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Watford v Queens Park Rangers : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Vicarage Road, Watford

Watford and Queens Park Rangers go head to head at the Vicarage Road on Saturday lunch time, with both Tom Cleverley and Martí Cifuentes Corvillo aiming for victory in the Championship. All of the key stats for the tie, including head to heads (H2Hs), predictions and odds across seventeen major markets are covered in this in-depth preview. It's all here with the aim of helping you make the most well-informed bet possible.

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Watford's next match is v Cardiff at 15:00 on Saturday 7th December
Queens Park Rangers's next match is v Norwich at 15:00 on Saturday 7th December
The last English Championship meeting between Watford and QPR was on Saturday 30th November 2024
English Championship
November 30th 2024
Watford 0
0 QPR
 
WAT
QPR
Shots On
6
1
Shots Off
5
8
Corners
7
5
Possession
62%
38%
Fouls
17
14
Yellow/red cards
2/0
3/0
 
WatfordQPR
 
D. Bachmann
Y. Larouci (F. Ebosele 65')
R. Andrews (J. Ngakia 65')
M. Pollock
R. Porteous
F. Sierralta Carvallo (R. Vata 46')
I. Louza
G. Chakvetadze
E. Kayembe (K. Baah 46')
M. Sissoko (T. Ince 79')
V. Bayo
P. Nardi
(L. Andersen 72') K. Morgan
S. Cook
L. Morrison
(M. Fox 71') K. Paal
J. Dunne
(J. Varane 64') N. Hautorp Madsen
S. Field
Ž. Celar
(E. Dixon-Bonner 90') K. Saito
(H. Ashby 71') P. Smyth

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

There's every chance of this match serving up goalmouth entertainment, but don't count on a record-breaker. Under 3.5 goals is the prediction, meaning that 3 goals is the absolute maximum we'll see during the standard 90 minutes. Get best odds on under 3.5 just below, followed by relevant form statistics and head-to-head (H2H) records.

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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
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Both Teams To Score & Result
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Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Watford are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 54% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.91.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Watford
54%
4/5
3%
4/5
Draw
26%
13/513/5
QPR
20%
10/3
8%
17/5
2%
Watford 1-0
15%
6/111/2
Draw 1-1
12%
6/111/2
Watford 2-0
11%
15/27/1
7%
Draw 0-0
10%
9/115/2
Watford 2-1
9%
15/213/2
QPR 1-0
8%
11/1
9%
9/1
Watford 3-0
6%
14/111/1
QPR 2-1
5%
14/1
15%
11/1
Watford 3-1
5%
14/111/1
Draw 2-2
4%
14/1
12%
12/1
QPR 2-0
3%
20/116/1
Watford 4-0
2%
28/120/1
Watford 3-2
2%
25/118/1
10%
Watford 4-1
2%
28/122/1
QPR 3-1
1%
33/125/1
Over 2.5 Goals
41%
10/11
5%
10/11
2%
Under 2.5 Goals
59%
10/11
6%
4/5
Home 1st Goal
55%
1/2
2%
-
Away 1st Goal
38%
7/4-
No 1st Goal
6%
9/1-
BTTS - Yes
43%
5/617/20
3%
BTTS - No
57%
5/617/20
1%
BTTS - Home Win
19%
3/127/10
3%
BTTS - Draw
16%
4/118/5
4%
BTTS - Away Win
8%
15/2
6%
13/2
Home/draw
80%
1/51/5
Away/draw
46%
19/20
2%
19/20
Home/away
74%
2/7
3%
2/7
Over 1.5 Goals
67%
3/103/10
2%
Under 1.5 Goals
33%
5/29/4
2%
Over 3.5 Goals
20%
12/5
3%
11/5
3%
Under 3.5 Goals
80%
1/3
2%
3/10
1%
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
11/25/1
8%
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
1/91/9
1%
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
12/1
13%
11/1
8%
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
1/25
1%
1/40
Over 0.5 Goals
90%
1/161/18
Under 0.5 Goals
10%
9/115/2
Home DNB
73%
1/3
2%
1/3
Away DNB
38%
9/4
8%
21/10
Watford win to nil
35%
2/1-
QPR win to nil
12%
6/1-
Watford / Watford
29%
15/87/4
2%
Watford / QPR
3%
33/128/1
Watford / Draw
6%
14/112/1
Draw / Watford
17%
7/2
5%
7/2
2%
Draw / QPR
9%
8/115/2
Draw / Draw
15%
9/24/1
QPR / Watford
4%
22/118/1
QPR / QPR
12%
13/211/2
QPR / Draw
6%
14/112/1
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Watford have played 17 matches so far this season and lay in 5th place in the Championship league table. Watford are unbeaten at home after 8 games and have kept 4 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 14 games against teams below in the table, having won 8, drawn 2 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Watford have outscored their opponents by 26 goals to 15 goals.

