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

Sat 3rd May, 12:30 BST, Vicarage Road, Watford

Saturday lunch time at the Vicarage Road, and it’s a Championship showdown between Watford and Sheffield Wednesday. Tom Cleverley and Danny Röhl will be doing all they can to claim victory. Championship stats are the foundation of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) records included too. It's all on this page, with infographics and odds available for every betting markets via the tabs.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We make over 1.5 goals our tip on this fixture, meaning that the sides will score a minimum of 2 goals between them during 90 mins. Both Watford and Sheff Wed's recent form stats suggest goals are to be expected, while their head-to-head (H2H) record also supports the bet. The bookies make it the most probable outcome in this market too, available at 1.25.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 39% chance of Sheff Wed coming away with a win.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Watford 36%	17/10 3%	-
Draw 26%	5/2 6%	-
Sheff Wed 39%	6/4 5%	-
Draw 1-1 12%	6/1 8%	-
Sheff Wed 1-0 9%	10/1 16%	-
Watford 1-0 9%	11/1 26%	-
Sheff Wed 2-1 8%	9/1	-
Watford 2-1 8%	9/1	-
Draw 0-0 7%	14/1 36%	-
Sheff Wed 2-0 6%	14/1 15%	-
Watford 2-0 6%	14/1 15%	-
Draw 2-2 6%	10/1 15%	-
Sheff Wed 3-1 4%	18/1 10%	-
Watford 3-1 4%	18/1 10%	-
Sheff Wed 3-0 3%	25/1	-
Sheff Wed 3-2 3%	22/1 21%	-
Watford 3-0 3%	25/1	-
Watford 3-2 2%	22/1 21%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 51%	4/6 13%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 49%	6/5 15%	-
Home 1st Goal 48%	21/20 5%	-
Away 1st Goal 48%	4/5 8%	-
No 1st Goal 4%	14/1 36%	-
BTTS - Yes 55%	8/15 8%	-
BTTS - No 45%	11/8 13%	-
BTTS - Home Win 17%	7/2 10%	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	3/1 8%	-
BTTS - Away Win 19%	10/3 13%	-
Home/draw 61%	1/2 4%	-
Away/draw 65%	4/9	-
Home/away 74%	2/7 3%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 75%	1/5 7%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 25%	7/2 20%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 28%	13/8 18%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 72%	1/2 10%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 14%	7/2 25%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 86%	1/5 7%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	8/1 31%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	1/14 3%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1/25 1%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	12/1 18%	-
Home DNB 54%	5/6	-
Away DNB 57%	5/6	-
Watford win to nil 18%	9/2 22%	-
Sheff Wed win to nil 20%	4/1 11%	-
Watford / Watford 21%	3/1 8%	-
Watford / Sheff Wed 4%	22/1 12%	-
Watford / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / Watford 13%	11/2 8%	-
Draw / Sheff Wed 13%	11/2 8%	-
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1 9%	-
Sheff Wed / Watford 4%	22/1 12%	-
Sheff Wed / Sheff Wed 21%	3/1 8%	-
Sheff Wed / Draw 6%	12/1	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Watford have played 45 matches so far this season and are in 13th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

