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Watford v Coventry City : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 2nd May, 12:30 BST, Vicarage Road, Watford

Watford are in Championship action on Saturday lunch time, as Edward Still aims to beat Frank Lampard and his Coventry City side at the Vicarage Road. Stats drive the predictions below for seventeen markets, and changing between them delivers bespoke analysis, including head-to-head, form and unique league tables. Odds from leading bookmakers are also provided. Click on the tabs below to see it all.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Watford
30%
--
Draw
27%
--
Coventry
43%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Coventry 1-0
12%
--
Watford 1-0
10%
--
Draw 0-0
9%
--
Coventry 2-1
9%
--
Coventry 2-0
8%
--
Watford 2-1
7%
--
Watford 2-0
5%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Coventry 3-1
4%
--
Coventry 3-0
4%
--
Watford 3-1
2%
--
Coventry 3-2
2%
--
Watford 3-0
2%
--
Watford 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
43%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
57%
--
Home 1st Goal
44%
--
Away 1st Goal
50%
--
No 1st Goal
6%
--
BTTS - Yes
48%
--
BTTS - No
52%
--
BTTS - Home Win
12%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
17%
--
Home/draw
57%
--
Away/draw
70%
--
Home/away
73%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
69%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
31%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
22%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
78%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
--
Home DNB
49%
--
Away DNB
62%
--
Watford win to nil
17%
--
Coventry win to nil
25%
--
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Watford have played 43 matches so far this season and are in 13th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

22 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 5 and won 9. Watford have conceded 28 goals, scored 29, failed to score in 7 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Watford have played 22 games at home, winning 10, drawing 7 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 30 goals, conceded 23 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 6 times in home league games.

Coventry lay in 1st place on 86 points in the Championship league table having played 43 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 43 games against teams below them in the table, winning 25, drawing 11 and losing 7 games. They have scored 85 goals and kept 16 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Coventry have conceded 43 goals and have failed to score in 7 matches.

Away league performance

Coventry have played 22 away games, winning 10, drawing 7 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 1.9 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Watford
Coventry
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Coventry43251174286 
May 2
l
 
3-1A
-
-
2
Ipswich42211382976 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-0A
3
Millwall432210111176 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-4F
4
Southampton432112102475 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1F
5
M'Boro432013102073 
w
 
3-0F
Apr 25
w
 
3-1F
w
 
2-4F
6
Hull4320914469 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
7
Wrexham43181312567 
w
 
3-1F
d
 
2-2A
Apr 26
l
 
3-2F
8
Derby4319915966 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
2-3A
w
 
3-2F
w
 
3-5F
9
Norwich4318718761 
w
 
3-2A
w
 
0-1F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1F
10
Bristol C43161017-158 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-2F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
11
QPR43161017-758 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
7-1F
l
 
2-1F
12
Sheff Utd4317620257 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
3-1A
w
 
1-2A
13
Watford43141514-157 
-
-
w
 
3-1F
May 2
14
Birmingham43151216-157 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-2A
15
Swansea4316918-557 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-3F
16
Preston43141514-557 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
2-2A
w
 
3-0F
d
 
1-1F
17
Stoke43151018155 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-1A
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-1F
18
Portsmouth43131218-1351 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
2-2A
Apr 21
w
 
1-2F
19
Charlton43121417-1250 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
3-1A
d
 
1-1F
20
West Brom43121318-1249 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 21
w
 
