Watford vs Middlesbrough stats and head-to-head

2024-25. Sat, 5 Oct 2024

WatfordHome

21Full time, half-time 0–0

MiddlesbroughAway

Watford won by 1 goal.

LLLLDLeague form, oldest to newestLWLDL

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 4 scored home results and Middlesbrough 4 scored away results stored in 2024-25. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Watford at home: 2.50 points per match (4 measured matches); Middlesbrough away: 1.50 points per match (4 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Watford scored 2.00 per home match (4 measured matches); Middlesbrough scored 0.75 away (4). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.28 per club appearance across 200 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 3 of 8 pooled club appearances (37.5%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 6. Watford: 2 wins; Middlesbrough: 3 wins; draws: 1.

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 half00

Second half21

The match in numbers

WatfordMiddlesbrough

9Shots11
4Shots on target5
7Corners5
15Fouls11
3Yellow cards1
0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Watford

Shots9
On target4
Goals2

44% of shots on target, 50% of those scored.

Middlesbrough

Shots11
On target5
Goals1

45% of shots on target, 20% 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.

6 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.

Watford wins

Draws

Middlesbrough wins

Goals / meeting

2.83

17 goals in 6 meetings

Both scored

67%

4 of 6 meetings

Over 1.5

83%

5 of 6 meetings

Over 2.5

50%

3 of 6 meetings

Over 3.5

33%

2 of 6 meetings

Watford clean sheets

17%

1 of 6 meetings

Middlesbrough clean sheets

17%

1 of 6 meetings

Corners / meeting

10.00

6 with corner data

Cards / meeting

2.50

6 with card data

Middlesbrough v WatfordSat, 4 May 2024 · EFL Championship 2023-243–1HT 1–0
Watford v MiddlesbroughSat, 30 Sept 2023 · EFL Championship 2023-242–3HT 1–2
Middlesbrough v WatfordSat, 28 Jan 2023 · EFL Championship 2022-232–0HT 2–0
Watford v MiddlesbroughTue, 30 Aug 2022 · EFL Championship 2022-232–1HT 1–1
Middlesbrough v WatfordMon, 5 Apr 2021 · EFL Championship 2020-211–1HT 0–1
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

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

54%
Both teams scored
League 50%
23 + 23 matches
94%
Over 0.5 goals
League 92%
23 + 23 matches
67%
Over 1.5 goals
League 71%
23 + 23 matches
52%
Over 2.5 goals
League 44%
23 + 23 matches
17%
Over 3.5 goals
League 22%
23 + 23 matches
9%
Over 4.5 goals
League 9%
23 + 23 matches
2.5
Avg total goals
League 2.45
23 + 23 matches
70%
1st half over 0.5
League 67%
23 + 23 matches
30%
1st half over 1.5
League 30%
23 + 23 matches
10.1
Corners per match
League 10.19
23 + 23 matches
72%
Corners over 8.5
League 66%
23 + 23 matches
61%
Corners over 9.5
League 55%
23 + 23 matches
41%
Corners over 10.5
League 43%
23 + 23 matches
3.9
Cards per match
League 3.82
23 + 23 matches
61%
Cards over 3.5
League 54%
23 + 23 matches
30%
Cards over 4.5
League 34%
23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2024-25

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, 2024-25

Home and away Overall

Watford at home, Middlesbrough away

Watford (home)		Middlesbrough (away)
14	Position	10
WDWLD	Last 5, oldest to newest	DWLLL
23	Played	23
1.74	Points per match	1.09
52%	Win %	30%
1.17	Scored / match	1.43
0.96	Conceded / match	1.43
2.13	Avg total goals	2.87
52%	Both scored	57%
39%	Clean sheets	22%
17%	Failed to score	26%
–	xG for	–
–	xG against	–

Half by half

WatfordMiddlesbrough

0.481st half scored / match0.70
0.571st half conceded / match0.52
0.702nd half scored / match0.74
0.392nd half conceded / match0.91
22%Leading at half-time30%
65%1st half over 0.574%
30%1st half over 1.530%
70%2nd half over 0.574%
30%2nd half over 1.557%
13%Scored in both halves13%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Watford at home, Middlesbrough away, this season.

Goals

WatfordMiddlesbrough

1.17Scored / match1.43
0.96Conceded / match1.43
2.13Match total / match2.87
83%Scored 1+74%
30%Scored 2+30%
61%Conceded 1+78%
26%Conceded 2+48%
65%Match over 1.570%
52%Match over 2.552%
4%Match over 3.530%

Shots and xG

WatfordMiddlesbrough

12.26Shots for13.09
12.09Shots against12.61
4.00On target for4.83
4.00On target against4.30
10%Shot conversion11%

Corners

WatfordMiddlesbrough

5.96Corners for4.61
4.30Corners against5.43
10.26Match total10.04
70%Over 7.578%
70%Over 8.574%
57%Over 9.565%
35%Over 10.548%
35%Over 11.530%

Cards

WatfordMiddlesbrough

2.22Cards for1.65
2.09Cards against1.87
4.30Match total3.52
83%Over 2.574%
70%Over 3.552%
39%Over 4.522%
17%Over 5.59%
11.96Fouls committed9.48

Referee this season

M Donohue

Matches

Cards / match

4.08

24 matches

Over 3.5 cards

63%

24 matches

Over 4.5 cards

42%

24 matches

Fouls / match

22.58

24 matches

The table, 2024-25

#	Club	P	GD	Pts
8	Millwall	46	-2	66
9	West Brom	46	10	64
10	Middlesbrough	46	8	64
11	Swansea	46	-5	61
12	Sheffield Weds	46	-9	58
13	Norwich	46	3	57
14	Watford	46	-8	57
15	QPR	46	-10	56
16	Portsmouth	46	-13	54

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