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

Vicarage Road, Watford

Mike Dodds takes his Sunderland troops to the Vicarage Road in the Championship on Saturday afternoon, with Tom Cleverley's Watford their rivals. Below you'll find predictions for 17 markets, supporting stats including head to heads (H2Hs), and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers. All is accessible using the tabs below.

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Watford's next match is v M'Boro at 12:30 on Saturday 4th May
Sunderland's next match is v Sheff Wed at 12:30 on Saturday 4th May

The last English Championship meeting between Watford and Sunderland was on Saturday 27th April 2024

English Championship

April 27th 2024

Watford 1	0 Sunderland

R. Andrews 64'

	WAT SUN
Shots On	3 6
Shots Off	3 2
Corners	3 3
Possession	46% 54%
Fouls	11 8
Yellow/red cards	2/0 1/0

Watford	Sunderland

D. Bachmann M. Pollock R. Porteous W. Hoedt I. Koné Y. Asprilla Martínez (J. Livermore 90') E. Kayembe K. Sema (J. Lewis 69') V. Bayo (M. Rajovic 80') E. Dennis (M. Martins Silva dos Santos 46') J. Grieves (R. Andrews 46')	A. Patterson L. O'Nien T. Hume (L. Silva Semedo 78') A. Alese D. Ballard (A. Ba 65') A. Aouchiche C. Styles (P. Roberts 65') C. Rigg J. Bellingham (C. Evans 78') P. Ekwah Elimby J. Clarke

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

This match should deliver some entertainment, but don't count on a record-breaker. Under 3.5 goals is the prediction, meaning that 3 goals is the absolute maximum we'll see during 90 minutes. The best odds are below, followed by relevant form stats and head-to-head (H2H) records.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 38% chance of Sunderland coming away with a win.

Predictions	Bet365	Coral	Betfred	888Sport
Watford 34%	11/8 8%	11/8 3%	-	-
Draw 28%	23/10	23/10 6%	-	-
Sunderland 38%	21/10 5%	2/1	-	-
Draw 1-1 13%	5/1 8%	5/1	-	-
Sunderland 1-0 12%	9/1 5%	15/2	-	-
Watford 1-0 11%	8/1 20%	13/2	-	-
Draw 0-0 10%	9/1 5%	15/2 6%	-	-
Sunderland 2-1 8%	10/1 8%	17/2	-	-
Watford 2-1 7%	17/2 6%	15/2	-	-
Sunderland 2-0 7%	14/1 12%	12/1	-	-
Watford 2-0 6%	11/1 20%	9/1	-	-
Draw 2-2 4%	12/1 13%	11/1	-	-
Sunderland 3-1 3%	22/1 12%	18/1	-	-
Sunderland 3-0 3%	28/1 15%	22/1	-	-
Watford 3-1 3%	18/1	14/1	-	-
Watford 3-0 2%	22/1 10%	16/1	-	-
Sunderland 3-2 2%	28/1 15%	22/1	-	-
Watford 3-2 2%	25/1 10%	20/1 11%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 41%	10/11 5%	-	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 59%	10/11 6%	-	-	-
Home 1st Goal 46%	8/11	-	-	-
Away 1st Goal 48%	6/5 8%	-	-	-
No 1st Goal 6%	9/1 5%	-	-	-
BTTS - Yes 47%	4/6 7%	8/11	-	-
BTTS - No 53%	11/10 10%	1/1	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 14%	7/2	10/3 3%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	3/1 11%	16/5 3%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 15%	5/1 8%	17/4	-	-
Home/draw 62%	4/11 2%	4/11	-	-
Away/draw 66%	8/15 8%	4/7 3%	-	-
Home/away 72%	1/3	1/3 2%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 67%	2/7 3%	-	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 33%	11/4 10%	-	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 21%	11/5 9%	-	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 79%	4/11 5%	-	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 9%	5/1 14%	-	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 91%	1/8 2%	-	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	12/1 13%	-	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	1/25 1%	-	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 90%	1/20 1%	-	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 10%	10/1 16%	-	-	-
Home DNB 54%	4/6 6%	13/20 2%	-	-
Away DNB 57%	11/10 7%	11/10 2%	-	-
Watford win to nil 20%	10/3 15%	-	-	-
Sunderland win to nil 23%	9/2	-	-	-
Watford / Watford 22%	11/4 4%	27/10 6%	-	-
Watford / Sunderland 3%	28/1	22/1	-	-
Watford / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1	-	-
Draw / Watford 15%	9/2	17/4	-	-
Draw / Sunderland 12%	11/2 7%	11/2	-	-
Draw / Draw 17%	9/2 10%	18/5 4%	-	-
Sunderland / Watford 3%	25/1	20/1 11%	-	-
Sunderland / Sunderland 16%	15/4 14%	19/5 4%	-	-
Sunderland / Draw 6%	12/1 13%	11/1	-	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Watford have played 44 matches so far this season and are in 15th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

26 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 11 and won 4. Watford have conceded 45 goals, scored 34, failed to score in 7 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Watford have played 22 games at home, winning 5, drawing 9 and losing 8 fixtures. They have scored 31 goals, conceded 28 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and failed to score 5 times in home league games.

