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Watford v Crawley Town : League Cup match betting preview, prediction and odds

Vicarage Road, Watford

Crawley Town pay League Cup competitors Watford a visit on Saturday afternoon, as Scott Lindsey leads his side into an away clash with Alessio Dionisi & co. at the Vicarage Road. Recent form, head to head (H2H) statistics, predictions and the best odds are all shown below. It's our job to give you all the information you need to place a smart, well-informed bet. We're tipping Watford to win, but why not take a look and see if there's another bet you prefer?

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Watford's next match is v Wrexham at 15:00 on Saturday 22nd August
Crawley Town's next match is v Rochdale at 15:00 on Saturday 22nd August

The last English League Cup meeting between Watford and Crawley was on Saturday 8th August 2026

English League Cup

August 8th 2026

Watford 1	0 Crawley

M. Bola 90'

	WAT CRA
Shots On	11 3
Shots Off	12 3
Corners	12 1
Possession	61% 39%
Fouls	11 13
Yellow/red cards	2/0 3/0

Watford	Crawley

F. Ravaglia K. Keben M. Pollock H. Kyprianou E. Bove (E. Kayembe 68') O. Maamma (R. Vata 77') L. Kjerrumgaard (M. Doumbia 68') K. Baah (A. Nabizada 46') M. Bola H. Traorè I. Bravo Solanilla (M. Payero 69')	V. Mannone C. Baker L. Watson S. Duke-McKenna (O. Kamara 64') M. Ebiowei (P. Arganese-McDermott 76') A. Odimayo (O. Mrisho 76') K. Gordon J. Arthurs K. Krasniqi (J. Russell 76') A. Adeyemo (O. Aderoju 56') G. Di Biase

Best Tip: Watford to win

As training goes on this week and the Watford players prepare themselves for this game, the bookmakers have predicted a victory for them. The odds and our pre-match statistics below suggest the same, as does the historical head-to-head (H2H) record we take advantage of in our predictive algorithms. The Vicarage Road hasn't been an easy place to go for Crawley in the past, and we we think that will be the case again on Saturday afternoon. A win / draw / win home win is the way to go.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Watford are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 73% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.27.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Watford 73%	3/10 4%	-
Draw 16%	17/4 4%	-
Crawley 10%	8/1 21%	-
Watford 2-0 11%	6/1 8%	-
Watford 3-0 9%	15/2 7%	-
Watford 2-1 9%	8/1 5%	-
Watford 1-0 9%	8/1	-
Watford 3-1 8%	10/1	-
Draw 1-1 8%	9/1	-
Watford 4-0 6%	12/1 9%	-
Watford 4-1 5%	16/1	-
Draw 2-2 4%	18/1 9%	-
Draw 0-0 4%	16/1	-
Watford 3-2 3%	22/1 10%	-
Crawley 2-1 3%	25/1 15%	-
Crawley 1-0 3%	25/1 10%	-
Watford 5-0 3%	22/1 10%	-
Watford 5-1 2%	28/1 12%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 64%	1/2	-
Under 2.5 Goals 36%	6/4	-
Home 1st Goal 61%	1/3 1%	-
Away 1st Goal 37%	12/5 9%	-
No 1st Goal 2%	16/1	-
BTTS - Yes 51%	10/11 3%	-
BTTS - No 49%	10/11 3%	-
BTTS - Home Win 33%	7/4	-
BTTS - Draw 12%	11/2	-
BTTS - Away Win 6%	14/1 19%	-
Home/draw 90%	1/14 2%	-
Away/draw 27%	12/5 6%	-
Home/away 84%	1/6	-
Over 1.5 Goals 84%	1/7	-
Under 1.5 Goals 16%	9/2	-
Over 3.5 Goals 42%	6/5 2%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 58%	8/13 3%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 24%	11/4	-
Under 4.5 Goals 76%	1/4	-
Over 5.5 Goals 12%	7/1 14%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 88%	1/12 2%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/40	-
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	16/1	-
Home DNB 85%	1/12 1%	-
Away DNB 22%	7/1 10%	-
Watford win to nil 40%	6/5 5%	-
Crawley win to nil 5%	16/1 10%	-
Watford / Watford 45%	5/6 4%	-
Watford / Crawley 2%	40/1	-
Watford / Draw 5%	16/1	-
Draw / Watford 21%	3/1	-
Draw / Crawley 4%	18/1 9%	-
Draw / Draw 10%	7/1 6%	-
Crawley / Watford 4%	18/1	-
Crawley / Crawley 5%	16/1 10%	-
Crawley / Draw 4%	20/1 9%	-

