Oxford vs Watford stats and head-to-head

2025-26. Sat, 11 Apr 2026

20Full time, half-time 1–0

Oxford won by 2 goals.

WLLWLLeague form, oldest to newestLLLLL

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

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Oxford have 20 scored home results and Watford 20 scored away results stored in 2025-26. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Oxford at home: 1.15 points per match (20 measured matches); Watford away: 1.00 points per match (20 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Oxford scored 0.90 per home match (20 measured matches); Watford scored 1.10 away (20). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.29 per club appearance across 988 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 24 of 40 pooled club appearances (60.0%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 3. Oxford: 1 wins; Watford: 2 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 half10

Second half10

The match in numbers

OxfordWatford

15Shots12
6Shots on target3
10Corners5
8Fouls11
1Yellow cards2
0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Oxford

Shots15
On target6
Goals2

40% of shots on target, 33% of those scored.

Watford

Shots12
On target3
Goals0

25% of shots on target, 0% 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.

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

Oxford wins

Draws

Watford wins

Goals / meeting

1.67

5 goals in 3 meetings

Both scored

33%

1 of 3 meetings

Over 1.5

33%

1 of 3 meetings

Over 2.5

33%

1 of 3 meetings

Over 3.5

0 of 3 meetings

Oxford clean sheets

33%

1 of 3 meetings

Watford clean sheets

33%

1 of 3 meetings

Corners / meeting

12.00

3 with corner data

Cards / meeting

5.67

3 with card data

Watford v OxfordSat, 4 Oct 2025 · EFL Championship 2025-262–1HT 2–1
Oxford v WatfordSat, 15 Mar 2025 · EFL Championship 2024-251–0HT 0–0
Watford v OxfordFri, 8 Nov 2024 · EFL Championship 2024-251–0HT 0–0

Latest stored form

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

Home and away All matches

Oxford at homeWLWDWD

Sat, 19 Septv Cambridge1–1C 5–8 · Y 1–5
Sat, 12 Septv Burton3–0C 2–5 · Y 1–1
Sat, 15 Augv Milton Keynes Dons2–2C 8–9 · Y 2–3
Sat, 25 Aprv Sheffield Weds4–1C 5–3 · Y 1–0
Tue, 21 Aprv Wrexham0–1C 9–5 · Y 2–3
Sat, 11 Aprv Watford2–0C 10–5 · Y 1–2

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

Oxford at home, Watford away

57%
Both teams scored
League 57%
23 + 23 matches
94%
Over 0.5 goals
League 94%
23 + 23 matches
70%
Over 1.5 goals
League 76%
23 + 23 matches
48%
Over 2.5 goals
League 51%
23 + 23 matches
24%
Over 3.5 goals
League 25%
23 + 23 matches
7%
Over 4.5 goals
League 10%
23 + 23 matches
2.4
Avg total goals
League 2.61
23 + 23 matches
78%
1st half over 0.5
League 72%
23 + 23 matches
39%
1st half over 1.5
League 35%
23 + 23 matches
10.3
Corners per match
League 10.35
23 + 23 matches
65%
Corners over 8.5
League 68%
23 + 23 matches
54%
Corners over 9.5
League 55%
23 + 23 matches
48%
Corners over 10.5
League 45%
23 + 23 matches
3.9
Cards per match
League 3.81
23 + 23 matches
48%
Cards over 3.5
League 52%
23 + 23 matches
39%
Cards over 4.5
League 33%
23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2025-26

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, 2025-26

Home and away Overall

Oxford at home, Watford away

Oxford (home)		Watford (away)
23	Position	16
DDWLW	Last 5, oldest to newest	LLLLL
23	Played	23
1.26	Points per match	0.87
30%	Win %	17%
1.04	Scored / match	1.00
1.17	Conceded / match	1.65
2.22	Avg total goals	2.65
48%	Both scored	65%
22%	Clean sheets	9%
39%	Failed to score	30%
–	xG for	–
–	xG against	–

Half by half

OxfordWatford

0.651st half scored / match0.30
0.701st half conceded / match0.91
0.392nd half scored / match0.70
0.482nd half conceded / match0.74
35%Leading at half-time9%
83%1st half over 0.574%
39%1st half over 1.539%
61%2nd half over 0.583%
22%2nd half over 1.530%
26%Scored in both halves9%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Oxford at home, Watford away, this season.

Goals

OxfordWatford

1.04Scored / match1.00
1.17Conceded / match1.65
2.22Match total / match2.65
61%Scored 1+70%
35%Scored 2+26%
78%Conceded 1+91%
30%Conceded 2+48%
65%Match over 1.574%
44%Match over 2.552%
17%Match over 3.530%

Shots and xG

OxfordWatford

14.09Shots for12.00
11.00Shots against12.22
4.22On target for3.48
3.35On target against4.43
7%Shot conversion8%

Corners

OxfordWatford

4.61Corners for4.48
5.78Corners against5.70
10.39Match total10.17
83%Over 7.574%
61%Over 8.570%
48%Over 9.561%
44%Over 10.552%
35%Over 11.539%

Cards

OxfordWatford

1.30Cards for2.43
1.87Cards against2.22
3.17Match total4.65
65%Over 2.578%
39%Over 3.557%
26%Over 4.552%
9%Over 5.539%
10.48Fouls committed10.78

Referee this season

S Martin

Matches

Cards / match

4.79

24 matches

Over 3.5 cards

75%

24 matches

Over 4.5 cards

50%

24 matches

Fouls / match

22.54

24 matches

The table, 2025-26

#	Club	P	GD	Pts
14	Preston	46	-7	60
15	QPR	46	-12	58
16	Watford	46	-12	57
17	Stoke	46	-5	55
18	Portsmouth	46	-15	55
21	Leicester	46	-10	52
22	Blackburn	46	-14	52
23	Oxford	46	-14	47
24	Sheffield Weds	46	-60	18

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