Sunderland lay in 13th place on 56 points in the Championship league table having played 44 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 20 games against teams below them in the table, winning 8, drawing 4 and losing 8 games. They have scored 29 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Sunderland have conceded 25 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Sunderland have played 22 away games, winning 6, drawing 6 and losing 10 games. They have scored an average of 1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1 goals per away game.

Watford

Won

Draw

Lost

Scores

Sunderland

HOME	AWAY	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY
l 1-2A	l 2-0A	Leicester	45	31	4	10	50	97	l 0-1A	l 1-0A
l 1-2F	d 0-00-0	Ipswich	45	27	12	6	33	93	l 1-2A	l 2-1F
d 2-2F	l 3-0A	Leeds	45	27	9	9	39	90	w 1-0F	d 0-00-0
d 1-1A	l 3-2A	Southampton	45	25	9	11	23	84	w 5-0F	l 4-2A
w 3-2A	l 4-2A	Norwich	45	21	10	14	16	73	w 3-1A	l 1-0A
d 2-2F	d 2-2F	West Brom	45	20	12	13	20	72	w 2-1F	w 0-1F
d 0-00-0	w 1-2F	Hull	45	19	13	13	9	70	l 0-1A	w 0-1F
l 2-3A	May 4	M'Boro	45	19	9	17	7	66	l 0-4A	d 1-1A
l 1-2F	d 3-3F	Coventry	45	17	13	15	12	64	l 0-3A	d 0-00-0
d 0-00-0	w 1-5A	Preston	45	18	9	18	-8	63	w 2-0F	l 2-1A
l 1-4A	d 1-1F	Bristol C	45	17	11	17	6	62	d 0-00-0	l 1-0A
l 0-1A	d 1-1A	Cardiff	45	19	5	21	-14	62	l 0-1A	w 0-2F
d 1-1A	w 0-1F	Swansea	45	15	12	18	-5	57	l 1-2A	d 0-00-0
-	-	Watford Home	45	13	17	15	2	56	w 2-0F	l 1-0A
w 1-0F	l 2-0A	Sunderland Away	45	16	8	21	0	56	-	-
d 2-2F	l 1-0A	Millwall	45	15	11	19	-11	56	l 0-1A	d 1-1A
w 4-0F	w 1-2F	QPR	45	14	11	20	-12	53	d 0-00-0	w 1-3A
d 1-1F	l 1-0A	Stoke	45	14	11	20	-15	53	w 3-1F	l 2-1A
l 0-1A	w 1-2A	Blackburn	45	13	11	21	-16	50	l 1-5A	w 1-3F
w 1-0F	d 0-00-0	Sheff Wed	45	14	8	23	-26	50	May 4	w 0-3F
d 0-00-0	d 3-3F	Plymouth	45	12	12	21	-12	48	w 3-1A	l 2-0A
w 2-0F	w 0-1F	Birmingham	45	12	11	22	-16	47	w 3-1F	l 2-1F
l 1-2F	d 0-00-0	Huddersfield	45	9	18	18	-27	45	l 1-2A	l 1-0A
w 5-0F	w 0-1F	Rotherham	45	4	12	29	-55	24	w 2-1A	d 1-1A

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

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM
Watford	0 - 0	Hull
Watford	0 - 0	Preston
Watford	2 - 2	Leeds
Watford	1 - 2	Coventry
Watford	1 - 1	Swansea
Watford	1 - 2	Huddersfield
Watford	1 - 2	Leicester
Watford	0 - 1	Cardiff
Watford	1 - 1	Stoke
Watford	1 - 4	Bristol C
Watford	1 - 2	Ipswich
Watford	1 - 1	Southampton
Watford	3 - 2	Norwich
Watford	5 - 0	Rotherham
Watford	2 - 2	Millwall
Watford	1 - 0	Sheff Wed
Watford	2 - 3	M'Boro
Watford	2 - 2	West Brom
Watford	2 - 0	Birmingham
Watford	0 - 1	Blackburn

