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

Vicarage Road, Watford

Edward Still and Frank Lampard meet in the Championship on Saturday lunch time, as Watford face Coventry City at the Vicarage Road. We've got predictions, tips, and odds and head-to-head statistics across the biggest markets, so there's nowhere better to prepare Championship clash.

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The last English Championship meeting between Watford and Coventry was on Saturday 2nd May 2026
English Championship
May 2nd 2026
Watford 0
4 Coventry
 
19' E. Simms
43' E. Simms
58' E. Simms
85' V. Torp Overgaard
 
WAT
COV
Shots On
4
7
Shots Off
5
5
Corners
6
Possession
43%
57%
Fouls
16
10
Yellow/red cards
2/0
1/0
 
WatfordCoventry
 
E. Selvik
J. Ngakia
S. Goglichidze (M. Bola 62')
M. Pollock
G. Chakvetadze (E. Bove 62')
I. Louza (M. Doumbia 82')
J. Abankwah
N. Mendy (J. Grieves 62')
E. Kayembe
O. Maamma (T. Ince 82')
N. Irankunda
C. Rushworth
(H. Wright 79') football iconfootball iconfootball iconE. Simms
M. Grimes
J. Bidwell
J. Latibeaudiere
(E. Mason-Clark 70') R. Esse
(M. van Ewijk 70') K. Kessler
L. Woolfenden
(J. Allen 70') J. Eccles
(M. Brau Blanquez 87') B. Thomas-Asante
football iconV. Torp Overgaard

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

We're suggesting it's fairly unlikely that this fixture will have 4+ goals, and the odds and stats point in the same direction as KO's predictive algorithm on this one. Watford and Coventry have rarely been involved in goal-fests of late, whether that be in the Championship individually or in head-to-head clashes. So, without a convincing favourite win or double chance market, we're going for under 3.5 goals. The UK's top bookies have that available at a best price of 1.44.

In-Play
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
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 43% chance of Coventry coming away with a win.

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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Watford
30%
17/101/50
Draw
26%
27/101/50
Coventry
43%
11/81/50
Draw 1-1
13%
6/19/2
Coventry 1-0
11%
9/19/2
Coventry 2-1
9%
17/219/5
Watford 1-0
9%
10/115/2
Coventry 2-0
8%
12/129/10
Draw 0-0
8%
14/115/2
Watford 2-1
7%
9/19/1
Draw 2-2
5%
11/19/1
Watford 2-0
5%
14/111/1
Coventry 3-1
4%
16/117/4
Coventry 3-0
4%
22/11/2
Watford 3-1
3%
20/125/1
Coventry 3-2
2%
22/128/1
Watford 3-2
2%
22/128/1
Watford 3-0
2%
28/122/1
Over 2.5 Goals
47%
4/62/9
Under 2.5 Goals
53%
6/529/10
Home 1st Goal
45%
1/111/10
Away 1st Goal
50%
5/610/11
No 1st Goal
5%
14/115/2
BTTS - Yes
52%
4/76/1
BTTS - No
48%
5/41/12
BTTS - Home Win
14%
15/41/50
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/31/50
BTTS - Away Win
19%
10/36/1
Home/draw
57%
8/151/50
Away/draw
70%
4/91/50
Home/away
74%
2/71/50
Over 1.5 Goals
72%
2/91/8
Under 1.5 Goals
28%
10/319/4
Over 3.5 Goals
25%
7/47/5
Under 3.5 Goals
75%
4/91/2
Over 4.5 Goals
12%
4/13/1
Under 4.5 Goals
88%
1/61/5
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
9/122/1
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/161/1000
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
1/331/18
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
14/115/2
Home DNB
49%
1/11/50
Away DNB
62%
8/111/50
Watford win to nil
16%
9/2-
Coventry win to nil
24%
7/2-
Watford / Watford
18%
10/340/1
Watford / Coventry
4%
22/11/50
Watford / Draw
7%
12/11/50
Draw / Watford
12%
11/280/1
Draw / Coventry
13%
5/1100/1
Draw / Draw
14%
5/1100/1
Coventry / Watford
4%
25/118/1
Coventry / Coventry
22%
11/41/12
Coventry / Draw
7%
12/17/1
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Watford have played 45 matches so far this season and are in 16th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

29 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 8 and won 10. Watford have conceded 41 goals, scored 38, failed to score in 8 matches and kept 5 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 92 points in the Championship league table having played 45 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 45 games against teams below them in the table, winning 27, drawing 11 and losing 7 games. They have scored 93 goals and kept 16 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Coventry have conceded 45 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
Coventry46281175295 
l
 