23 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 12 games, drawn 2 and won 9. Watford have conceded 34 goals, scored 31, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Watford have played 22 games at home, winning 12, drawing 3 and losing 7 fixtures. They have scored 26 goals, conceded 21 goals, kept 9 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Sheff Wed lay in 12th place on 57 points in the Championship league table having played 45 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 23 games against teams below them in the table, winning 11, drawing 6 and losing 6 games. They have scored 39 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Sheff Wed have conceded 28 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Sheff Wed have played 22 away games, winning 9, drawing 4 and losing 9 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.6 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	Watford Sheff Wed
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Leeds	45	28	13	4	64	97	l 0-4A	l 2-1A	l 0-2A	l 3-0A
2	Burnley	45	27	16	2	51	97	l 1-2F	l 2-1A	l 0-2A	l 4-0A
3	Sheff Utd	45	28	7	10	27	89	l 1-2A	l 1-0A	l 0-1A	l 1-0A
4	Sunderland	45	21	13	11	15	76	w 2-1F	d 2-2A	l 1-2A	l 4-0A
5	Bristol C	45	17	16	12	4	67	w 1-0F	l 2-1A	d 2-2F	d 0-00-0
6	Coventry	45	19	9	17	4	66	d 1-1A	l 2-1A	l 1-2A	w 1-2A
7	Millwall	45	18	12	15	0	66	l 1-2F	w 2-3F	d 2-2F	l 3-0A
8	Blackburn	45	19	8	18	5	65	w 1-0F	l 2-1F	l 0-1A	d 2-2F
9	M'Boro	45	18	10	17	10	64	w 2-1A	w 0-1F	w 2-1A	d 3-3A
10	West Brom	45	14	19	12	8	61	w 2-1F	l 2-1A	w 3-2F	l 2-1A
11	Swansea	45	17	9	19	-5	60	w 1-0F	l 1-0A	d 0-00-0	w 0-1F
12	Sheff Wed Away	45	15	12	18	-9	57	May 3	w 2-6F	-	-
13	Watford Home	45	16	8	21	-8	56	-	-	l 2-6A	May 3
14	Norwich	45	13	15	17	1	54	l 0-1A	l 4-1A	w 2-0F	w 2-3A
15	QPR	45	13	14	18	-11	53	d 0-00-0	l 3-1A	d 1-1F	w 0-2F
16	Portsmouth	45	14	11	20	-13	53	w 2-1A	l 1-0A	d 1-1F	w 1-2A
17	Oxford Utd	45	13	13	19	-16	52	w 1-0F	l 1-0A	l 0-1A	w 1-3A
18	Stoke	45	12	14	19	-17	50	w 3-0F	d 0-00-0	w 2-0F	l 2-0A
19	Derby	45	13	10	22	-8	49	w 2-1A	w 0-2F	w 4-2F	w 1-2A
20	Preston	45	10	19	16	-11	49	l 1-2A	l 3-0A	d 1-1A	l 3-1A
21	Luton	45	13	10	22	-22	49	w 2-0F	l 3-0A	d 1-1A	l 2-1F
22	Hull	45	12	12	21	-10	48	w 1-0F	d 1-1A	l 0-1A	w 0-2F
23	Plymouth	45	11	13	21	-36	46	d 0-00-0	d 2-2F	w 4-0F	w 0-3F
24	Cardiff	45	9	17	19	-23	44	l 1-2A	d 1-1A	d 1-1A	d 1-1A

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Watford	1 - 2	Burnley
Watford	1 - 0	Hull
Watford	0 - 0	Plymouth
Watford	1 - 0	Swansea
Watford	1 - 2	Millwall
Watford	2 - 0	Luton
Watford	0 - 4	Leeds
Watford	0 - 1	Norwich
Watford	1 - 2	Preston
Watford	1 - 2	Sheff Utd
Watford	1 - 2	Cardiff
Watford	2 - 1	Portsmouth
Watford	2 - 1	West Brom
Watford	0 - 0	QPR
Watford	1 - 0	Bristol C
Watford	1 - 0	Oxford Utd
Watford	1 - 0	Blackburn
Watford	2 - 1	M'Boro
Watford	2 - 1	Sunderland
Watford	1 - 1	Coventry

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
A	Watford	0 - 0	Stoke
H	Watford	2 - 0	Luton
A	Watford	1 - 0	M'Boro
H	Watford	0 - 4	Leeds
A	Watford	2 - 2	Sunderland
H	Watford	0 - 1	Norwich
A	Watford	1 - 2	Coventry
H	Watford	1 - 2	Preston
A	Watford	2 - 0	Derby
A	Watford	1 - 1	Cardiff

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Stoke	2 - 0	Sheff Wed
Blackburn	2 - 2	Sheff Wed
Cardiff	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
Norwich	2 - 3	Sheff Wed
Plymouth	0 - 3	Sheff Wed
Burnley	4 - 0	Sheff Wed
Swansea	0 - 1	Sheff Wed
West Brom	2 - 1	Sheff Wed
QPR	0 - 2	Sheff Wed
Leeds	3 - 0	Sheff Wed
Preston	3 - 1	Sheff Wed
M'Boro	3 - 3	Sheff Wed
Oxford Utd	1 - 3	Sheff Wed
Derby	1 - 2	Sheff Wed
Hull	0 - 2	Sheff Wed
Sheff Utd	1 - 0	Sheff Wed
Portsmouth	1 - 2	Sheff Wed
Coventry	1 - 2	Sheff Wed
Bristol C	0 - 0	Sheff Wed
Luton	2 - 1	Sheff Wed

