FREE BETS	ODDS	RETURNS	BET
	-	-
	-	-

Sheffield United v Watford : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 18th Oct, 15:00 BST, Bramall Lane, Sheffield

Chris Wilder and Paulo César Pezzolano Suárez clash in the Championship on Saturday afternoon, as Sheffield United face Watford at the Bramall Lane. Quite simply, we want you to win betting on this game. To this end, stats for every betting market have been published below, with head to head (H2H) history and particularly important form streaks highlighted. Odds from leading bookmakers are provided too.

Want to know who’s consistently beating the odds? Check out the Top Championship Tipsters and see the most profitable experts for this season!

If you’re keen on betting across various leagues and markets, our Live Bets page showcases active accumulator bets and real-time tips.

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals means, quite simply that there will be a maximum of 3 goals scored by Sheff Utd and Watford combined during 90 minutes. Recent form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) performances have led us to this conclusion, and we think there's a 79% chance of it being a winning tip. The top price available at present on under 3.5 goals is 1.30.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 40% chance of Watford coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Sheff Utd 32%	1.91	2.05
Draw 28%	3.30	3.50
Watford 40%	4.10 2%	3.60
Draw 1-1 13%	6.50	6.50
Watford 1-0 12%	11.00 8%	9.00
Sheff Utd 1-0 10%	7.00	6.50
Draw 0-0 9%	9.50 6%	8.00
Watford 2-1 8%	13.00 13%	11.00
Watford 2-0 7%	21.00	15.00
Sheff Utd 2-1 7%	8.50	8.00
Sheff Utd 2-0 6%	9.00 6%	8.50
Draw 2-2 5%	15.00	13.00
Watford 3-1 3%	34.00	21.00
Watford 3-0 3%	41.00	29.00
Sheff Utd 3-1 3%	17.00 13%	13.00
Sheff Utd 3-0 2%	17.00 13%	15.00
Watford 3-2 2%	41.00	26.00
Sheff Utd 3-2 2%	29.00	21.00
Over 2.5 Goals 42%	2.00	2.00
Under 2.5 Goals 58%	1.80	1.75
Home 1st Goal 46%	1.67	1.73
Away 1st Goal 48%	2.40 4%	2.40
No 1st Goal 6%	9.50 6%	8.00
BTTS - Yes 48%	1.83	1.85
BTTS - No 52%	1.83	1.85
BTTS - Home Win 13%	4.33	4.20
BTTS - Draw 18%	4.50	4.60
BTTS - Away Win 16%	8.00 6%	6.50
Home/draw 60%	1.22	1.29
Away/draw 68%	1.83	1.75
Home/away 72%	1.33	1.30
Over 1.5 Goals 69%	1.33	1.33
Under 1.5 Goals 31%	3.40	3.10
Over 3.5 Goals 22%	3.50	3.40
Under 3.5 Goals 78%	1.30	1.29
Over 4.5 Goals 9%	7.00	6.50
Under 4.5 Goals 91%	1.10	1.09
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	15.00	13.00
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	1.03	1.02
Over 0.5 Goals 91%	1.06 1%	1.06
Under 0.5 Goals 9%	9.50 6%	8.50
Home DNB 52%	1.40 3%	1.48
Away DNB 59%	2.75 8%	2.50
Sheff Utd win to nil 19%	3.25	-
Watford win to nil 24%	7.00	-
Sheff Utd / Sheff Utd 25%	3.10 3%	3.20
Sheff Utd / Watford 3%	34.00	26.00
Sheff Utd / Draw 6%	13.00 13%	12.00
Draw / Sheff Utd 16%	5.00 5%	5.00
Draw / Watford 10%	8.00 6%	7.50
Draw / Draw 16%	5.00	4.80
Watford / Sheff Utd 4%	23.00	19.00
Watford / Watford 13%	6.50 7%	5.50
Watford / Draw 6%	15.00	13.00

Win / draw / win Championship table

Sheff Utd have played 9 matches so far this season and are in 24th position in the league. Sheff Utd have a terrible home record they have lost every game and didn't score in 2 games.