Home League Performance

Watford have played 8 games at home winning 7, drawing 1 and losing 0 games. They have scored 13 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 4 goals at home.

QPR are in 23rd position in the Championship on 14 points having played 17 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 10 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 7 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

16 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 8 and won 2. QPR have conceded 24 goals, scored 14, failed to score in 5 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Watford
QPR
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Sheff Utd1812421638 
Jan 4
l
 
1-0A
Mar 1
d
 
2-2A
2
Burnley1810621736 
Apr 18
Dec 21
Apr 26
d
 
0-00-0
3
Leeds1810531835 
Feb 11
l
 
2-1A
Mar 15
l
 
2-0A
4
Sunderland189631333 
w
 
2-1F
Feb 8
d
 
0-00-0
May 3
5
M'Boro189361130 
w
 
2-1A
Feb 15
l
 
1-4A
Mar 11
6
Watford 18936230 
-
-
Jan 1
d
 
0-00-0
7
West Brom186102728 
Dec 15
Apr 12
l
 
1-3F
Mar 8
8
Blackburn17845428 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
Feb 8
l
 
2-0A
9
Norwich18675825 
Feb 1
l
 
4-1A
Dec 7
Dec 29
10
Millwall17674525 
Mar 8
w
 
2-3F
d
 
1-1A
Feb 1
11
Bristol C18675325 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 5
Apr 12
Dec 14
12
Sheff Wed18747-525 
May 3
w
 
2-6F
Jan 25
d
 
1-1A
13
Swansea18657123 
Mar 12
l
 
1-0A
Apr 21
Dec 26
14
Stoke18567-321 
w
 
3-0F
Mar 1
d
 
1-1A
Mar 29
15
Derby18558-220 
w
 
2-1A
Jan 18
Feb 14
l
 
2-0A
16
Coventry18468-318 
d
 
1-1A
Jan 25
d
 
1-1A
Feb 11
17
Oxford Utd18468-818 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 15
Dec 11
Apr 9
18
Preston18396-818 
Jan 21
l
 
3-0A
Dec 21
Apr 18
19
Luton185310-1318 
Feb 23
l
 
3-0A
Jan 6
w
 
1-2A
20
Cardiff18459-1117 
Dec 29
Dec 7
Apr 5
w
 
0-2F
21
Plymouth18459-2017 
Mar 29
d
 
2-2F
d
 
1-1F
Jan 18
22
Hull18369-915 
Apr 8
Dec 11
l
 
1-3A
Jan 21
23
QPR 18297-1115 
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 1
-
-
24
Portsmouth16277-1213 
Dec 26
Apr 21
l
 
