Watford vs Middlesbrough stats and head-to-head

2020-21. Fri, 11 Sept 2020

WatfordHome

10Full time, half-time 1–0

MiddlesbroughAway

Watford won by 1 goal.

LWWLWLeague form, oldest to newestLWWDL

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

Vicarage Road. Photo: Jbb503, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Watford have 0 scored home results and Middlesbrough 0 scored away results stored in 2020-21. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Watford at home: unavailable (no measured PPG sample); Middlesbrough away: unavailable (no measured PPG sample). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. No earlier meetings between these teams are stored.

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 half00

The match in numbers

WatfordMiddlesbrough

10Shots11
2Shots on target4
6Corners6
13Fouls14
1Yellow cards0
0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Watford

Shots10
On target2
Goals1

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

Middlesbrough

Shots11
On target4
Goals0

36% 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.

No valid scored meetings are available in this bounded stored window.

Latest stored form

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

Home and away All matches

Watford at homeWLDWLL

Sat, 10 Octv Burnley0–4C ––– · Y –––
Sat, 12 Septv Stoke1–2C 5–8 · Y 2–2
Tue, 8 Septv Preston2–1C 2–4 · Y 0–2
Sat, 29 Augv West Ham1–1C 3–11 · Y 3–1
Tue, 25 Augv Peterboro1–5C ––– · Y –––
Sun, 16 Augv Southampton2–1C 4–8 · Y 6–3

Middlesbrough awayLWDWLD

Sat, 19 Sept@ Birmingham2–2C 3–5 · Y 0–2
Tue, 8 Sept@ Crystal Palace0–3C ––– · Y –––
Sat, 5 Sept@ QPR1–0C 3–12 · Y 2–1
Wed, 2 Sept@ Burnley1–1C 1–5 · Y 2–2
Tue, 25 Aug@ Doncaster3–1C ––– · Y –––
Sat, 22 Aug@ Blackburn1–2C 10–2 · Y 1–4

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

Watford at home, Middlesbrough away

46%
Both teams scored
League 45%
23 + 23 matches
94%
Over 0.5 goals
League 90%
23 + 23 matches
67%
Over 1.5 goals
League 68%
23 + 23 matches
41%
Over 2.5 goals
League 41%
23 + 23 matches
20%
Over 3.5 goals
League 19%
23 + 23 matches
13%
Over 4.5 goals
League 9%
23 + 23 matches
2.4
Avg total goals
League 2.31
23 + 23 matches
76%
1st half over 0.5
League 66%
23 + 23 matches
35%
1st half over 1.5
League 28%
23 + 23 matches
9.9
Corners per match
League 9.41
23 + 23 matches
63%
Corners over 8.5
League 62%
23 + 23 matches
57%
Corners over 9.5
League 48%
23 + 23 matches
50%
Corners over 10.5
League 37%
23 + 23 matches
3.0
Cards per match
League 2.94
23 + 23 matches
39%
Cards over 3.5
League 33%
23 + 23 matches
26%
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

Watford at home, Middlesbrough away

Watford (home)		Middlesbrough (away)
2	Position	10
WWWWW	Last 5, oldest to newest	LLLWD
23	Played	23
2.57	Points per match	1.17
83%	Win %	30%
1.91	Scored / match	1.09
0.52	Conceded / match	1.22
2.43	Avg total goals	2.30
35%	Both scored	57%
61%	Clean sheets	22%
4%	Failed to score	35%
–	xG for	–
–	xG against	–

Half by half

WatfordMiddlesbrough

1.041st half scored / match0.61
0.131st half conceded / match0.74
0.872nd half scored / match0.48
0.392nd half conceded / match0.48
70%Leading at half-time22%
78%1st half over 0.574%
26%1st half over 1.544%
57%2nd half over 0.557%
39%2nd half over 1.530%
26%Scored in both halves26%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Watford at home, Middlesbrough away, this season.

Goals

WatfordMiddlesbrough

1.91Scored / match1.09
0.52Conceded / match1.22
2.43Match total / match2.30
96%Scored 1+65%
52%Scored 2+30%
39%Conceded 1+78%
13%Conceded 2+30%
65%Match over 1.570%
35%Match over 2.548%
22%Match over 3.517%

Shots and xG

WatfordMiddlesbrough

11.87Shots for11.13
10.43Shots against9.43
4.17On target for2.87
2.26On target against2.91
16%Shot conversion10%

Corners

WatfordMiddlesbrough

5.43Corners for6.09
4.39Corners against3.87
9.83Match total9.96
74%Over 7.565%
65%Over 8.561%
57%Over 9.557%
52%Over 10.548%
39%Over 11.544%

Cards

WatfordMiddlesbrough

1.65Cards for1.52
1.30Cards against1.61
2.96Match total3.13
61%Over 2.557%
39%Over 3.539%
22%Over 4.530%
4%Over 5.522%
13.96Fouls committed12.04

Referee this season

K Stroud

Matches

Cards / match

2.81

31 matches

Over 3.5 cards

26%

31 matches

Over 4.5 cards

31 matches

Fouls / match

23.77

31 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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