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

Vicarage Road, Watford

Sunday afternoon at the Vicarage Road, and it’s a Championship clash between Watford and Southampton. Alessio Dionisi and going all-out to ensure the win. Championship statistics are the foundation of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) history included too. You can view it all, with infographics and odds from leading bookmakers available for the biggest betting markets using the tabs.

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Watford's next match is v Wrexham at 15:00 on Saturday 22nd August
Southampton's next match is v Stoke at 15:00 on Saturday 22nd August
The last English Championship meeting between Watford and Southampton was on Sunday 16th August 2026
English Championship
August 16th 2026
Watford 2
1 Southampton
 
I. Bravo Solanilla 12'56' C. Larin
A. Nabizada 29'
 
WAT
SOU
Shots On
3
3
Shots Off
6
8
Corners
4
8
Possession
34%
66%
Fouls
12
9
Yellow/red cards
6/0
3/0
 
WatfordSouthampton
 
F. Ravaglia
K. Keben
M. Pollock
M. Bola (J. Zemura 24')
H. Kyprianou
E. Bove (E. Kayembe 61')
O. Maamma (R. Vata 77')
I. Bravo Solanillafootball icon (M. Payero 61')
H. Traorè
A. Nabizadafootball icon (M. Adu-Poku 61')
M. Doumbia
D. Peretz
R. Manning
J. Stephens
T. Harwood-Bellis
J. Bree
F. Downes
L. Weschenfelder-Scienza
(D. Mubama 70') football iconC. Larin
(F. Azaz 57') L. Dobbin
(S. Edozie 70') C. Bragg
(B. Brereton 89') K. Matsuki

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The stats suggest there's no obvious winner in this fixture, but the evidence does point towards the conclusion that Watford and Southampton will find the net twice at least between them. That has been the case when they've gone head-to-head in years gone by, and neither Alessio Dionisi or has suffered the frustration of many 0-0s recently either. The bookies are predicting over 1.5 goals too, with odds of 1.22 equating to roughly a 80% probability.

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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
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 49% chance of Southampton 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
28%
27/1023/10
2%
Draw
23%
5/213/5
Southampton
49%
19/2011/10
Draw 1-1
11%
11/25/1
Southampton 2-1
10%
15/27/1
Southampton 1-0
9%
8/17/1
7%
Southampton 2-0
7%
10/117/2
Watford 2-1
7%
12/19/1
Watford 1-0
6%
12/19/1
5%
Draw 2-2
6%
11/19/1
9%
Southampton 3-1
6%
14/112/1
Draw 0-0
5%
12/111/1
Southampton 3-0
4%
16/114/1
Watford 2-0
4%
20/114/1
15%
Southampton 3-2
4%
20/116/1
11%
Watford 3-1
3%
25/118/1
Watford 3-2
3%
28/122/1
Southampton 4-1
2%
28/122/1
Over 2.5 Goals
58%
8/118/11
1%
Under 2.5 Goals
42%
11/101/1
3%
Home 1st Goal
45%
5/46/5
Away 1st Goal
52%
4/63/4
No 1st Goal
3%
12/111/1
9%
BTTS - Yes
60%
8/138/13
2%
BTTS - No
40%
6/56/5
2%
BTTS - Home Win
15%
11/29/2
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/33/1
5%
BTTS - Away Win
26%
13/5
7%
11/4
1%
Home/draw
51%
4/5
4%
7/10
Away/draw
72%
2/7
2%
1/3
Home/away
77%
2/72/7
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
2/92/9
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
10/33/1
5%
Over 3.5 Goals
36%
7/47/4
5%
Under 3.5 Goals
64%
4/92/5
3%
Over 4.5 Goals
19%
4/14/1
9%
Under 4.5 Goals
81%
1/61/7
1%
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
9/19/1
9%
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
1/161/25
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/251/40
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
12/111/1
Home DNB
44%
13/811/8
Away DNB
65%
4/98/15
Watford win to nil
12%
6/1-
Southampton win to nil
23%
11/4-
Watford / Watford
15%
5/14/1
4%
Watford / Southampton
4%
20/118/1
Watford / Draw
6%
14/110/1
8%
Draw / Watford
10%
7/113/2
Draw / Southampton
15%
9/29/2
Draw / Draw
14%
5/19/2
Southampton / Watford
3%
28/122/1
Southampton / Southampton
26%
21/1021/10
Southampton / Draw
7%
12/110/1
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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
QPR110023 
Jan 1
Dec 12
Oct 31
Jan 23
2
Millwall110023 
Dec 5
Mar 17
Aug 29
Apr 17
3
Charlton110013 
Oct 17
Jan 16
Mar 20
Dec 26
4
M'Boro110013 
Nov 7
Jan 30
Nov 27
Mar 13
5
West Brom110013 
Apr 10
Sep 5
Jan 26
Nov 3
6
Swansea110013 
Apr 21
Sep 1
Sep 8
Apr 6
7
Bolton110013 
Dec 19
Apr 3
Oct 17
Jan 16
8
Watford110013 
-
-
Mar 6
l
 
