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

Vicarage Road, Watford

Tom Cleverley's Watford side are on home soil in the Championship on Saturday lunch time, as Danny Röhl's Sheffield Wednesday arrive at the Vicarage Road. We've got predictions, tips, and odds from leading bookmakers and head-to-head statistics across the biggest markets, all with the aim of helping you find a winning bet on this Championship clash.

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The last English Championship meeting between Watford and Sheff Wed was on Saturday 3rd May 2025
English Championship
May 3rd 2025
Watford 1
1 Sheff Wed
 
M. Sissoko 45'29' J. Windass
 
WAT
SHW
Shots On
5
2
Shots Off
6
3
Corners
8
2
Possession
51%
49%
Fouls
15
12
Yellow/red cards
1/0
 
WatfordSheff Wed
 
E. Selvik
J. Ngakia (R. Andrews 78')
M. Pollock
J. Abankwah (K. Keben 46')
C. Wiley (Y. Larouci 79')
I. Louza
P. Dwomoh
M. Sissokofootball icon
E. Kayembe
M. Doumbia (V. Bayo 84')
R. Vata (Z. Massiah-Edwards 84')
P. Charles
Y. Valery
S. Charles
(L. Palmer 71') G. Otegbayo
(N. Chalobah 62') S. Ingelsson
M. Johnson
(O. Kobacki 71') football iconJ. Windass
(M. Ihiekwe 62') B. Bannan
C. Paterson
(I. Ugbo 79') M. Smith
D. Gassama

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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.

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 39% chance of Sheff Wed 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
36%
8/5
1%
-
Draw
26%
5/2
6%
-
Sheff Wed
39%
31/20
3%
-
Draw 1-1
12%
6/1
8%
-
Sheff Wed 1-0
9%
11/1
26%
-
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%
20/1
28%
-
Watford 3-0
3%
25/1-
Watford 3-2
3%
22/1
21%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
51%
8/13
15%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
49%
13/10
20%
-
Home 1st Goal
47%
1/1
3%
-
Away 1st Goal
49%
4/5
8%
-
No 1st Goal
4%
14/1
36%
-
BTTS - Yes
55%
1/2
10%
-
BTTS - No
45%
6/4
19%
-
BTTS - Home Win
17%
10/3
13%
-
BTTS - Draw
19%
3/1
8%
-
BTTS - Away Win
19%
10/3
13%
-
Home/draw
61%
1/2
4%
-
Away/draw
64%
1/2
4%
-
Home/away
74%
2/7
3%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
1/5
7%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
24%
7/2
20%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
29%
6/4
22%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
71%
8/15
13%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
7/2
25%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
1/5
7%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
7/1
38%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/12
4%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/33
2%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
14/1
36%
-
Home DNB
54%
5/6-
Away DNB
57%
5/6-
Watford win to nil
18%
9/2
22%
-
Sheff Wed win to nil
20%
9/2
22%
-
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-
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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.

Won
Draw
Lost
Watford
Sheff Wed
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Leeds462913465100 
l
 
0-4A
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-0A
2
Burnley462816253100 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
4-0A
3
Sheff Utd46288102790 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
4
Sunderland462113121476 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
4-0A
5
Coventry4620917669 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-2A
6
Bristol C46171712468 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
d
 
2-2F
d
 
0-00-0
7
Blackburn4619918566 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1F
l
 
0-1A
d
 
2-2F
8
Millwall46181216-266 
l
 
1-2F
w
 
2-3F
d
 
2-2F
l
 
3-0A
9
West Brom461519121064 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
3-2F
l
 
2-1A
10
M'Boro46181018864 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-1A
d
 
3-3A
11
Swansea46171019-561 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
12
Sheff Wed Away46151318-958 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-6F
-
-
13
Norwich46141517357 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-1A
w
 
2-0F
w
 
2-3A
14
Watford Home4616921-857 
-
-
l
 
2-6A
d
 
1-1F
15
QPR46141418-1056 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-1A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-2F
16
Portsmouth46141220-1354 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-2A
17
Oxford Utd46131419-1653 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-3A
18
Stoke46121519-1751 
w
 
3-0F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-0A
19
Derby46131122-850 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-2F
w
 
4-2F
w
 
1-2A
20
Preston46102016-1150 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-0A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
3-1A
21
Hull46121321-1049 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-2F
22
Luton46131023-2449 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-0A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1F
23
Plymouth46111322-3746 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
2-2F
w
 