Win / draw / win form

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OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win

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Goal Statistics

	Watford	Crawley
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	2.5 goals	0.8 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 1 21% 2 26% 3 21% 4+ 24% There is a 71% probability that Watford will score 2 or more goals in this match	0 44% 1 36% 2 15% 3 4+ There is a 80% probability of Crawley scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away games

Attack defence ratings
League Cup - 2026/2027 season

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Games scored	11		9
Failed to score	9		11
Scored first	4		5
Goals scored	16		16
Avg. goals scored	0.8		0.8
Avg. shots per game	9		9
Avg. shots per goal	12		11
Conversion rate for	9		9
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.2
KickOff rating		+1%

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CRA

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Games conceded	17		11
Clean sheets	3		9
Conceded first	14		10
Goals conceded	34		21
Avg. goals conceded	1.7		1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		8
Conversion rate against	19%		12%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.6
KickOff rating		+36%

The line-ups for the League Cup match between Watford v Crawley will show here when available.

Watford League Cup squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
1	1	0	1
F Ravaglia	M Bola		E Bove

Line-up	Appserances	goals	cards
F Ravaglia GLK	1		-
O Traoré DEF	1		-
M Pollock DEF	1		-
K Keben DEF	1		-
M Bola DEF	1	1	-
H Kyprianou MID	1		-
E Bove MID	1		1 -
I Bravo MID	1		1 -
O. Maamma FWD	1		-
K Baah FWD	1		-
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	1		-
Subs
I Louza			-
R Vata	1		-
M. Doumbia	1		-
A. Nabizada	1		-
M Payero	1		-
D Bachmann			-
J Zemura			-
E Kayembe	1		-
J. Clarridge			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
1	2	0	1
M Bola	O. Maamma		O. Maamma

Line-up	goals	shots on	big chances
M Bola DEF	1	1
M Pollock DEF		1
H Kyprianou MID		1
E Bove MID		1
I Bravo MID		1
O. Maamma FWD		2	1
L Kjerrumgaard FWD		1
Subs
R Vata		1
M. Doumbia		1
A. Nabizada			1
M Payero			1
E Kayembe		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
66	3	8
K Keben	M Bola	M Bola

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
K Keben DEF	66	2	4
M Pollock DEF	55	1	5
H Kyprianou MID	51	3	5
M Bola DEF	50	3	8
O Traoré DEF	34		2
O. Maamma FWD	34		2
E Bove MID	32	1	1
F Ravaglia GLK	28		1
I Bravo MID	26		5
Subs
E Kayembe	22		1
K Baah FWD	17		2
Subs
A. Nabizada	17	2	5
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	11	1	2
Subs
R Vata	7	2	3
M. Doumbia	6		2
M Payero	6		4

Crawley League Cup squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
2	1	1	2
V Mannone	G. Di Biase	K Gordon	C. Baker

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
V Mannone GLK	2			-
K Gordon DEF	2		1	1 -
A Odimayo DEF	1			-
C. Baker DEF	2			2 -
A Adeyemo DEF	2			-
J Arthurs MID	2			1 -
K. Krasniqi MID	1			-
L Watson MID	2			-
M Ebiowei FWD	2			-
S Duke-McKenna FWD	2			-
G. Di Biase FWD	2	1		-
Subs
P. Arganese-McDermott	2			-
D Orsi	1	1		-
O. Aderoju	1			1 -
N. Michalski				-
J Russell	2			1 -
O. Kamara	2			-
N. Tinsdale				-
O. Mrisho	1			-
J. Robertson				-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
1	2	1	1
G. Di Biase	M Ebiowei	K Gordon	K Gordon

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
G. Di Biase FWD	1	2		1
Subs
D Orsi	1	1
K Gordon DEF		1	1	1
C. Baker DEF		1
M Ebiowei FWD		2
S Duke-McKenna FWD		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
100	9	13
C. Baker	A Adeyemo	A Adeyemo

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
C. Baker DEF	100	3	7
V Mannone GLK	77
J Arthurs MID	70	8	11
A Adeyemo DEF	45	9	13
S Duke-McKenna FWD	40	1	10
L Watson MID	35	1	4
K. Krasniqi MID	32
A Odimayo DEF	29	4	4
K Gordon DEF	26		2
M Ebiowei FWD	23	1	7
Subs
J Russell	17	3	7
P. Arganese-McDermott	11	1	1
O. Mrisho	10	1	2
G. Di Biase FWD	9		4
Subs
O. Aderoju	7		1
O. Kamara	7	1	5
D Orsi			1

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Watford v Crawley Town : League Cup match betting preview, prediction and odds

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