.

Home League Performance

Watford have played 22 games at home winning 12, drawing 3 and losing 7 games. They have scored 26 goals, kept 9 clean sheets and conceded 21 goals at home.

Sheff Wed are in 13th position in the Championship on 56 points having played 44 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

9 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 36 goals and kept 5 clean sheets. They have scored 29 goals in total and failed to score in 7 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

23 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 13 games, drawn 6 and won 4. Sheff Wed have conceded 46 goals, scored 22, failed to score in 11 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Watford
Sheff Wed
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Leeds44271346094 
l
 
0-4A
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-0A
2
Burnley44261624694 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
4-0A
3
Sheff Utd44277102586 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
4
Sunderland442113101776 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
4-0A
5
Bristol C44171611867 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
d
 
2-2F
d
 
0-00-0
6
Coventry4419916566 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-2A
7
M'Boro44189171063 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-1A
d
 
3-3A
8
Millwall44171215-163 
l
 
1-2F
w
 
2-3F
d
 
2-2F
l
 
3-0A
9
Blackburn4418818462 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
l
 
0-1A
d
 
2-2F
10
West Brom44141812860 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
3-2F
l
 
2-1A
11
Swansea4417918-460 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
12
Watford Home4416820-756 
-
-
l
 
2-6A
May 3
13
Sheff Wed Away44151118-956 
May 3
w
 
2-6F
-
-
14
Norwich44131417153 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-1A
w
 
2-0F
w
 
2-3A
15
QPR44131417-653 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-1A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-2F
16
Portsmouth44141020-1352 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
Apr 26
w
 
1-2A
17
Stoke44121418-1550 
w
 
3-0F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-0A
18
Preston44101915-1049 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-0A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
3-1A
19
Oxford Utd44121319-1849 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-3A
20
Hull44121220-948 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-2F
21
Derby44121022-946 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-2F
w
 
4-2F
w
 
1-2A
22
Luton44121022-2346 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-0A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1F
23
Cardiff4491619-2343 
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
24
Plymouth44101321-3743 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
2-2F
w
 
4-0F
w
 
0-3F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Watford 12TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
D
3
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Watford1 - 2Burnley
Watford1 - 0Hull
Watford0 - 0Plymouth
Watford1 - 0Swansea
Watford1 - 2Millwall
Watford2 - 0Luton
Watford0 - 4Leeds
Watford0 - 1Norwich
Watford1 - 2Preston
Watford1 - 2Sheff Utd
Watford1 - 2Cardiff
Watford2 - 1Portsmouth
Watford2 - 1West Brom
Watford0 - 0QPR
Watford1 - 0Bristol C
Watford1 - 0Oxford Utd
Watford1 - 0Blackburn
Watford2 - 1M'Boro
Watford2 - 1Sunderland
Watford1 - 1Coventry
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
D
4
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AWatford0 - 1Portsmouth
HWatford1 - 2Burnley
AWatford1 - 2West Brom
HWatford1 - 0Hull
AWatford1 - 2Bristol C
HWatford0 - 0Plymouth
AWatford0 - 1Oxford Utd
HWatford1 - 0Swansea
HWatford1 - 2Millwall
AWatford0 - 0Stoke
HWatford2 - 0Luton
AWatford1 - 0M'Boro
HWatford0 - 4Leeds
AWatford2 - 2Sunderland
HWatford0 - 1Norwich
AWatford1 - 2Coventry
HWatford1 - 2Preston
AWatford2 - 0Derby
AWatford1 - 1Cardiff
HWatford1 - 2Sheff Utd
Sheff Wed 13TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
D
4
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Stoke2 - 0Sheff Wed
Blackburn2 - 2Sheff Wed
Cardiff1 - 1Sheff Wed
Norwich2 - 3Sheff Wed
Plymouth0 - 3Sheff Wed
Burnley4 - 0Sheff Wed
Swansea0 - 1Sheff Wed
West Brom2 - 1Sheff Wed
QPR0 - 2Sheff Wed
Leeds3 - 0Sheff Wed
Preston3 - 1Sheff Wed
M'Boro3 - 3Sheff Wed
Oxford Utd1 - 3Sheff Wed
Derby1 - 2Sheff Wed
Hull0 - 2Sheff Wed
Sheff Utd1 - 0Sheff Wed
Portsmouth1 - 2Sheff Wed
Coventry1 - 2Sheff Wed
Bristol C0 - 0Sheff Wed
Luton2 - 1Sheff Wed
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSheff Wed2 - 1M'Boro
ASheff Wed0 - 2Stoke
HSheff Wed0 - 1Oxford Utd
ASheff Wed2 - 2Blackburn
HSheff Wed0 - 1Hull
ASheff Wed1 - 1Cardiff
HSheff Wed0 - 1Sheff Utd
ASheff Wed3 - 2Norwich
ASheff Wed3 - 0Plymouth
HSheff Wed1 - 2Sunderland
ASheff Wed0 - 4Burnley
HSheff Wed1 - 2Coventry
ASheff Wed1 - 0Swansea
ASheff Wed1 - 2West Brom
HSheff Wed1 - 1Luton
ASheff Wed2 - 0QPR
HSheff Wed2 - 2Bristol C
ASheff Wed0 - 3Leeds
HSheff Wed2 - 2Millwall
HSheff Wed4 - 2Derby
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
8
Watford have not lost to Sheff Wed in 8 consecutive league meetings
League games at Watford since 2000
Watford
Sheff Wed
Goals: Scored
21
12
Games: Scored
12 / 13
9 / 13
Clean sheets
4 / 13
1 / 13
WAT
9
D
2
SHW
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
Watford1 - 0
Watford1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Sheff Wed
Watford2 - 1
Watford4 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
Watford2 - 1
Watford2 - 1
Watford1 - 0
Watford3 - 1
1 - 3Sheff Wed
Watford1 - 0
League games at Sheff Wed since 1999
Sheff Wed
Watford
Goals: Scored
17
28
Games: Scored
10 / 14
11 / 14
Clean sheets
3 / 14
4 / 14
WAT
6
D
5
SHW
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sheff Wed
2 - 6Watford
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 3Watford
1 - 4Watford
1 - 4Watford
Sheff Wed2 - 1
Sheff Wed2 - 0
0 - 1Watford
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
Sheff Wed2 - 1
2 - 3Watford
Draw2 - 2Draw
Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Watford of late. It has been 9 Championship games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.2 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday lunch time against Sheffield Wednesday.