Performance against teams above them in the league

9 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn zero and won 1. Sheff Utd have conceded 16 goals, scored 3, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Sheff Utd have played 4 games at home, winning 0, drawing 0 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 2 goals, conceded 8 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Watford lay in 11th place on 12 points in the Championship league table having played 9 matches. Watford are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 2 of those games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 7 games against teams below them in the table, winning 2, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored 9 goals and kept 0 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Watford have conceded 9 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Watford have played 4 away games, winning 0, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 0.8 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.3 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Sheff Utd Watford
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Coventry	9	5	4	0	20	19	Feb 25	Nov 4	May 2	Oct 25
2	M'Boro	9	5	3	1	6	18	Feb 7	l 1-0A	Nov 1	Apr 25
3	Leicester	9	4	4	1	5	16	Jan 1	Nov 29	Mar 21	Dec 26
4	Preston	9	4	4	1	4	16	Apr 25	Oct 24	Nov 25	Feb 14
5	Stoke	9	4	3	2	5	15	Dec 6	Dec 29	Dec 20	Mar 14
6	QPR	9	4	3	2	-1	15	Nov 8	Feb 28	w 2-1F	Apr 3
7	West Brom	9	4	2	3	-1	14	Mar 7	Dec 12	Oct 22	Apr 21
8	Millwall	9	4	2	3	-3	14	l 0-1A	Jan 31	Jan 17	l 1-0A
9	Ipswich	8	3	4	1	7	13	Jan 24	l 5-0A	Feb 24	Nov 4
10	Bristol C	9	3	4	2	5	13	l 1-4A	Apr 6	Nov 7	Feb 28
11	Watford	9	3	3	3	0	12	Oct 18	Apr 18	-	-
12	Swansea	9	3	3	3	0	12	Apr 3	l 1-0A	Jan 31	d 1-1F
13	Charlton	9	3	3	3	0	12	l 0-1A	Jan 17	Apr 6	l 1-0A
14	Portsmouth	9	3	3	3	-1	12	Nov 26	Feb 14	Jan 21	d 2-2A
15	Hull	9	3	3	3	-2	12	Apr 11	l 1-0A	w 2-1A	Jan 4
16	Birmingham	9	3	3	3	-3	12	Dec 20	Mar 14	Jan 1	Dec 1
17	Southampton	9	2	5	2	-1	11	l 1-2F	Jan 21	d 2-2A	Feb 7
18	Wrexham	9	2	4	3	-1	10	Mar 21	Dec 26	Mar 7	Dec 13
19	Norwich	9	2	2	5	-3	8	Dec 9	Mar 10	Dec 6	Dec 29
20	Derby	9	1	5	3	-4	8	Nov 1	May 2	Feb 21	Nov 22
21	Blackburn	8	2	1	5	-4	7	Apr 22	Oct 21	l 0-1A	Jan 24
22	Oxford Utd	9	1	3	5	-3	6	Jan 4	w 0-1F	w 2-1A	Apr 11
23	Sheff Wed	9	1	3	5	-12	6	Feb 21	Nov 23	Dec 9	Mar 10
24	Sheff Utd	9	1	0	8	-13	3	-	-	Apr 18	Oct 18

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Sheff Utd have lost 5 consecutive home league games

Sheff Utd have not won in 5 consecutive home league games

Watford have not won in 10 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sheff Utd	1 - 2	Southampton
Sheff Utd	0 - 1	Charlton
Sheff Utd	0 - 1	Millwall
Sheff Utd	1 - 4	Bristol C
Sheff Utd	1 - 2	Sunderland
Sheff Utd	3 - 0	Bristol C
Sheff Utd	1 - 1	Blackburn
Sheff Utd	2 - 0	Cardiff
Sheff Utd	0 - 1	Millwall
Sheff Utd	3 - 1	Coventry
Sheff Utd	1 - 1	Bristol C
Sheff Utd	1 - 0	Preston
Sheff Utd	1 - 3	Leeds
Sheff Utd	3 - 1	M'Boro
Sheff Utd	2 - 1	Portsmouth
Sheff Utd	0 - 3	Hull
Sheff Utd	2 - 0	Norwich
Sheff Utd	1 - 1	West Brom
Sheff Utd	0 - 2	Burnley
Sheff Utd	2 - 0	Plymouth

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Sheff Utd	0 - 1	Hull
H	Sheff Utd	1 - 2	Southampton
A	Sheff Utd	1 - 0	Oxford Utd
H	Sheff Utd	0 - 1	Charlton
A	Sheff Utd	0 - 5	Ipswich
A	Sheff Utd	0 - 1	M'Boro
H	Sheff Utd	0 - 1	Millwall
A	Sheff Utd	0 - 1	Swansea
H	Sheff Utd	1 - 4	Bristol C
H	Sheff Utd	1 - 2	Sunderland
H	Sheff Utd	3 - 0	Bristol C
A	Sheff Utd	3 - 0	Bristol C
H	Sheff Utd	1 - 1	Blackburn
A	Sheff Utd	2 - 0	Stoke
A	Sheff Utd	1 - 2	Burnley
H	Sheff Utd	2 - 0	Cardiff
A	Sheff Utd	1 - 2	Plymouth
H	Sheff Utd	0 - 1	Millwall
A	Sheff Utd	0 - 1	Oxford Utd
H	Sheff Utd	3 - 1	Coventry

