Middlesbrough vs Watford stats and head-to-head

2020-21. Mon, 5 Apr 2021

MiddlesbroughHome

11Full time, half-time 0–1

WatfordAway

Draw. Goal margin: 0.

LWWDLLeague form, oldest to newestLWWLW

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Riverside Stadium. Photo: Arne Müseler / arne-mueseler.com / Original source, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Middlesbrough have 19 scored home results and Watford 19 scored away results stored in 2020-21. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Middlesbrough at home: 1.74 points per match (19 measured matches); Watford away: 1.47 points per match (19 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Middlesbrough scored 1.32 per home match (19 measured matches); Watford scored 0.89 away (19). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.11 per club appearance across 924 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 14 of 38 pooled club appearances (36.8%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 1. Middlesbrough: 0 wins; Watford: 1 wins; draws: 0.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half01

Second half10

The match in numbers

MiddlesbroughWatford

3Shots10
1Shots on target2
5Corners2
11Fouls15
0Yellow cards1
0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Middlesbrough

Shots3
On target1
Goals1

33% of shots on target, 100% of those scored.

Watford

Shots10
On target2
Goals1

20% of shots on target, 50% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

1 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Too few to read much into. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

Middlesbrough wins

Draws

Watford wins

Goals / meeting

1.00

1 goals in 1 meeting · small sample

Both scored

0 of 1 meeting · small sample

Over 1.5

0 of 1 meeting · small sample

Over 2.5

0 of 1 meeting · small sample

Over 3.5

0 of 1 meeting · small sample

Middlesbrough clean sheets

0 of 1 meeting · small sample

Watford clean sheets

100%

1 of 1 meeting · small sample

Corners / meeting

12.00

1 with corner data · small sample

Cards / meeting

1.00

1 with card data · small sample

Watford v MiddlesbroughFri, 11 Sept 2020 · EFL Championship 2020-211–0HT 1–0

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Home and away All matches

Middlesbrough at homeWWWWDW

Watford awayLLDLLL

Fri, 18 Sept@ Bristol City0–1C 5–2 · Y 5–2
Sat, 5 Sept@ West Brom0–1C 4–5 · Y 3–5
Tue, 1 Sept@ Swansea0–2C 3–5 · Y 4–0
Sat, 22 Aug@ Wrexham1–1C 3–10 · Y 0–2
Sat, 25 Apr@ Middlesbrough1–5C 3–6 · Y 2–1
Tue, 21 Apr@ West Brom0–3C 3–4 · Y 3–4

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Home and away Overall

Middlesbrough at home, Watford away

39%
Both teams scored
League 45%
23 + 23 matches
87%
Over 0.5 goals
League 90%
23 + 23 matches
59%
Over 1.5 goals
League 68%
23 + 23 matches
37%
Over 2.5 goals
League 41%
23 + 23 matches
11%
Over 3.5 goals
League 19%
23 + 23 matches
7%
Over 4.5 goals
League 9%
23 + 23 matches
2.0
Avg total goals
League 2.31
23 + 23 matches
57%
1st half over 0.5
League 66%
23 + 23 matches
28%
1st half over 1.5
League 28%
23 + 23 matches
10.2
Corners per match
League 9.41
23 + 23 matches
72%
Corners over 8.5
League 62%
23 + 23 matches
63%
Corners over 9.5
League 48%
23 + 23 matches
50%
Corners over 10.5
League 37%
23 + 23 matches
3.1
Cards per match
League 2.94
23 + 23 matches
30%
Cards over 3.5
League 33%
23 + 23 matches
22%
Cards over 4.5
League 20%
23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2020-21

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2020-21

Home and away Overall

Middlesbrough at home, Watford away

Middlesbrough (home)		Watford (away)
10	Position	2
WDLWL	Last 5, oldest to newest	WDLWL
23	Played	23
1.61	Points per match	1.39
48%	Win %	35%
1.30	Scored / match	0.83
1.09	Conceded / match	0.78
2.39	Avg total goals	1.61
44%	Both scored	35%
35%	Clean sheets	39%
26%	Failed to score	48%
–	xG for	–
–	xG against	–

Half by half

MiddlesbroughWatford

0.611st half scored / match0.39
0.651st half conceded / match0.30
0.702nd half scored / match0.43
0.432nd half conceded / match0.48
30%Leading at half-time17%
74%1st half over 0.539%
35%1st half over 1.522%
78%2nd half over 0.565%
30%2nd half over 1.522%
26%Scored in both halves13%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Middlesbrough at home, Watford away, this season.

Goals

MiddlesbroughWatford

1.30Scored / match0.83
1.09Conceded / match0.78
2.39Match total / match1.61
74%Scored 1+52%
39%Scored 2+17%
65%Conceded 1+61%
22%Conceded 2+17%
74%Match over 1.544%
52%Match over 2.522%
13%Match over 3.59%

Shots and xG

MiddlesbroughWatford

11.39Shots for10.87
9.83Shots against10.57
3.70On target for3.17
3.09On target against2.65
12%Shot conversion8%

Corners

MiddlesbroughWatford

5.91Corners for5.91
4.00Corners against4.57
9.91Match total10.48
74%Over 7.574%
70%Over 8.574%
61%Over 9.565%
44%Over 10.557%
39%Over 11.544%

Cards

MiddlesbroughWatford

1.17Cards for1.87
1.61Cards against1.48
2.78Match total3.35
65%Over 2.561%
22%Over 3.539%
9%Over 4.535%
4%Over 5.522%
11.61Fouls committed13.26

Referee this season

T Robinson

Matches

Cards / match

3.30

30 matches

Over 3.5 cards

47%

30 matches

Over 4.5 cards

20%

30 matches

Fouls / match

24.53

30 matches

The table, 2020-21

#	Club	P	GD	Pts
1	Norwich	46	39	97
2	Watford	46	33	91
3	Brentford	46	37	87
4	Swansea	46	17	80
8	Cardiff	46	17	68
9	QPR	46	2	68
10	Middlesbrough	46	2	64
11	Millwall	46	-5	62
12	Luton	46	-11	62

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