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	Sheff Wed	1 - 1	Portsmouth
H	Sheff Wed	2 - 1	M'Boro
A	Sheff Wed	0 - 2	Stoke
H	Sheff Wed	0 - 1	Oxford Utd
A	Sheff Wed	2 - 2	Blackburn
H	Sheff Wed	0 - 1	Hull
A	Sheff Wed	1 - 1	Cardiff
H	Sheff Wed	0 - 1	Sheff Utd
A	Sheff Wed	3 - 2	Norwich
A	Sheff Wed	3 - 0	Plymouth
H	Sheff Wed	1 - 2	Sunderland
A	Sheff Wed	0 - 4	Burnley
H	Sheff Wed	1 - 2	Coventry
A	Sheff Wed	1 - 0	Swansea
A	Sheff Wed	1 - 2	West Brom
H	Sheff Wed	1 - 1	Luton
A	Sheff Wed	2 - 0	QPR
H	Sheff Wed	2 - 2	Bristol C
A	Sheff Wed	0 - 3	Leeds
H	Sheff Wed	2 - 2	Millwall

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Watford have not lost to Sheff Wed in 8 consecutive league meetings

Watford

Sheff Wed

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

12 / 13

9 / 13

Clean sheets

4 / 13

1 / 13

WAT

SHW

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

Sheff Wed

Watford

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 14

11 / 14

Clean sheets

3 / 14

4 / 14

WAT

SHW

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sheff Wed
	2 - 6	Watford
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 3	Watford
	1 - 4	Watford
	1 - 4	Watford
Sheff Wed	2 - 1
Sheff Wed	2 - 0
	0 - 1	Watford
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Sheff Wed	2 - 1
	2 - 3	Watford
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Watford of late. It has been 10 Championship matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.3 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Saturday lunch time against Sheffield Wednesday.

	Watford 13th	Sheff Wed 12th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.4 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 27% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 62% probability that Watford will score no more than 1 goal	0 25% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 60% probability that Sheff Wed will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-24 Watford have scored 24% fewer goals at home than predicted	+25 Sheff Wed have scored 25% more goals when away than predicted
	1.1 average goals scored	1.5 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

better

WAT

SHW

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Games scored	34		31
Failed to score	11		14
Scored first	17		15
Goals scored	52		59
Avg. goals scored	1.2		1.3
Avg. shots per game	8		9
Avg. shots per goal	7		7
Conversion rate for	14		14
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.4
KickOff rating		+3%

14%

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WAT

SHW

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Games conceded	33		36
Clean sheets	12		9
Conceded first	25		28
Goals conceded	60		68
Avg. goals conceded	1.3		1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		5
Conversion rate against	14%		19%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.4
KickOff rating		+14%

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

Watford Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
41	10	6	12
M Pollock	V Bayo	G Chakvetadze	I Louza

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Pollock DEF	44	2	4	8 -
E Kayembe MID	43	8	1	10 1
V Bayo FWD	40	10		5 1
M Sissoko MID	39	5	1	6 1
G Chakvetadze MID	39	2	6	7 -
Y Larouci DEF	38		2	2 -
R Andrews DEF	37	3	2	4 -
F Carvallo DEF	33			9 -
I Louza MID	32	2	4	12 -
R Vata FWD	32	3	4	-
T Ince FWD	32	1	1	1 -
J Ngakia DEF	28	1		6 -
T Dele-Bashiru MID	27	4		-
K Baah FWD	27	4	3	5 2
D Bachmann GLK	22			1 -
J Abankwah DEF	18			3 1
J Morris DEF	18			3 -
M. Doumbia FWD	18	2		2 -
E Selvik GLK	15			2 -
J Bond GLK	9			-
C Wiley DEF	9		1	-
P Dwomoh MID	8			1 -
A Ogbonna DEF	6			-
K Keben DEF	5			1

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	24	6	38
V Bayo	G Chakvetadze	G Chakvetadze	G Chakvetadze

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
V Bayo FWD	10	22		9
E Kayembe MID	8	15	1	10
M Sissoko MID	5	10	1	9
T Dele-Bashiru MID	4	8		3
K Baah FWD	4	12	3	9
R Vata FWD	3	10	4	10
R Andrews DEF	3	10	2	10
M. Doumbia FWD	2	4		1
M Pollock DEF	2	8	4	10
G Chakvetadze MID	2	24	6	38
I Louza MID	2	14	4	19
T Ince FWD	1	5	1	8
J Ngakia DEF	1	3		5
F Carvallo DEF		3		4
Y Larouci DEF		3	2	22
J Abankwah DEF		1		3
J Morris DEF				2
C Wiley DEF			1	2
P Dwomoh MID		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2626	87	264
M Pollock	J Ngakia	M Pollock