1-2F
Feb 22
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Watford 6TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Watford1 - 0Bristol C
Watford1 - 0Oxford Utd
Watford1 - 0Blackburn
Watford2 - 1M'Boro
Watford2 - 1Sunderland
Watford1 - 1Coventry
Watford2 - 1Derby
Watford3 - 0Stoke
Watford1 - 0Sunderland
Watford0 - 0Hull
Watford0 - 0Preston
Watford2 - 2Leeds
Watford1 - 2Coventry
Watford1 - 1Swansea
Watford1 - 2Huddersfield
Watford1 - 2Leicester
Watford0 - 1Cardiff
Watford1 - 1Stoke
Watford1 - 4Bristol C
Watford1 - 2Ipswich
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
10
D
3
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HWatford1 - 0Bristol C
AWatford2 - 2Plymouth
HWatford1 - 0Oxford Utd
AWatford0 - 1Swansea
AWatford6 - 2Sheff Wed
HWatford1 - 0Blackburn
AWatford1 - 2Leeds
AWatford0 - 3Luton
HWatford2 - 1M'Boro
AWatford0 - 3Preston
HWatford2 - 1Sunderland
AWatford1 - 4Norwich
HWatford1 - 1Coventry
AWatford0 - 1Sheff Utd
HWatford2 - 1Derby
HWatford3 - 0Stoke
AWatford3 - 2Millwall
AWatford1 - 3M'Boro
HWatford1 - 0Sunderland
HWatford0 - 0Hull
QPR 23RD
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cardiff0 - 2QPR
Leeds2 - 0QPR
Burnley0 - 0QPR
Derby2 - 0QPR
Blackburn2 - 0QPR
Sheff Wed1 - 1QPR
Luton1 - 2QPR
Sheff Utd2 - 2QPR
Coventry1 - 2QPR
Hull3 - 0QPR
Plymouth1 - 1QPR
Swansea0 - 1QPR
Sunderland0 - 0QPR
Leicester1 - 2QPR
Bristol C0 - 1QPR
Stoke1 - 0QPR
Blackburn1 - 2QPR
Ipswich0 - 0QPR
Millwall2 - 0QPR
Sheff Wed2 - 1QPR
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
Draw
8
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AQPR2 - 0Cardiff
HQPR1 - 1Stoke
AQPR0 - 2Leeds
HQPR1 - 4M'Boro
HQPR0 - 0Sunderland
AQPR0 - 0Burnley
HQPR1 - 1Coventry
HQPR1 - 2Portsmouth
AQPR0 - 2Derby
HQPR1 - 3Hull
AQPR0 - 2Blackburn
HQPR1 - 1Millwall
AQPR1 - 1Sheff Wed
AQPR2 - 1Luton
HQPR1 - 1Plymouth
AQPR2 - 2Sheff Utd
HQPR1 - 3West Brom
AQPR2 - 1Coventry
HQPR4 - 0Leeds
HQPR1 - 0Preston
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Watford since 1998
Watford
QPR
Goals: Scored
26
15
Games: Scored
10 / 12
8 / 12
Clean sheets
4 / 12
2 / 12
WAT
7
D
1
QPR
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
Watford4 - 0
2 - 3QPR
1 - 2QPR
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 2QPR
Watford3 - 1
Watford3 - 0
2 - 4QPR
Watford3 - 1
Watford3 - 0
Watford3 - 1
Watford2 - 1
League games at QPR since 1999
QPR
Watford
Goals: Scored
14
14
Games: Scored
11 / 12
9 / 12
Clean sheets
3 / 12
1 / 12
WAT
4
D
4
QPR
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT QPR
1 - 2Watford
QPR1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
QPR2 - 1
1 - 3Watford
QPR1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Watford
QPR3 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Watford
Goal Statistics
Watford 6th QPR 23rd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
22%
1
33%
2
25%
3
13%
4+
There is a 78% probability that Watford will score 1 or more goals
0
45%
1
36%
2
14%
3
4+
There is a 81% probability of QPR scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-19
Watford have scored 19% fewer goals at home than predicted
-21
QPR have scored 21% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.2
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Watford
PG (predicted goals)
QPR
1.5
0.8
Attack rating
29%
better
WAT
QPR
view stats
Games scored13
12
Failed to score4
5
Scored first8
4
Goals scored26
15
Avg. goals scored1.5
0.9
Avg. shots per game9
9
Avg. shots per goal6
10
Conversion rate for17
10
Avg. XG for1.5
1.1
KickOff rating
+29%
Defence rating
12%
better
WAT
QPR
view stats
Games conceded13
14
Clean sheets4
3
Conceded first9
11
Goals conceded24
26
Avg. goals conceded1.4
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded11
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
6
Conversion rate against13%
18%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.4
KickOff rating
+12%

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

Watford Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18747
M PollockV BayoG ChakvetadzeR Porteous
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Bachmann GLK15
-
R Porteous DEF142
7
-
F Carvallo DEF13
7
-
M Pollock DEF183
3
-
R Andrews MID1631
-
M Sissoko MID151
1
-
I Louza  MID8
-
Y Larouci MID162
-
E Kayembe FWD175
1
-
V Bayo FWD177
4
-
G Chakvetadze FWD1814
3
-
Subs
J Bond GLK4
-
J Ngakia DEF3
-
F Ebosele DEF1111
5
-
J Morris DEF11
1
-
T Ince MID141
-
P Dwomoh MID3
-
K Baah FWD1521
4
-
R Vata FWD8
-
M. Doumbia FWD3
-
QPR Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18215
P NardiN MadsenJ DunneS Field
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
P Nardi GLK18
-
J Dunne DEF1811
3
-
S Cook DEF18
3
-
L Morrison DEF4
-
K Paal DEF141
1
-
K. Morgan MID91
1
-
S Field MID18
5
-
P Smyth MID181
1
-
N Madsen MID142
1
-
K Saito MID171
-
Z Celar FWD172
1
-
Subs
J Walsh GLK
-
Hevertton DEF6
1
-
H Ashby DEF10
1
-
M Fox DEF5
1
-
L Andersen MID161
-
J Varane MID15
4
1
E Dixon-Bonner MID3
1
-
R. Kolli FWD41
-
D. Bennie FWD5
1
-