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM
H	Watford	0 - 0	Hull
A	Watford	2 - 3	Southampton
A	Watford	0 - 0	Ipswich
H	Watford	0 - 0	Preston
A	Watford	2 - 2	West Brom
H	Watford	2 - 2	Leeds
A	Watford	1 - 0	Birmingham
H	Watford	1 - 2	Coventry
H	Watford	1 - 1	Swansea
A	Watford	0 - 1	Millwall
H	Watford	1 - 2	Huddersfield
A	Watford	1 - 0	Rotherham
A	Watford	2 - 4	Norwich
H	Watford	1 - 2	Leicester
H	Watford	0 - 1	Cardiff
A	Watford	0 - 0	Sheff Wed
A	Watford	1 - 1	Bristol C
A	Watford	2 - 1	QPR
A	Watford	3 - 3	Plymouth
H	Watford	1 - 1	Stoke

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM
West Brom	0 - 1	Sunderland
Leeds	0 - 0	Sunderland
Cardiff	0 - 2	Sunderland
Southampton	4 - 2	Sunderland
Norwich	1 - 0	Sunderland
Birmingham	2 - 1	Sunderland
Huddersfield	1 - 0	Sunderland
M'Boro	1 - 1	Sunderland
Ipswich	2 - 1	Sunderland
Rotherham	1 - 1	Sunderland
Hull	0 - 1	Sunderland
Bristol C	1 - 0	Sunderland
Millwall	1 - 1	Sunderland
Plymouth	2 - 0	Sunderland
Swansea	0 - 0	Sunderland
Leicester	1 - 0	Sunderland
Stoke	2 - 1	Sunderland
Sheff Wed	0 - 3	Sunderland
Blackburn	1 - 3	Sunderland
QPR	1 - 3	Sunderland

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM
H	Sunderland	0 - 1	Millwall
A	Sunderland	1 - 0	West Brom
A	Sunderland	0 - 0	Leeds
H	Sunderland	0 - 0	Bristol C
H	Sunderland	1 - 5	Blackburn
A	Sunderland	2 - 0	Cardiff
H	Sunderland	0 - 0	QPR
A	Sunderland	2 - 4	Southampton
H	Sunderland	0 - 1	Leicester
A	Sunderland	0 - 1	Norwich
H	Sunderland	1 - 2	Swansea
A	Sunderland	1 - 2	Birmingham
A	Sunderland	0 - 1	Huddersfield
H	Sunderland	3 - 1	Plymouth
A	Sunderland	1 - 1	M'Boro
H	Sunderland	3 - 1	Stoke
H	Sunderland	0 - 1	Hull
A	Sunderland	1 - 2	Ipswich
H	Sunderland	2 - 0	Preston
A	Sunderland	1 - 1	Rotherham

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Watford have not lost to Sunderland in 5 consecutive home league meetings

Watford

Sunderland

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 11

Clean sheets

1 / 11

WAT

SUN

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Watford	1 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	2 - 3	Sunderland
Watford	2 - 1
Draw	3 - 3	Draw
	0 - 1	Sunderland
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Watford	2 - 1

Watford

Sunderland

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

17 / 23

21 / 23

Clean sheets

2 / 23

6 / 23

WAT

SUN

FIXTURE HISTORY
Sunderland	2 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Watford	1 - 0
Sunderland	1 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 1	Watford
Sunderland	4 - 2
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Sunderland	2 - 0
	2 - 3	Sunderland
Sunderland	2 - 0
Watford	2 - 1
Sunderland	4 - 1
Draw	3 - 3	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 1	Sunderland
	1 - 3	Watford
Sunderland	2 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 2	Watford
Watford	2 - 1

Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for Sunderland of late. It has been 5 Championship matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.2 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday afternoon against Watford.

	Watford 14th	Sunderland 15th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.1 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 32% 1 37% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 69% probability that Watford will score no more than 1 goal	0 30% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 66% probability that Sunderland will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-7 Watford’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-13 Sunderland have scored 13% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.4 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	1.4 conceded	1.1 conceded

Statistics Championship - 2023/2024 Season

16%

better

WAT

SUN

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Games scored	32		28
Failed to score	13		17
Scored first	21		14
Goals scored	60		52
Avg. goals scored	1.3		1.2
Avg. shots per game	10		10
Avg. shots per goal	7		8
Conversion rate	14%		12%
KickOff rating		+16%

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WAT

SUN

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Games conceded	31		32
Clean sheets	14		13
Conceded first	18		26
Goals conceded	58		52
Avg. goals conceded	1.3		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		7
Conversion rate	14%		15%
KickOff rating		+4%

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

Watford Championship squad statistics 2023/2024

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
41	10	6	13
W Hoedt	M Rajovic	Y Asprilla	R Porteous