Watford 12th Sheff Wed 13th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Watford will score no more than 1 goal
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Sheff Wed will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-24
Watford have scored 24% fewer goals at home than predicted
+25
Sheff Wed have scored 25% more goals when away than predicted
1.1
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Watford
PG (predicted goals)
Sheff Wed
1.2
1.3
Attack rating
3%
better
WAT
SHW
view stats
Games scored33
30
Failed to score11
14
Scored first16
14
Goals scored51
58
Avg. goals scored1.2
1.3
Avg. shots per game8
9
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for14
14
Avg. XG for1.3
1.4
KickOff rating
+3%
Defence rating
15%
better
WAT
SHW
view stats
Games conceded32
35
Clean sheets12
9
Conceded first25
28
Goals conceded58
67
Avg. goals conceded1.3
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
5
Conversion rate against14%
19%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.4
KickOff rating
+15%

Watford v Sheff Wed Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Watford Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4010611
M PollockV BayoG ChakvetadzeI Louza 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Pollock DEF4314
7
-
E Kayembe MID4281
9
1
M Sissoko MID3951
6
1
G Chakvetadze MID3926
7
-
V Bayo FWD3910
5
1
Y Larouci DEF382
2
-
R Andrews DEF3632
4
-
F Carvallo DEF32
9
-
T Ince FWD3211
1
-
I Louza  MID3123
11
-
R Vata FWD3134
-
J Ngakia DEF271
6
-
K Baah FWD2743
5
2
T Dele-Bashiru MID264
-
D Bachmann GLK22
1
-
J Morris DEF17
2
-
J Abankwah DEF17
2
1
M. Doumbia FWD172
1
-
E Selvik GLK14
2
-
J Bond GLK9
-
C Wiley DEF81
-
P Dwomoh MID7
1
-
A Ogbonna DEF6
-
K Keben DEF5
1
Sheff Wed Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4012612
S CharlesJ WindassA MusabaD Bernard
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Windass MID42125
8
-
S Charles MID4115
11
-
D Gassama FWD4171
5
-
B Bannan MID3945
7
-
M Johnson MID393
3
-
M Smith FWD3984
2
-
J Beadle GLK38
1
-
Y Valery DEF3734
7
-
M Lowe DEF34
3
-
P Valentín DEF341
5
-
S Ingelsson MID3315
4
-
I Ugbo FWD33
1
-
A Musaba FWD2836
-
D Bernard DEF272
9
3
C Paterson FWD2551
2
-
J Lowe FWD2432
2
-
D Iorfa DEF2211
4
-
L Palmer DEF21
3
-
M Ihiekwe DEF202
2
-
N Chalobah MID14
3
-
A Famewo DEF131
2
-
O Kobacki FWD11
1
-
S Armstrong MID10
-
P Charles GLK6
1
-
R Hatsuse DEF6
1
-
I Cissoko FWD5
1
-
C McNeill FWD3
-