2-1A
9
West Ham101001 
Aug 29
Apr 17
Dec 29
Oct 24
10
Blackburn101001 
Nov 25
May 1
Dec 19
Apr 3
11
Burnley101001 
Oct 10
Feb 27
Dec 9
Apr 24
12
Wolves101001 
Dec 29
Oct 24
Mar 16
Dec 5
13
Wrexham101001 
Mar 2
Aug 22
Feb 20
Sep 19
14
Cardiff101001 
Feb 16
Oct 13
Jan 1
Dec 12
15
Sheff Utd101001 
Feb 6
Nov 21
May 1
Nov 24
16
Birmingham101001 
Apr 24
Dec 8
Apr 20
Sep 1
17
Preston1001-10 
Sep 8
Apr 7
Jan 30
Nov 7
18
Stoke1001-10 
Sep 12
Feb 13
Aug 22
Mar 3
19
Lincoln1001-10 
Nov 3
Jan 26
Apr 10
Sep 5
20
Norwich1001-10 
Jan 23
Oct 31
Feb 17
Oct 14
21
Derby1001-10 
Mar 13
Nov 28
Nov 21
Feb 6
22
Portsmouth1001-20 
Mar 20
Dec 26
Oct 11
Feb 28
23
Bristol C1001-20 
Feb 20
Sep 18
Sep 12
Feb 13
24
Southampton1001-1-4 
w
 