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Portsmouth	2 - 2	Watford
Millwall	1 - 0	Watford
Swansea	1 - 1	Watford
Charlton	1 - 0	Watford
Blackburn	2 - 1	Watford
Portsmouth	1 - 0	Watford
West Brom	2 - 1	Watford
Bristol C	2 - 1	Watford
Oxford Utd	1 - 0	Watford
Stoke	0 - 0	Watford
M'Boro	0 - 1	Watford
Sunderland	2 - 2	Watford
Coventry	2 - 1	Watford
Derby	0 - 2	Watford
Cardiff	1 - 1	Watford
QPR	3 - 1	Watford
Burnley	2 - 1	Watford
Hull	1 - 1	Watford
Plymouth	2 - 2	Watford
Swansea	1 - 0	Watford

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Watford	2 - 1	Oxford Utd
A	Watford	2 - 2	Portsmouth
H	Watford	2 - 1	Hull
A	Watford	0 - 1	Millwall
H	Watford	0 - 1	Blackburn
H	Watford	2 - 2	Southampton
A	Watford	1 - 1	Swansea
H	Watford	2 - 1	QPR
A	Watford	0 - 1	Charlton
H	Watford	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
A	Watford	1 - 2	Blackburn
A	Watford	0 - 1	Portsmouth
H	Watford	1 - 2	Burnley
A	Watford	1 - 2	West Brom
H	Watford	1 - 0	Hull
A	Watford	1 - 2	Bristol C
H	Watford	0 - 0	Plymouth
A	Watford	0 - 1	Oxford Utd
H	Watford	1 - 0	Swansea
H	Watford	1 - 2	Millwall

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Sheff Utd have beaten Watford in 3 consecutive league meetings

Sheff Utd

Watford

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

12 / 15

10 / 15

Clean sheets

5 / 15

3 / 15

SHU

WAT

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sheff Utd
Sheff Utd	1 - 0
Sheff Utd	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 1	Watford
Sheff Utd	2 - 0
Sheff Utd	2 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Sheff Utd	1 - 0
	1 - 4	Watford
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	1 - 2	Watford
	0 - 2	Watford
	0 - 1	Watford
Sheff Utd	3 - 0

Watford

Sheff Utd

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 15

8 / 15

Clean sheets

7 / 15

6 / 15

SHU

WAT

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
	1 - 2	Sheff Utd
Watford	1 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Watford	3 - 0
Watford	3 - 0
	0 - 2	Sheff Utd
Watford	1 - 0
	0 - 1	Sheff Utd
	2 - 3	Sheff Utd
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 2	Sheff Utd
Watford	2 - 0
	0 - 3	Sheff Utd
Watford	4 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for Sheffield United of late. It has been 9 Championship games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday afternoon against Watford.

	Sheff Utd 24th	Watford 11th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.1 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 33% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 70% probability that Sheff Utd will score no more than 1 goal	0 28% 1 36% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Watford will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-18 Sheff Utd have scored 18% fewer goals at home than predicted	-21 Watford have scored 21% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.3 average goals scored	0.9 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

SHU

WAT

40%

better

view stats

Games scored	3		5
Failed to score	5		3
Scored first	2		2
Goals scored	3		9
Avg. goals scored	0.3		1
Avg. shots per game	6		9
Avg. shots per goal	18		9
Conversion rate for	6		12
Avg. XG for	1		1.3
KickOff rating		+40%

better

SHU

WAT

view stats

Games conceded	7		8
Clean sheets	1		0
Conceded first	6		6
Goals conceded	15		10
Avg. goals conceded	1.7		1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	17%		14%
Avg. XG against	1.5		1.3
KickOff rating		+4%

Sheff Utd v Watford Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Sheff Utd Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
9	2	1	3
M Cooper	T Campbell	C O'Hare	S. Peck

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Cooper GLK	9			-
H Burrows DEF	9			1 -
C O'Hare MID	9	1	1	1 -
S. Peck MID	9			3 -
G Hamer MID	9		1	3 -
T Campbell FWD	9	2		3 -
T Cannon FWD	9			-
F Seriki DEF	7			-
L Barry FWD	7			1 -
J Tanganga DEF	6			2 -
M McGuinness DEF	5			2 -
S McCallum DEF	5			-
A Brooks MID	5			1 -
A. Matos MID	5			-
B Godfrey DEF	4			-
T. Bindon DEF	4			-
D. Soumaré MID	4			1 -
C Ogbene FWD	4		1	-
R One FWD	4			-
B Mee DEF	3			-
T Chong MID	3			-
D Ings FWD	3			-
T Davies MID	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	4	1	4
T Campbell	S. Peck	C O'Hare	G Hamer

