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Watford v Southampton : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 30th Aug, 15:00 BST, Vicarage Road, Watford

Edward Still leads his Southampton team to the Vicarage Road in the Championship on Saturday afternoon, with Paulo César Pezzolano Suárez's Watford their challengers. Quite simply, we want you to win betting on this game. To this end, stats for every betting market have been laid out below, with head to head (H2H) records and statistically significant form streaks highlighted. The best odds are also given.


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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
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Team To Score First

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Watford
53%
--
Draw
26%
--
Southampton
21%
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Watford 1-0
14%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Watford 2-0
11%
--
Draw 0-0
9%
--
Watford 2-1
9%
--
Southampton 1-0
8%
--
Watford 3-0
6%
--
Southampton 2-1
5%
--
Watford 3-1
5%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Southampton 2-0
3%
--
Watford 4-0
2%
--
Watford 3-2
2%
--
Watford 4-1
2%
--
Southampton 3-1
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
42%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
58%
--
Home 1st Goal
54%
--
Away 1st Goal
40%
--
No 1st Goal
6%
--
BTTS - Yes
45%
--
BTTS - No
55%
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BTTS - Home Win
20%
--
BTTS - Draw
17%
--
BTTS - Away Win
8%
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Home/draw
79%
--
Away/draw
47%
--
Home/away
74%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
69%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
31%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
22%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
78%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
--
Home DNB
71%
--
Away DNB
39%
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Watford win to nil
33%
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Southampton win to nil
12%
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Win / draw / win Championship table
Won
Draw
Lost
Watford
Southampton
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Stoke220056 
Dec 20
Mar 14
Aug 23
Jan 31
2
M'Boro220046 
Nov 1
Apr 25
Sep 27
Jan 4
3
West Brom220026 
Oct 22
Apr 21
Dec 9
Mar 11
4
Bristol C211034 
Nov 7
Feb 28
Apr 21
Oct 21
5
Coventry211024 
May 2
Oct 25
Dec 20
Mar 14
6
Preston211014 
Nov 25
Feb 14
Nov 1
May 2
7
Birmingham211014 
Jan 1
Nov 29
Dec 6
Dec 29
8
Hull211014 
Sep 27
Jan 4
Jan 17
Sep 20
9
Southampton211014 
Aug 30
Feb 7
-
-
10
Charlton211014 
Apr 6
l
 
1-0A
Feb 21
Nov 22
11
Leicester210103 
Mar 21
Dec 26
Nov 25
Feb 14
12
Norwich210103 
Dec 6
Dec 29
Mar 7
Dec 13
13
Watford210103 
-
-
Feb 7
Aug 30
14
Portsmouth210103 
Jan 21
Oct 1
Sep 14
Jan 25
15
Swansea210103 
Jan 31
Aug 23
Oct 18
Apr 18
16
Millwall2101-23 
Jan 17
Sep 20
Jan 1
Nov 29
17
Ipswich202002 
Feb 24
Nov 4
Apr 3
d
 
