Watford, the outsider, face Middlesbrough in round 15 of the Championship at Vicarage Road. The odds bookmakers offered on this match gave Watford an 18% winning probability two days before kickoff.
Current Form - Watford
Watford’s last league match was a 1-0 win over Lincoln City. They are 20th with 14 points from 14 matches, recording four wins, two draws and eight losses, with a 13-23 goal record. Their last five matches brought two wins and three losses; across that spell, they scored 1.2 goals per match and conceded 1.8, compared with 0.9 and 1.6 respectively over the season.
Current Form - Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough’s last league match ended in a 0-2 loss to Wrexham. That result sits alongside a first-place position with 28 points from 14 matches, an 8-4-2 record and a 30-19 goal record. Their last five matches produced three wins, one draw and one loss, with 2.6 goals scored per match against a season figure of 2.1, while their 1.4 conceded per match is unchanged from the season average.
Head-to-Head Record
Watford won three and lost two of their last five meetings with Middlesbrough, with an average of 3.4 goals per match. Watford won their last two meetings at home against Middlesbrough. Middlesbrough beat Watford 5-1 at home last season.
Key Players to Watch and Missing Players
For Watford, forward Myron Boadu has two goals and one assist in seven games played, while forward Iker Bravo has one goal and three assists. Defender Matthew Pollock has one assist. Soumaila Coulibaly is unavailable with a hamstring injury.
Middlesbrough’s forward Will Lankshear has 13 goals in 13 games played, ranking first in league scoring; he scored seven goals across his last five matches, scored in all five and had two goals in his latest match. Forward Amario Cozier-Duberry has three goals and five assists in nine games played, while midfielder Sebastian Berhalter has three goals and two assists. Alfie Jones is unavailable with a calf injury.
Key Numbers
↔️ Middlesbrough: Expected goals (xG) 2.04 per match vs Watford: Expected goals conceded (xGA) 1.75 per match
Watford
➖ Touches in opposition box: 16.9 per match (worst in the league, league average 23.8)
➖ Yellow cards: 39 (most in the league, league average 26.7)
Middlesbrough
➕ Total shots: 19.2 per match (best in the league, league average 13.6)
➕ Touches in opposition box: 34.4 per match (best in the league, league average 23.8)
➕ Shots on target conceded: 3.4 per match (3rd best, league average 4.3)
Match Notes
Watford’s Edo Kayembe received four yellow cards across 10 appearances in the last 10 matches. Marc Bola is now with Watford after coming from Middlesbrough, where he made 96 appearances, scored two goals and spent four seasons.
Betting Insights
The odds placed the over/under line at 2.5 goals, with a 64% probability for over and a 61% probability for both teams to score.
Goals implied by the odds: 3.3
These figures come from the odds bookmakers offered on this match, read two days before kickoff.
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