2-1F
Mar 6
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
5
Watford have lost 5 consecutive league games
8
Watford have not won in 8 consecutive league games
21
Southampton have not lost in 21 consecutive league games
Watford 8TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
5
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Watford0 - 4Coventry
Watford0 - 2Sheff Utd
Watford1 - 1Charlton
Watford0 - 0Leicester
Watford3 - 1Wrexham
Watford0 - 2Ipswich
Watford2 - 0Derby
Watford0 - 2Swansea
Watford1 - 1Portsmouth
Watford0 - 2Millwall
Watford3 - 0Birmingham
Watford1 - 0Stoke
Watford1 - 1Sheff Wed
Watford3 - 2Norwich
Watford1 - 1Preston
Watford1 - 1Bristol C
Watford3 - 0M'Boro
Watford2 - 1West Brom
Watford2 - 1Oxford Utd
Watford2 - 1Hull
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
3
Draw
7
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HWatford0 - 4Coventry
AWatford1 - 5M'Boro
AWatford0 - 3West Brom
HWatford0 - 2Sheff Utd
AWatford0 - 2Oxford Utd
HWatford1 - 1Charlton
AWatford1 - 2QPR
HWatford0 - 0Leicester
HWatford3 - 1Wrexham
AWatford1 - 3Stoke
AWatford1 - 1Sheff Wed
AWatford2 - 1Bristol C
HWatford0 - 2Ipswich
HWatford2 - 0Derby
AWatford2 - 2Preston
AWatford0 - 1Southampton
AWatford0 - 0Hull
HWatford0 - 2Swansea
AWatford1 - 1Blackburn
HWatford1 - 1Portsmouth
Southampton 24TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
21
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
M'Boro0 - 0Southampton
Preston1 - 3Southampton
Swansea1 - 2Southampton
Wrexham1 - 5Southampton
Coventry1 - 2Southampton
West Brom1 - 1Southampton
Sheff Wed1 - 3Southampton
Leicester3 - 4Southampton
Stoke0 - 2Southampton
Portsmouth1 - 1Southampton
M'Boro4 - 0Southampton
Birmingham1 - 1Southampton
Oxford Utd2 - 1Southampton
Norwich2 - 1Southampton
Millwall3 - 2Southampton
Charlton1 - 5Southampton
QPR1 - 2Southampton
Blackburn2 - 1Southampton
Bristol C3 - 1Southampton
Derby1 - 1Southampton
Goals: Scored
43
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
13
Draw
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSouthampton1 - 1M'Boro
ASouthampton0 - 0M'Boro
ASouthampton3 - 1Preston
HSouthampton2 - 2Ipswich
HSouthampton2 - 2Bristol C
ASouthampton2 - 1Swansea
HSouthampton3 - 0Blackburn
HSouthampton2 - 1Derby
ASouthampton5 - 1Wrexham
HSouthampton2 - 0Oxford Utd
HSouthampton1 - 0Norwich
ASouthampton2 - 1Coventry
ASouthampton1 - 1West Brom
ASouthampton3 - 1Sheff Wed
HSouthampton5 - 0QPR
HSouthampton1 - 1Charlton
ASouthampton4 - 3Leicester
HSouthampton1 - 0Watford
ASouthampton2 - 0Stoke
ASouthampton1 - 1Portsmouth
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
10
Southampton have not lost to Watford in 10 consecutive away league meetings
League games at Watford since 1999
Watford
Southampton
Goals: Scored
21
23
Games: Scored
10 / 13
11 / 13
Clean sheets
2 / 13
3 / 13
WAT
3
D
6
SOU
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
Draw2 - 2Draw
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
16
18
Games: Scored
9 / 12
9 / 12
Clean sheets
3 / 12
3 / 12
WAT
5
D
2
SOU
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Southampton
Southampton1 - 0
Southampton3 - 2
1 - 2Watford
Southampton2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2Watford
Draw1 - 1Draw
Southampton4 - 0
0 - 3Watford
0 - 3Watford
1 - 3Watford
Southampton2 - 0
Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Watford of late. It has been 8 Championship games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.3 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Sunday afternoon against Southampton.

Southampton's fans will be hoping for goals on Sunday afternoon, not least because Watford have conceded in each of their last 7 Championship matches. A PG of 1.8 for Southampton suggests that run should continue.

Watford 8th Southampton 24th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Watford will score no more than 1 goal
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
10%
There is a 83% probability that Southampton will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-11
Watford have scored 11% fewer goals at home than predicted
+26
Southampton have scored 26% more goals when away than predicted
1.3
average goals scored
1.9
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2026/2027 season
Watford
PG (predicted goals)
Southampton
1.3
1.8
Attack rating
0%
better
WAT
SOU
view stats
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
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
0%
better
WAT
SOU
view stats
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
0%

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

Watford Championship squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
1101
F RavagliaI BravoM Pollock
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
F Ravaglia GLK1
-
O Traoré DEF1
-
M Pollock DEF1
1
-
K Keben DEF1
-
M Bola DEF1
-
E Bove MID1
-
H Kyprianou MID1
1
-
O. Maamma MID1
1
-
I Bravo MID11
-
A. Nabizada MID11
1
-
M. Doumbia FWD1
1
-
Subs
D Bachmann GLK
-
J Zemura DEF1
-
J. Clarridge DEF
-
A. Eames DEF
-
M Payero MID1
1
-
E Kayembe MID1
-
L Kjerrumgaard FWD
-
R Vata FWD1
-
M Adu-Poku FWD1
-
Southampton Championship squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
1111
D PeretzC LarinC. BraggJ Bree
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Peretz GLK1
-
J Bree DEF1
1
-
T Harwood-Bellis DEF1
-
J Stephens DEF1
-
R Manning DEF1
-
F Downes MID1
1
-
C. Bragg MID11
-
L Scienza MID1
-
K Matsuki MID1
-
L Dobbin MID1
-
C Larin FWD11
1
-
Subs
G Long GLK
-
N Wood DEF
-
Welington  DEF
-
F Azaz MID1
-
T Fellows MID
-
S Edozie MID1
-
C Archer FWD
-
B Díaz FWD1
-
D Mubama FWD1
-