1-1A
18
QPR2011-11 
w
 
2-1F
Apr 3
Feb 24
Nov 5
19
Wrexham2002-20 
Mar 7
Dec 13
w
 
2-1A
Apr 6
20
Oxford Utd2002-20 
Oct 4
Apr 11
Mar 21
Dec 26
21
Blackburn2002-20 
Sep 13
Jan 24
Apr 25
Oct 25
22
Derby2002-40 
Feb 21
Nov 22
Apr 11
Oct 4
23
Sheff Wed2002-40 
Dec 9
Mar 10
Nov 8
Feb 28
24
Sheff Utd2002-40 
Apr 18
Oct 18
Jan 21
Sep 30
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Win / draw / win form
7
Southampton have not won in 7 consecutive away league games
Watford 13TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
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
Watford2 - 1QPR
Watford1 - 1Sheff Wed
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
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
D
4
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HWatford2 - 1QPR
AWatford0 - 1Charlton
HWatford1 - 1Sheff Wed
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
Southampton 9TH
20 league games
Away
7
Overall
Goals: Scored
14
Conceded
40
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
1
D
4
Lost
15
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Ipswich1 - 1Southampton
Everton2 - 0Southampton
Leicester2 - 0Southampton
West Ham1 - 1Southampton
Spurs3 - 1Southampton
Liverpool3 - 1Southampton
Chelsea4 - 0Southampton
Ipswich1 - 2Southampton
Nottm Forest3 - 2Southampton
Man Utd3 - 1Southampton
C Palace2 - 1Southampton
Fulham0 - 0Southampton
A Villa1 - 0Southampton
Brighton1 - 1Southampton
Wolves2 - 0Southampton
Man City1 - 0Southampton
Arsenal3 - 1Southampton
Bournemouth3 - 1Southampton
Brentford3 - 1Southampton
Newcastle1 - 0Southampton
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
44
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
2
D
4
Lost
14
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASouthampton1 - 1Ipswich
HSouthampton2 - 1Wrexham
HSouthampton1 - 2Arsenal
ASouthampton0 - 2Everton
HSouthampton0 - 0Man City
ASouthampton0 - 2Leicester
HSouthampton1 - 2Fulham
ASouthampton1 - 1West Ham
HSouthampton0 - 3A Villa
ASouthampton1 - 3Spurs
HSouthampton1 - 1C Palace
HSouthampton1 - 2Wolves
ASouthampton1 - 3Liverpool
ASouthampton0 - 4Chelsea
HSouthampton0 - 4Brighton
HSouthampton1 - 3Bournemouth
ASouthampton2 - 1Ipswich
HSouthampton1 - 3Newcastle
ASouthampton2 - 3Nottm Forest
ASouthampton1 - 3Man Utd
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
9
Southampton have not lost to Watford in 9 consecutive away league meetings
League games at Watford since 1999
Watford
Southampton
Goals: Scored
19
21
Games: Scored
9 / 12
10 / 12
Clean sheets
2 / 12
3 / 12
WAT
3
D
5
SOU
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Southampton
1 - 3Southampton
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
3 - 4Southampton
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 3Southampton
Draw2 - 2Draw
Watford3 - 2
Watford3 - 0
Watford3 - 2
League games at Southampton since 2000
Southampton
Watford
Goals: Scored
15
18
Games: Scored
8 / 11
9 / 11
Clean sheets
2 / 11
3 / 11
WAT
5
D
2
SOU
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Southampton
Southampton3 - 2
1 - 2Watford
Southampton2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2Watford
Draw1 - 1Draw
Southampton4 - 0
0 - 3Watford
0 - 3Watford
1 - 3Watford
Southampton2 - 0
Goal Statistics
Watford 13th Southampton 9th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
0.9
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
43%
1
36%
2
15%
3
4+
There is a 79% probability of Southampton scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-24
Watford have scored 24% fewer goals at home than predicted
-34
Southampton have scored 34% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.1
average goals scored
0.7
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
2.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Watford
PG (predicted goals)
Southampton
1.5
0.9
Attack rating
WAT
SOU
53%
better
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Games scored0
1
Failed to score1
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
2
Avg. goals scored0
1
Avg. shots per game3
10
Avg. shots per goal0
10
Conversion rate for0
10
Avg. XG for0.7
4
KickOff rating
+53%
Defence rating
3%
better
WAT
SOU
view stats
Games conceded1
1
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first1
1
Goals conceded1
1
Avg. goals conceded0.5
0.5
Avg. shots/game conceded5
4
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
7
Conversion rate against11%
14%
Avg. XG against1.7
1.7
KickOff rating
+3%

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

Watford Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2211
E SelvikL KjerrumgaardI Louza I Louza 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
E Selvik GLK2
-
M Bola DEF2
-
J Abankwah DEF2
-
J Ngakia DEF2
-
K Keben DEF2
-
I Louza  MID21
1
M Sissoko MID2
-
E Kayembe MID2
1
-
H Kyprianou MID2
1
-
L Kjerrumgaard FWD22
-
N Irankunda FWD21
-
M. Doumbia FWD2
-
K Baah FWD2
1
-
M. Alleyne DEF1
-
R Andrews DEF1
-
T Dele-Bashiru MID1
-
T Ince FWD1
-
Southampton Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2111
G BazunuR ManningR FraserWelington 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Bazunu GLK2
-
J Quarshie DEF2
-
Welington  DEF2
1
-
Y Sugawara DEF2
-
R Manning DEF21
-
J Stephens DEF21
-
S Charles MID2
1
-
M Fernandes MID2
-
F Downes MID2
1
-
J. Robinson FWD21
-
A Armstrong FWD2
-
C Archer FWD2
1
-
R Fraser FWD21
-
R Edwards DEF1
-
T Harwood-Bellis DEF1
-
K Matsuki MID1
-
D Downs FWD11
-
R Stewart FWD1
-
T Obling FWD1
-