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Pollock DEF	2626	45	264
I Louza MID	1948	62	142
G Chakvetadze MID	1346	41	164
E Kayembe MID	1209	35	112
F Carvallo DEF	1192	36	129
T Dele-Bashiru MID	1080	23	81
M Sissoko MID	1037	45	127
Y Larouci DEF	904	30	100
J Abankwah DEF	868	26	85
R Andrews DEF	743	37	82
J Ngakia DEF	685	87	135
J Morris DEF	684	21	30
D Bachmann GLK	587		14
E Selvik GLK	523		5
T Ince FWD	409	16	45
V Bayo FWD	383	19	110
R Vata FWD	322	30	87
C Wiley DEF	293	16	40
J Bond GLK	238		5
A Ogbonna DEF	225	6	14
K Baah FWD	220	17	94
P Dwomoh MID	183	8	26
M. Doumbia FWD	146	12	53
K Keben DEF	118	5	13

Sheff Wed Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
41	12	6	12
S Charles	J Windass	A Musaba	D Bernard

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Windass MID	43	12	5	8 -
S Charles MID	42	1	5	11 -
D Gassama FWD	42	7	1	5 -
B Bannan MID	40	4	5	7 -
M Johnson MID	40		3	3 -
M Smith FWD	40	8	4	2 -
J Beadle GLK	38			1 -
Y Valery DEF	38	3	4	7 -
P Valentín DEF	34	1		5 -
M Lowe DEF	34			3 -
S Ingelsson MID	34	1	5	5 -
I Ugbo FWD	33			1 -
A Musaba FWD	29	3	6	-
D Bernard DEF	27	2		9 3
C Paterson FWD	26	6	1	2 -
J Lowe FWD	24	3	2	2 -
L Palmer DEF	22			3 -
D Iorfa DEF	22	1	1	4 -
M Ihiekwe DEF	21	2		2 -
N Chalobah MID	15			3 -
A Famewo DEF	13		1	2 -
S Armstrong MID	11		1	-
O Kobacki FWD	11			1 -
P Charles GLK	7			1 -
R Hatsuse DEF	6			1 -
I Cissoko FWD	5			1 -
C McNeill FWD	4			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	38	6	31
J Windass	J Windass	A Musaba	B Bannan

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Windass MID	12	38	5	17
M Smith FWD	8	25	4	18
D Gassama FWD	7	23	1	24
C Paterson FWD	6	9	1	4
B Bannan MID	4	10	5	31
A Musaba FWD	3	10	6	10
J Lowe FWD	3	5	2	3
Y Valery DEF	3	5	4	20
M Ihiekwe DEF	2	8		1
D Bernard DEF	2	4		5
S Ingelsson MID	1	9	5	13
S Charles MID	1	6	5	29
P Valentín DEF	1	2		13
D Iorfa DEF	1	4	1	2
S Armstrong MID		2	1	3
R Hatsuse DEF				1
O Kobacki FWD		3		2
M Johnson MID		5	3	27
A Famewo DEF		1	1	1
N Chalobah MID		1
I Ugbo FWD		5		7
L Palmer DEF		1		3
M Lowe DEF		1		7

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2017	105	269
B Bannan	S Charles	S Charles

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Bannan MID	2017	62	126
S Charles MID	1724	105	269
M Lowe DEF	1291	84	144
J Beadle GLK	1234	1	21
D Bernard DEF	1167	31	123
M Johnson MID	1098	62	144
J Windass MID	1033	39	113
Y Valery DEF	948	51	186
M Ihiekwe DEF	922	17	127
D Gassama FWD	683	52	234
D Iorfa DEF	548	22	109
A Famewo DEF	467	16	61
M Smith FWD	452	14	153
S Ingelsson MID	436	48	83
P Valentín DEF	432	46	99
L Palmer DEF	337	13	28
A Musaba FWD	291	12	65
P Charles GLK	250		5
S Armstrong MID	239	9	18
N Chalobah MID	215	7	25
C Paterson FWD	214	14	107
I Ugbo FWD	184	7	37
J Lowe FWD	181	10	43
R Hatsuse DEF	141	6	13
O Kobacki FWD	90	16	29
I Cissoko FWD	21		3
C McNeill FWD	21	2	4

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Watford have played 45 matches so far this season and are in 13th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

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Sheff Wed lay in 12th place on 57 points in the Championship league table having played 45 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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

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