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Campbell FWD	2	3
C O'Hare MID	1	3	1	2
H Burrows DEF		2
S. Peck MID		4
G Hamer MID		4	1	4
T Cannon FWD		1
F Seriki DEF				2
L Barry FWD		2
S McCallum DEF		1
C Ogbene FWD			1
R One FWD				2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
479	24	59
S. Peck	S. Peck	S. Peck

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
S. Peck MID	479	24	59
H Burrows DEF	414	12	37
G Hamer MID	405	7	24
C O'Hare MID	305	12	35
J Tanganga DEF	301	7	34
M Cooper GLK	280		7
T. Bindon DEF	247	4	21
M McGuinness DEF	221	2	20
B Mee DEF	143	2	12
B Godfrey DEF	132	7	17
F Seriki DEF	131	10	29
A. Matos MID	127	6	22
C Ogbene FWD	108	4	17
L Barry FWD	88	4	11
A Brooks MID	87	2	13
T Campbell FWD	86	7	24
S McCallum DEF	62	5	13
T Davies MID	62	1	6
D. Soumaré MID	60	5	9
T Cannon FWD	48	1	12
T Chong MID	25		1
R One FWD	21		6
D Ings FWD	10	1	4

Watford Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
8	2	2	3
E Selvik	N Irankunda	I Louza	I Louza

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
N Irankunda FWD	9	2	1	1 -
K Baah FWD	9	1		2 -
E Selvik GLK	8			1 -
M. Alleyne DEF	8			1 -
K Keben DEF	8			1 -
H Kyprianou MID	8			2 -
M Sissoko MID	8			-
E Kayembe MID	8			1 -
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	8	2		1 -
J Ngakia DEF	7	2		1 -
J Abankwah DEF	6			1 -
I Louza MID	6	2	2	2 1
V Semedo FWD	6	1	1	1 -
R Vata FWD	6	1	2	-
M Bola DEF	5			-
J Petris DEF	4			1 -
C Wiley DEF	4			-
M Pollock DEF	4			2 -
N Mendy MID	4			-
M. Doumbia FWD	4			-
N Baxter GLK	2			-
F Mendy DEF	2			-
J Morris DEF	1			1 -
T Ince FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	7	2	2
N Irankunda	L Kjerrumgaard	I Louza	N Irankunda

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
N Irankunda FWD	2	6	1	2
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	2	7
J Ngakia DEF	2	4		1
I Louza MID	2	4	2	2
K Baah FWD	1	5
V Semedo FWD	1	6	1
R Vata FWD	1	5	2	2
M. Alleyne DEF				1
K Keben DEF				1
H Kyprianou MID		1
M Sissoko MID		1
E Kayembe MID		2
M Bola DEF				2
J Petris DEF				1
C Wiley DEF		1
M Pollock DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
400	21	56
K Keben	M. Alleyne	M. Alleyne

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
K Keben DEF	400	8	38
I Louza MID	338	9	22
M. Alleyne DEF	323	21	56
J Abankwah DEF	306	6	30
H Kyprianou MID	267	10	44
E Selvik GLK	235		2
M Pollock DEF	194	6	26
E Kayembe MID	193	2	15
J Ngakia DEF	168	16	36
M Bola DEF	162	2	11
M Sissoko MID	145	9	16
N Irankunda FWD	126	8	51
N Mendy MID	113	2	10
J Petris DEF	82	1	17
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	79	5	36
C Wiley DEF	63	4	6
R Vata FWD	58	3	11
K Baah FWD	52	1	18
V Semedo FWD	51	1	13
N Baxter GLK	47
F Mendy DEF	40	6	10
M. Doumbia FWD	34	2	12
T Ince FWD	4	1	2
J Morris DEF	1

English Championship match betting previews, predictions and odds

Southampton v Swansea

Leicester v Portsmouth

Sat 18th Oct, 19:45

Sheffield United v Watford : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sheff Utd have played 9 matches so far this season and are in 24th position in the league. Sheff Utd have a terrible home record they have lost every game and didn't score in 2 games.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Watford lay in 11th place on 12 points in the Championship league table having played 9 matches. Watford are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 2 of those games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

Sheff Utd v Watford Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

About.

Betting offers

Betting Tips

Key Competitions