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

Tue 9th Dec, 19:45 BST, Vicarage Road, Watford

Henrik Pedersen leads his Sheffield Wednesday charges to the Vicarage Road in the Championship on Tuesday evening, with Javier Gracia Carlos's Watford the opponent. We have predictions, tips, and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers and head-to-head stats across all the main betting markets, so there really is only one place to get ready for this Championship clash.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 78% chance of Watford and Sheff Wed serving up at least 2 goals in this Championship match. Recent form statistics and head-to-head (H2H) records are included in the calculation , and it would appear that the bookies like the look of it as a tip too. This over 1.5 goals tip is available at 1.25.

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 1.53.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Watford 54%	-	8/15
Draw 23%	-	16/5
Sheff Wed 23%	-	5/1
Draw 1-1 11%	-	13/2
Watford 1-0 10%	-	11/2
Watford 2-1 10%	-	13/2
Watford 2-0 9%	-	6/1
Sheff Wed 1-0 6%	-	12/1
Draw 0-0 6%	-	17/2
Sheff Wed 2-1 6%	-	14/1
Watford 3-1 6%	-	10/1
Watford 3-0 5%	-	17/2
Draw 2-2 5%	-	14/1
Sheff Wed 2-0 3%	-	22/1
Watford 3-2 3%	-	20/1
Watford 4-1 3%	-	18/1
Watford 4-0 2%	-	16/1
Sheff Wed 3-1 2%	-	33/1
Over 2.5 Goals 54%	-	4/5
Under 2.5 Goals 46%	-	19/20
Home 1st Goal 54%	-	4/9
Away 1st Goal 42%	-	11/5
No 1st Goal 3%	-	17/2
BTTS - Yes 54%	-	10/11
BTTS - No 46%	-	4/5
BTTS - Home Win 25%	-	23/10
BTTS - Draw 17%	-	17/4
BTTS - Away Win 11%	-	17/2
Home/draw 78%	-	1/8
Away/draw 46%	-	29/20
Home/away 77%	-	2/9
Over 1.5 Goals 77%	-	1/4
Under 1.5 Goals 23%	-	13/5
Over 3.5 Goals 31%	-	19/10
Under 3.5 Goals 69%	-	4/11
Over 4.5 Goals 16%	-	17/4
Under 4.5 Goals 84%	-	2/15
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	-	9/1
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	-	1/25
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	-	1/25
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	-	17/2
Home DNB 70%	-	2/11
Away DNB 39%	-	17/5
Watford win to nil 29%	-	-
Sheff Wed win to nil 11%	-	-
Watford / Watford 35%	-	5/4
Watford / Sheff Wed 2%	-	33/1
Watford / Draw 5%	-	14/1
Draw / Watford 18%	-	16/5
Draw / Sheff Wed 7%	-	10/1
Draw / Draw 14%	-	9/2
Sheff Wed / Watford 5%	-	16/1
Sheff Wed / Sheff Wed 9%	-	8/1
Sheff Wed / Draw 5%	-	14/1

Win / draw / win Championship table

Watford have played 18 matches so far this season and lay in 15th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 6 games against teams below in the table, having won 1, drawn 2 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 0 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Watford have outscored their opponents by 24 goals to 14 goals.

Home League Performance

Watford have played 9 games at home winning 5, drawing 3 and losing 1 game. They have scored 15 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and conceded 9 goals at home.

Sheff Wed are in 24th position in the Championship on -10 points having played 18 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 12 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 9 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 12 games, drawn 5 and won 1. Sheff Wed have conceded 36 goals, scored 14, failed to score in 8 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

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	Coventry	18	13	4	1	32	43	May 2	l 3-1A	l 0-5A	Apr 11
2	M'Boro	18	9	6	3	5	33	w 3-0F	Apr 25	l 0-1A	Apr 21
3	Millwall	18	9	4	5	-3	31	Jan 17	l 1-0A	Feb 14	l 1-0A
4	Stoke	18	9	3	6	12	30	Dec 20	Mar 14	l 0-3A	Apr 3
5	Preston	18	8	6	4	6	30	d 1-1A	Feb 14	l 2-3F	Jan 1
6	Bristol C	18	8	5	5	6	29	d 1-1F	Feb 27	l 0-3A	Jan 24
7	Ipswich	18	7	7	4	11	28	Feb 24	d 1-1F	Mar 14	Dec 20
8	Birmingham	18	8	4	6	7	28	Jan 1	l 2-1A	Jan 20	d 2-2A
9	Hull	18	8	4	6	0	28	w 2-1A	Jan 4	Dec 26	Mar 21
10	Wrexham	18	6	8	4	3	26	Mar 7	Dec 13	Jan 31	d 2-2A
11	Derby	18	7	5	6	0	26	Feb 21	w 2-3A	Dec 15	Mar 7
12	West Brom	18	7	4	7	-2	25	w 2-1A	Apr 21	May 2	d 0-00-0
13	QPR	18	7	4	7	-6	25	w 2-1F	Apr 3	d 1-1F	Jan 4
14	Southampton	18	6	6	6	3	24	d 2-2A	Feb 7	Feb 28	l 3-1A
15	Watford	18	6	6	6	1	24	-	-	Mar 10	Dec 9
16	Leicester	18	6	6	6	-1	24	Mar 21	Dec 26	Apr 6	l 2-1F
17	Charlton	18	6	5	7	-5	23	Apr 6	l 1-0A	Apr 18	l 2-1A
18	Blackburn	18	6	3	9	-5	21	l 0-1A	Jan 24	Dec 29	Dec 6
19	Sheff Utd	18	6	1	11	-8	19	Apr 18	l 1-0A	l 0-3A	Feb 22
20	Oxford Utd	18	4	6	8	-5	18	w 2-1A	Apr 11	l 1-2A	Apr 25
21	Swansea	18	4	5	9	-9	17	Jan 31	d 1-1F	l 0-2A	Feb 8
22	Portsmouth	18	4	5	9	-10	17	Jan 21	d 2-2A	Jan 17	w 0-2F
23	Norwich	18	3	4	11	-10	13	Dec 6	Dec 29	d 1-1F	Feb 25
24	Sheff Wed	18	1	5	12	-22	-10	Dec 9	Mar 10	-	-