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D Bachmann GLK	24			4 -
R Porteous DEF	35	3	3	13 -
M Pollock DEF	17			2 -
W Hoedt DEF	41	2	2	11 -
J Grieves MID				-
E Kayembe MID	32	5	2	6 -
I Koné MID	39	4	2	3 -
K Sema MID	26	1	4	1 -
V Bayo MID	36	6	3	2 1
Y Asprilla MID	41	6	6	7 -
E Dennis FWD	15	4		1 -
Subs
B Hamer GLK	19			3 -
F Carvallo DEF	23		1	3 -
J Lewis DEF	34		2	3 -
J Morris DEF	11			2 -
R Andrews DEF	37	2	2	6 1
T Ince MID	27	2	2	1 -
J Livermore MID	29	3	1	9 -
M Rajovic FWD	38	10		1 -
M Martins FWD	36	5	2	3 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	26	6	8
M Rajovic	Y Asprilla	Y Asprilla	K Sema

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
V Bayo MID	6	13	3	2
Y Asprilla MID	6	26	6	5
E Kayembe MID	5	14	2	3
I Koné MID	4	13	2	2
E Dennis FWD	4	10
R Porteous DEF	3	5	3	2
W Hoedt DEF	2	9	2	2
K Sema MID	1	7	4	8
M Pollock DEF		2
Subs
M Rajovic FWD	10	15		2
M Martins FWD	5	15	2	2
J Livermore MID	3	4	1	1
R Andrews DEF	2	9	2	3
T Ince MID	2	6	2	2
F Carvallo DEF		2	1	1
J Lewis DEF		6	2	4
J Morris DEF				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
3129	75	252
W Hoedt	W Hoedt	W Hoedt

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
W Hoedt DEF	3129	75	252
R Porteous DEF	1867	69	170
I Koné MID	1047	38	138
E Kayembe MID	988	34	96
Y Asprilla MID	941	52	134
D Bachmann GLK	884	1	17
K Sema MID	676	29	113
V Bayo MID	466	19	81
M Pollock DEF	458	18	68
E Dennis FWD	183	16	59
Subs
J Lewis DEF	1219	70	102
F Carvallo DEF	1044	25	97
R Andrews DEF	1006	45	119
J Livermore MID	938	47	83
B Hamer GLK	650		11
M Martins FWD	643	29	91
M Rajovic FWD	363	9	66
J Morris DEF	353	18	39
T Ince MID	274	13	31

Sunderland Championship squad statistics 2023/2024

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
43	15	5	14
A Patterson	J Clarke	J Clarke	T Hume

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Patterson GLK	43			1 -
L O'Nien DEF	40	2		11 -
D Ballard DEF	40	3		12 -
A Alese DEF	5			1 -
T Hume MID	43	1	1	13 1
J Bellingham MID	42	7	1	5 -
P Ekwah MID	37	5	2	5 -
C Styles MID	9		1	1 -
C Rigg MID	18	2		1 -
A Aouchiche MID	25	2	2	2 -
J Clarke FWD	37	15	5	5 -
Subs
N Bishop GLK				-
L Hjelde DEF	11			1 -
T Pembélé DEF	7			-
C Evans MID				-
P Roberts MID	30		2	3 -
R Mundle MID	10	1		1 -
A Ba MID	36	3	4	8 -
T Watson FWD				-
L Semedo FWD	21			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
15	44	5	13
J Clarke	J Clarke	J Clarke	J Clarke

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Clarke FWD	15	44	5	13
J Bellingham MID	7	24	1	4
P Ekwah MID	5	17	2	1
D Ballard DEF	3	9
L O'Nien DEF	2	7		1
C Rigg MID	2	4
A Aouchiche MID	2	13	2	2
T Hume MID	1	10	1	4
A Patterson GLK		1
C Styles MID			1
Subs
A Ba MID	3	11	4	2
R Mundle MID	1	5
T Pembélé DEF		1
P Roberts MID		11	2	5
L Semedo FWD		5

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2881	141	295
L O'Nien	T Hume	J Clarke

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
L O'Nien DEF	2881	63	187
D Ballard DEF	2459	50	215
T Hume MID	2315	141	286
P Ekwah MID	1667	53	121
J Clarke FWD	1369	57	295
J Bellingham MID	1241	54	186
A Patterson GLK	1191		17
A Aouchiche MID	432	25	47
C Styles MID	245	12	28
C Rigg MID	185	16	44
A Alese DEF	132	3	11
Subs
P Roberts MID	958	20	104
A Ba MID	599	17	96
L Hjelde DEF	458	13	35
R Mundle MID	128	7	26
L Semedo FWD	92	11	19
T Pembélé DEF	63	4	10