3-2A
w
 
0-2F
21
Blackburn44121319-1549 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1A
22
Oxford Utd43101419-1444 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-0A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
2-2F
23
Leicester43111418-1141 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2A
w
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
24
Sheff Wed4311230-57-3 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-5F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
6
Coventry have not lost in 6 consecutive away league games
Watford 13TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Watford0 - 2Sheff Utd
Watford1 - 1Charlton
Watford0 - 0Leicester
Watford3 - 1Wrexham
Watford0 - 2Ipswich
Watford2 - 0Derby
Watford0 - 2Swansea
Watford1 - 1Portsmouth
Watford0 - 2Millwall
Watford3 - 0Birmingham
Watford1 - 0Stoke
Watford1 - 1Sheff Wed
Watford3 - 2Norwich
Watford1 - 1Preston
Watford1 - 1Bristol C
Watford3 - 0M'Boro
Watford2 - 1West Brom
Watford2 - 1Oxford Utd
Watford2 - 1Hull
Watford0 - 1Blackburn
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HWatford0 - 2Sheff Utd
AWatford0 - 2Oxford Utd
HWatford1 - 1Charlton
AWatford1 - 2QPR
HWatford0 - 0Leicester
HWatford3 - 1Wrexham
AWatford1 - 3Stoke
AWatford1 - 1Sheff Wed
AWatford2 - 1Bristol C
HWatford0 - 2Ipswich
HWatford2 - 0Derby
AWatford2 - 2Preston
AWatford0 - 1Southampton
AWatford0 - 0Hull
HWatford0 - 2Swansea
AWatford1 - 1Blackburn
HWatford1 - 1Portsmouth
HWatford0 - 2Millwall
HWatford3 - 0Birmingham
AWatford1 - 0Norwich
Coventry 1ST
20 league games
Away
6
Overall
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Blackburn1 - 1Coventry
Hull0 - 0Coventry
Swansea0 - 3Coventry
Bristol C0 - 2Coventry
Sheff Utd1 - 2Coventry
West Brom0 - 2Coventry
QPR2 - 1Coventry
Norwich2 - 1Coventry
Birmingham3 - 2Coventry
Charlton1 - 1Coventry
Southampton1 - 1Coventry
Preston1 - 1Coventry
Ipswich3 - 0Coventry
M'Boro2 - 4Coventry
Stoke0 - 1Coventry
Wrexham3 - 2Coventry
Portsmouth1 - 2Coventry
Sheff Wed0 - 5Coventry
Millwall0 - 4Coventry
Leicester0 - 0Coventry
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACoventry1 - 1Blackburn
HCoventry0 - 0Sheff Wed
ACoventry0 - 0Hull
HCoventry3 - 2Derby
ACoventry3 - 0Swansea
HCoventry1 - 2Southampton
HCoventry3 - 0Preston
ACoventry2 - 0Bristol C
HCoventry2 - 1Stoke
ACoventry2 - 1Sheff Utd
ACoventry2 - 0West Brom
HCoventry3 - 1M'Boro
HCoventry0 - 0Oxford Utd
ACoventry1 - 2QPR
ACoventry1 - 2Norwich
HCoventry2 - 1Millwall
HCoventry2 - 1Leicester
ACoventry2 - 3Birmingham
ACoventry1 - 1Charlton
HCoventry0 - 2Ipswich
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
8
Coventry have not lost to Watford in 8 consecutive league meetings
League games at Watford since 2000
Watford
Coventry
Goals: Scored
29
19
Games: Scored
13 / 15
11 / 15
Clean sheets
4 / 15
2 / 15
WAT
7
D
4
COV
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Coventry
0 - 1Coventry
Watford3 - 2
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
2 - 3Coventry
Watford2 - 1
Watford2 - 1
Watford4 - 0
2 - 3Coventry
Draw1 - 1Draw
Watford5 - 2
Watford3 - 0
Watford1 - 0
League games at Coventry since 1999
Coventry
Watford
Goals: Scored
22
21
Games: Scored
9 / 16
10 / 16
Clean sheets
6 / 16
7 / 16
WAT
5
D
5
COV
6
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Coventry
Coventry3 - 1
Coventry2 - 1
Draw3 - 3Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Coventry2 - 0
0 - 4Watford
2 - 3Watford
0 - 3Watford
Coventry3 - 1
Coventry1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Watford
0 - 2Watford
Coventry4 - 0
Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Watford of late. It has been 5 Championship matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday lunch time against Coventry City.

Watford 13th Coventry 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
35%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 72% probability that Watford will score no more than 1 goal
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Coventry will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-12
Watford have scored 12% fewer goals at home than predicted
+9
Coventry’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.3
average goals scored
1.8
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Watford
PG (predicted goals)
Coventry
1.1
1.3
Attack rating
WAT
COV
31%
better
view stats
Games scored31
36
Failed to score12
7
Scored first12
27
Goals scored52
85
Avg. goals scored1.2
2
Avg. shots per game10
12
Avg. shots per goal8
6
Conversion rate for13
17
Avg. XG for1.4
2.1
KickOff rating
+31%
Defence rating
WAT
COV
28%
better
view stats
Games conceded36
27
Clean sheets7
16
Conceded first29
11
Goals conceded53
43
Avg. goals conceded1.2
1
Avg. shots/game conceded8
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
8
Conversion rate against15%
12%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.2
KickOff rating
+28%

Watford v Coventry Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Watford Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3910911
I Louza L KjerrumgaardI Louza N Irankunda
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Kjerrumgaard FWD41101
1
-
I Louza  MID3979
9
1
E Selvik GLK37
3
-
N Irankunda FWD3744
10
1
M Bola DEF3524
2
-
E Kayembe MID3442
4
-
M Pollock DEF3211
6
-
J Ngakia DEF3034
3
-
M. Doumbia FWD3041
5
-
J Abankwah DEF28
3
1
K Keben DEF271
3
-
G Chakvetadze MID273
6
-
V Semedo FWD2641
2
-
K Baah FWD2611
4
-
H Kyprianou MID251
8
-
T Ince FWD254
-
N Mendy MID22
2
-
O. Maamma FWD2241
1
-
J Petris DEF16
3
-
R Vata FWD1222
-
S. Goglichidze DEF11
2
-
E Bove MID91
2
-
S. Mfuni DEF8
2
-
N Baxter GLK7
-
P Ekwah MID7
2
-
F Mendy DEF6
1
-
P Dwomoh MID1
-
Coventry Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
431688
C RushworthH WrightM EwijkM Ewijk
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Rushworth GLK431
2
-
M Grimes MID4322
5
-
M Ewijk DEF418
8
-
J Dasilva DEF403
6
1
E Simms FWD40103
1
-
E Mason-Clark MID3975
3
-
H Wright FWD37161
4
-
L Kitching DEF362
7
-
V Torp MID3685
4
-
T Sakamoto MID3573
4
-
J Eccles MID324
5
-
B Thomas DEF3135
6
1
J Rudoni MID2975
-
B Thomas-Asante FWD29124
-
J Allen MID2111
-
K Kesler-Hayden DEF2011
1
-
L Woolfenden DEF16
2
-
J Latibeaudiere DEF141
1
R Esse FWD1421
1
-
F Onyeka MID121
3
-
J Bidwell DEF9
1
-
M Brau DEF8
-
J Markelo FWD5
-
M. Yang FWD3
-