	Promotion
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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Watford	1 - 1	Preston
Watford	1 - 1	Bristol C
Watford	3 - 0	M'Boro
Watford	2 - 1	West Brom
Watford	2 - 1	Oxford Utd
Watford	2 - 1	Hull
Watford	0 - 1	Blackburn
Watford	2 - 2	Southampton
Watford	2 - 1	QPR
Watford	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Watford	1 - 2	Birmingham
H	Watford	1 - 1	Preston
A	Watford	3 - 2	Derby
H	Watford	1 - 1	Bristol C
A	Watford	1 - 1	Ipswich
H	Watford	3 - 0	M'Boro
A	Watford	1 - 3	Coventry
H	Watford	2 - 1	West Brom
A	Watford	0 - 1	Sheff Utd
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Millwall	1 - 0	Sheff Wed
Southampton	3 - 1	Sheff Wed
West Brom	0 - 0	Sheff Wed
Charlton	2 - 1	Sheff Wed
Birmingham	2 - 2	Sheff Wed
Portsmouth	0 - 2	Sheff Wed
Wrexham	2 - 2	Sheff Wed
Leicester	2 - 1	Sheff Wed
Watford	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Sheff Wed	2 - 3	Preston
A	Sheff Wed	0 - 1	Millwall
H	Sheff Wed	0 - 3	Sheff Utd
A	Sheff Wed	1 - 3	Southampton
H	Sheff Wed	1 - 1	Norwich
A	Sheff Wed	0 - 0	West Brom
H	Sheff Wed	1 - 2	Oxford Utd
H	Sheff Wed	0 - 1	M'Boro
A	Sheff Wed	1 - 2	Charlton
H	Sheff Wed	0 - 5	Coventry
A	Sheff Wed	2 - 2	Birmingham
H	Sheff Wed	1 - 1	QPR
A	Sheff Wed	2 - 0	Portsmouth
H	Sheff Wed	0 - 3	Bristol C
H	Sheff Wed	0 - 2	Swansea
A	Sheff Wed	2 - 2	Wrexham
H	Sheff Wed	0 - 3	Stoke
A	Sheff Wed	1 - 2	Leicester
A	Sheff Wed	1 - 1	Watford
H	Sheff Wed	1 - 1	Portsmouth

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Watford have not lost to Sheff Wed in 9 consecutive league meetings

Watford

Sheff Wed

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

13 / 14

10 / 14

Clean sheets

4 / 14

1 / 14

WAT

SHW

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
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

Watford have been steady in attack of late, scoring in 8 consecutive Championship games. Their PG of 1.8 against Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Watford 15th	Sheff Wed 24th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.8 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 17% 1 30% 2 27% 3 16% 4+ 10% There is a 83% probability that Watford will score 1 or more goals	0 35% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 72% probability that Sheff Wed will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-9 Watford’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+5 Sheff Wed’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.2 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	1.6 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

26%

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WAT

SHW

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Games scored	14		10
Failed to score	4		8
Scored first	5		5
Goals scored	24		14
Avg. goals scored	1.3		0.8
Avg. shots per game	10		8
Avg. shots per goal	8		10
Conversion rate for	13		10
Avg. XG for	1.4		1.1
KickOff rating		+26%

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WAT

SHW

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Games conceded	17		16
Clean sheets	1		2
Conceded first	13		12
Goals conceded	23		36
Avg. goals conceded	1.3		2
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		11
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		6
Conversion rate against	14%		18%
Avg. XG against	1.2		1.9
KickOff rating		+4%

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

Watford Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
15	6	4	5
K Keben	I Louza	I Louza	I Louza