0-4A
l
 
3-1A
-
-
2
Ipswich46231583384 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-0A
3
Millwall462411111583 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-4F
4
Southampton462214102680 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1F
5
M'Boro462214102580 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
5-1A
w
 
3-1F
w
 
2-4F
6
Hull46211015473 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
7
Wrexham46191413471 
w
 
3-1F
d
 
2-2A
w
 
3-1F
l
 
3-2F
8
Derby4620917869 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
2-3A
w
 
3-2F
w
 
3-5F
9
Norwich4619819765 
w
 
3-2A
w
 
0-1F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1F
10
Birmingham46171316164 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-2A
11
Swansea46181018-264 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-3F
12
Bristol C46171118062 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-2F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
13
Sheff Utd4618622060 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
3-1A
w
 
1-2A
14
Preston46151516-760 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
2-2A
w
 
3-0F
d
 
1-1F
15
QPR46161020-1258 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
7-1F
l
 
2-1F
16
Watford46141517-1257 
-
-
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-4F
17
Stoke46151021-555 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-1A
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-1F
18
Portsmouth46141319-1555 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
2-2A
w
 
5-1F
w
 
1-2F
19
Charlton46131419-1453 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
3-1A
d
 
1-1F
20
Blackburn46131320-1452 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1A
21
West Brom46131419-1051 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
3-0A
w
 
3-2A
w
 
0-2F
22
Oxford Utd46111421-1447 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-0A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
2-2F
23
Leicester46121618-1046 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2A
w
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
24
Sheff Wed4621232-600 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-5F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
4
Watford have lost 4 consecutive league games
7
Watford have not won in 7 consecutive league games
7
Coventry have not lost in 7 consecutive league games
Watford 16TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
4
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
16
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
3
Draw
7
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AWatford1 - 5M'Boro
AWatford0 - 3West Brom
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
Coventry 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
7
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
38
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
12
D
4
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HCoventry3 - 1Wrexham
HCoventry5 - 1Portsmouth
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
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 a problem for Watford of late. It has been 7 Championship matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Saturday lunch time against Coventry City.

Watford 16th Coventry 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
32%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 68% probability that Watford will score no more than 1 goal
0
24%
1
34%
2
24%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Coventry will score 1 or more goals
 
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
1.4
Attack rating
WAT
COV
34%
better
view stats
Games scored32
38
Failed to score13
7
Scored first12
29
Goals scored53
93
Avg. goals scored1.2
2.1
Avg. shots per game10
12
Avg. shots per goal8
6
Conversion rate for12
18
Avg. XG for1.3
2.1
KickOff rating
+34%
Defence rating
WAT
COV
32%
better
view stats
Games conceded38
29
Clean sheets7
16
Conceded first31
11
Goals conceded61
45
Avg. goals conceded1.4
1
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
8
Conversion rate against16%
13%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.1
KickOff rating
+32%

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
4110913
I Louza L KjerrumgaardI Louza N Irankunda
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
E Selvik GLK40
3
-
J Ngakia DEF3334
3
-
M Pollock DEF3511
7
-
S. Goglichidze DEF12
2
-
J Abankwah DEF311
5
1
I Louza  MID4279
11
1
N Mendy MID25
2
-
N Irankunda MID4044
12
1
G Chakvetadze MID293
6
-
O. Maamma MID2541
1
-
E Kayembe FWD3742
4
-
Subs
N Baxter GLK7
-
K Keben DEF292
3
-
M Bola DEF3724
2
-
T Ince MID274
-
E Bove MID111
2
-
P Ekwah MID7
2
-
L Kjerrumgaard FWD43101
1
-
M. Doumbia FWD3341
5
-
J Grieves FWD3
-
Coventry Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
461788
C RushworthH WrightM EwijkM Ewijk
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Rushworth GLK461
2
-
K Kesler-Hayden DEF
-
J Latibeaudiere DEF151
1
1
L Woolfenden DEF17
2
-
J Bidwell DEF111
1
-
V Torp MID39107
4
-
M Grimes MID4622
5
-
B Thomas-Asante MID32134
-
J Eccles MID3441
6
-
R Esse MID1721
1
-
E Simms FWD43133
1
-
Subs
B Wilson GLK
-
M Ewijk DEF448
8
-
M Brau DEF9
-
B Thomas DEF3335
7
1
L Kitching DEF382
7
-
J Allen MID2312
-
F Onyeka MID1411
4
-
E Mason-Clark FWD42106
3
-
H Wright FWD40171
4
-
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