4-0F
w
 
0-3F
24
Cardiff4691720-2544 
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
4
Watford have lost 4 consecutive league games
Watford 14TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
4
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
D
3
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Watford1 - 2Burnley
Watford1 - 0Hull
Watford0 - 0Plymouth
Watford1 - 0Swansea
Watford1 - 2Millwall
Watford2 - 0Luton
Watford0 - 4Leeds
Watford0 - 1Norwich
Watford1 - 2Preston
Watford1 - 2Sheff Utd
Watford1 - 2Cardiff
Watford2 - 1Portsmouth
Watford2 - 1West Brom
Watford0 - 0QPR
Watford1 - 0Bristol C
Watford1 - 0Oxford Utd
Watford1 - 0Blackburn
Watford2 - 1M'Boro
Watford2 - 1Sunderland
Watford1 - 1Coventry
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
D
4
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AWatford1 - 2Blackburn
AWatford0 - 1Portsmouth
HWatford1 - 2Burnley
AWatford1 - 2West Brom
HWatford1 - 0Hull
AWatford1 - 2Bristol C
HWatford0 - 0Plymouth
AWatford0 - 1Oxford Utd
HWatford1 - 0Swansea
HWatford1 - 2Millwall
AWatford0 - 0Stoke
HWatford2 - 0Luton
AWatford1 - 0M'Boro
HWatford0 - 4Leeds
AWatford2 - 2Sunderland
HWatford0 - 1Norwich
AWatford1 - 2Coventry
HWatford1 - 2Preston
AWatford2 - 0Derby
AWatford1 - 1Cardiff
Sheff Wed 12TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
D
4
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Stoke2 - 0Sheff Wed
Blackburn2 - 2Sheff Wed
Cardiff1 - 1Sheff Wed
Norwich2 - 3Sheff Wed
Plymouth0 - 3Sheff Wed
Burnley4 - 0Sheff Wed
Swansea0 - 1Sheff Wed
West Brom2 - 1Sheff Wed
QPR0 - 2Sheff Wed
Leeds3 - 0Sheff Wed
Preston3 - 1Sheff Wed
M'Boro3 - 3Sheff Wed
Oxford Utd1 - 3Sheff Wed
Derby1 - 2Sheff Wed
Hull0 - 2Sheff Wed
Sheff Utd1 - 0Sheff Wed
Portsmouth1 - 2Sheff Wed
Coventry1 - 2Sheff Wed
Bristol C0 - 0Sheff Wed
Luton2 - 1Sheff Wed
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSheff Wed1 - 1Portsmouth
HSheff Wed2 - 1M'Boro
ASheff Wed0 - 2Stoke
HSheff Wed0 - 1Oxford Utd
ASheff Wed2 - 2Blackburn
HSheff Wed0 - 1Hull
ASheff Wed1 - 1Cardiff
HSheff Wed0 - 1Sheff Utd
ASheff Wed3 - 2Norwich
ASheff Wed3 - 0Plymouth
HSheff Wed1 - 2Sunderland
ASheff Wed0 - 4Burnley
HSheff Wed1 - 2Coventry
ASheff Wed1 - 0Swansea
ASheff Wed1 - 2West Brom
HSheff Wed1 - 1Luton
ASheff Wed2 - 0QPR
HSheff Wed2 - 2Bristol C
ASheff Wed0 - 3Leeds
HSheff Wed2 - 2Millwall
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
8
Watford have not lost to Sheff Wed in 8 consecutive league meetings
League games at Watford since 2000
Watford
Sheff Wed
Goals: Scored
21
12
Games: Scored
12 / 13
9 / 13
Clean sheets
4 / 13
1 / 13
WAT
9
D
2
SHW
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
Watford1 - 0
Watford1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Sheff Wed
Watford2 - 1
Watford4 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
Watford2 - 1
Watford2 - 1
Watford1 - 0
Watford3 - 1
1 - 3Sheff Wed
Watford1 - 0
League games at Sheff Wed since 1999
Sheff Wed
Watford
Goals: Scored
17
28
Games: Scored
10 / 14
11 / 14
Clean sheets
3 / 14
4 / 14
WAT
6
D
5
SHW
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sheff Wed
2 - 6Watford
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 3Watford
1 - 4Watford
1 - 4Watford
Sheff Wed2 - 1
Sheff Wed2 - 0
0 - 1Watford
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
Sheff Wed2 - 1
2 - 3Watford
Draw2 - 2Draw
Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Watford of late. It has been 11 Championship matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.3 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday lunch time against Sheffield Wednesday.

Watford 14th Sheff Wed 12th
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1.3
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
26%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 61% 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
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0
0
Attack rating
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Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
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0
KickOff rating
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Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
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Watford v Sheff Wed Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Watford Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4210512
M PollockV BayoI Louza I Louza 
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
E Selvik GLK16
2
-
J Ngakia DEF291
6
-
M Pollock DEF4524
8
-
J Abankwah DEF19
3
1
C Wiley DEF101
-
I Louza  MID3325
12
-
P Dwomoh MID9
1
-
M Sissoko MID4061
6
1
E Kayembe MID4481
10
1
R Vata MID3334
-
M. Doumbia FWD192
2
-
Subs
A. Marriott GLK
-
R Andrews DEF3832
4
-
F Carvallo DEF33
11
-
K Keben DEF6
1
Y Larouci DEF392
2
-
T Ince MID3211
1
-
T Dele-Bashiru MID274
-
Z. Massiah-Edwards MID4
-
V Bayo FWD4110
6
1
Sheff Wed Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4213511
S CharlesJ WindassS CharlesS Charles
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
P Charles GLK8
1
-
Y Valery DEF3934
8
-
G. Otegbayo DEF111
-
S Charles DEF4315
11
-
M Johnson DEF413
3
-
C Paterson MID2762
2
-
S Ingelsson MID3515
5
-
B Bannan MID4145
7
-
D Gassama MID4371
5
-
J Windass FWD44135
8
-
M Smith FWD4184
2
-
Subs
J Beadle GLK38
1
-
L Palmer DEF23
3
-
M Ihiekwe DEF222
2
-
R Hatsuse DEF6
1
-
N Chalobah MID16
3
-
J Lowe FWD2432
2
-
I Ugbo FWD34
1
-
C McNeill FWD4
-
O Kobacki FWD12
1
-
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