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
E Kayembe MID	17	2		2 -
N Irankunda FWD	17	2	1	4 -
J Ngakia DEF	16	2	3	1 -
H Kyprianou MID	16			4 -
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	16	5		1 -
K Keben DEF	15		1	3 -
I Louza MID	15	6	4	4 1
K Baah FWD	15	1	1	4 -
E Selvik GLK	14			1 -
M Bola DEF	14	1	1	1 -
M Sissoko MID	14			-
M Pollock DEF	13			2 -
V Semedo FWD	13	1	1	1 -
M. Doumbia FWD	13	1	1	1 -
R Vata FWD	10	2	2	-
M. Alleyne DEF	9			1 -
J Abankwah DEF	9			1 1
T Ince FWD	9			-
J Petris DEF	7			2 -
N Baxter GLK	5			-
C Wiley DEF	5			-
O. Maamma FWD	5	1		-
N Mendy MID	4			-
F Mendy DEF	2			-
G Chakvetadze MID	2			-
J Morris DEF	1			1 -
P Dwomoh MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	13	4	8
I Louza	L Kjerrumgaard	I Louza	I Louza

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
I Louza MID	6	12	4	8
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	5	13
E Kayembe MID	2	6		2
N Irankunda FWD	2	9	1	4
J Ngakia DEF	2	4	3	4
R Vata FWD	2	8	2	2
K Baah FWD	1	7	1	1
M Bola DEF	1	2	1	2
V Semedo FWD	1	8	1
M. Doumbia FWD	1	5	1	1
O. Maamma FWD	1	4
H Kyprianou MID		2
K Keben DEF		1	1	1
M Sissoko MID		1
M Pollock DEF		1
M. Alleyne DEF				1
T Ince FWD		3
J Petris DEF				1
C Wiley DEF		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
948	50	87
I Louza	J Ngakia	J Ngakia

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
I Louza MID	948	20	63
K Keben DEF	802	14	62
M Pollock DEF	713	11	67
J Ngakia DEF	581	50	87
H Kyprianou MID	577	20	73
M Bola DEF	489	10	42
J Abankwah DEF	423	11	44
E Kayembe MID	418	7	29
M. Alleyne DEF	402	22	58
E Selvik GLK	395	1	5
N Irankunda FWD	231	15	80
M Sissoko MID	174	11	20
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	158	5	53
M. Doumbia FWD	146	5	35
N Baxter GLK	132
R Vata FWD	130	7	25
K Baah FWD	116	4	30
J Petris DEF	114	4	29
N Mendy MID	113	2	10
T Ince FWD	104	5	9
C Wiley DEF	92	7	11
O. Maamma FWD	85	11	24
V Semedo FWD	82	5	21
F Mendy DEF	40	6	10
G Chakvetadze MID	26		3
P Dwomoh MID	2
J Morris DEF	1

Sheff Wed Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
18	3	2	5
Y Valery	B Bannan	B Bannan	B Bannan

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
Y Valery DEF	18		1	3 -
L Palmer DEF	18		1	3 -
B Bannan MID	18	3	2	4 1
S Ingelsson MID	18			1 -
B Cadamarteri FWD	18	1		2 -
J Lowe FWD	18	2		-
M Lowe DEF	17		1	1 -
D Iorfa DEF	17	1		5 -
S Fusire MID	16	1		3 -
C McNeill FWD	15	2	1	-
I Ugbo FWD	15			1 -
E Horvath GLK	14			1 1
H Amass DEF	14	1	1	1 -
G. Otegbayo DEF	9			1 -
R. Johnson DEF	4			-
O Kobacki FWD	4			-
P Charles GLK	2			-
J. Thornton MID	2			-
N Chalobah MID	1	1		-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	10	2	9
B Bannan	B Bannan	B Bannan	B Bannan

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
B Bannan MID	3	10	2	9
J Lowe FWD	2	4
C McNeill FWD	2	5	1	2
B Cadamarteri FWD	1	10
D Iorfa DEF	1	3
S Fusire MID	1	2		1
H Amass DEF	1	3	1	3
N Chalobah MID	1	2
Y Valery DEF		6	1	1
L Palmer DEF		3	1	1
S Ingelsson MID		6		3
M Lowe DEF			1	2
I Ugbo FWD		4		1
G. Otegbayo DEF		1
O Kobacki FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1122	36	121
B Bannan	H Amass	D Iorfa

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Bannan MID	1122	25	49
M Lowe DEF	782	24	59
D Iorfa DEF	629	29	121
Y Valery DEF	605	33	107
L Palmer DEF	562	23	44
H Amass DEF	480	36	96
E Horvath GLK	461	2	7
S Ingelsson MID	417	26	70
J Lowe FWD	318	18	67
S Fusire MID	309	22	46
C McNeill FWD	199	13	25
G. Otegbayo DEF	156	1	18
B Cadamarteri FWD	130	11	61
P Charles GLK	93		1
I Ugbo FWD	80	8	24
O Kobacki FWD	61	8	18
R. Johnson DEF	13
J. Thornton MID	7
N Chalobah MID	5