Southampton FC vs Watford FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2025-26

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Sat 7 Feb 2026 · 12:31 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Southampton FC vs Watford FC — Championship .

Southampton FC 8 games · 10 pts (2026/27)
Watford FC 8 games · 8 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Elliot Bell (England)

6 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 11.5 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Swansea City AFC	8	17
2	West Ham United FC	8	15
3	Middlesbrough FC	8	15
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	7	14
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	8	14
6	Queens Park Rangers FC	8	13
7	Stoke City FC	8	13
8	Bristol City FC	8	13
9	Charlton Athletic FC	8	12
10	Birmingham City FC	8	11
11	Millwall FC	8	11
12	Lincoln City FC	8	11
13	Southampton FC	8	10
14	Wrexham AFC	8	10
15	Bolton Wanderers FC	8	10
16	Blackburn Rovers FC	8	9
17	Norwich City FC	8	9
18	Sheffield United FC	8	9
19	Portsmouth FC	7	8
20	Watford FC	8	8
21	Cardiff City FC	8	7
22	Derby County FC	8	5
23	Preston North End FC	8	4
24	Burnley FC	8	4

Head-to-Head

Southampton FC 13 games · Avg 2.7 goals Watford FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-02-07 Southampton FC 1–0 Watford FC 2025-08-30 Watford FC 2–2 Southampton FC 2024-04-13 Southampton FC 3–2 Watford FC 2024-02-06 Southampton FC 3–0 Watford FC 2024-01-28 Watford FC 1–1 Southampton FC

Recent Form

Southampton FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Feb	Watford FC	H	1–0	W
31 Jan	Stoke City FC	A	2–0	W
25 Jan	Portsmouth FC	A	1–1	D
21 Jan	Sheffield United FC	H	1–0	W
17 Jan	Hull City AFC	H	1–2	L
10 Jan	Doncaster Rovers FC	A	3–2	W

Watford FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Feb	Southampton FC	A	0–1	L
03 Feb	Hull City AFC	A	0–0	D
31 Jan	Swansea City AFC	H	0–2	L
24 Jan	Blackburn Rovers FC	A	1–1	D
21 Jan	Portsmouth FC	H	1–1	D
17 Jan	Millwall FC	H	0–2	L

Season Stats

Southampton FC		Watford FC
#13	Position	#20
10	Points	8
8	Played	8
4 / 2 / 2	W / D / L	2 / 2 / 4
19	Scored	7
10	Conceded	10
+9	GD	-3
1.25	PPG	1.00
50%	Win %	25%

Key Stats

77% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)

54% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Southampton FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Watford FC this season

Southampton FC are 13th (10 pts). Watford FC are 20th (8 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Southampton FC

0-15

2/2

16-30

1/2

31-45

5/1

46-60

3/2

61-75

2/1

76+

6/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Watford FC

0-15

2/2

16-30

2/2

31-45

–/3

46-60

–/2

61-75

1/–

76+

2/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Southampton FC

Cyle Larin	7 G
Finn Azaz	3 G	4 A
Leo Scienza	2 G	2 A

Watford FC

Amin Nabizada	3 G
Iker Bravo	1 G
Luca Kjerrumgaard	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. Watford FC get us underway at .
The final score is 1-0.

Lineups

Southampton FC Lineups

Watford FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Che Adams	5
Danny Ings	3
James Ward-Prowse	2
Sekou Mara	2
Juan Hernandez	2
Ismaila Sarr	1
William Smallbone	1
Matheus Martins	1

Head to Head

Southampton FC Form

2026-02-07 Southampton FC 1–0 Watford FC W 2026-01-31 Stoke City FC 0–2 Southampton FC W 2026-01-25 Portsmouth FC 1–1 Southampton FC D 2026-01-21 Southampton FC 1–0 Sheffield United FC W 2026-01-17 Southampton FC 1–2 Hull City AFC L 2026-01-10 Doncaster Rovers FC 2–3 Southampton FC W

Watford FC Form

2026-02-07 Southampton FC 1–0 Watford FC L 2026-02-03 Hull City AFC 0–0 Watford FC D 2026-01-31 Watford FC 0–2 Swansea City AFC L 2026-01-24 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Watford FC D 2026-01-21 Watford FC 1–1 Portsmouth FC D 2026-01-17 Watford FC 0–2 Millwall FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.84 Southampton FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.68 Watford FC xG

I would bet for: Southampton FC to win 64% + Under — clean sheet likely 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Southampton FC64% Draw23% Watford FC13%

Actual: Southampton FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes42% 0% No58%

Avg goals/match: 2.52

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	71%	29%
± 2.5	46%	54%
± 3.5	25%	75%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

Southampton FC or Draw

87%

Draw or Watford FC

36%

Southampton FC or Watford FC

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Southampton FC44% Draw46% Watford FC10%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 0

13.3%

1 – 1

10.8%

0 – 0

10%

2 – 1

3 – 0

3 – 1

5.6%

0 – 1

4.6%

4 – 0

3.7%

1 – 2

3.3%

2 – 2

3.1%

4 – 1

2.6%

Asian Handicap — Southampton FC

Handicap	Southampton FC covers	Push	Watford FC covers
-2.5	18%	—	82%
-2	18%	20%	62%
-1.5	38%	—	62%
-1	38%	25%	36%
-0.5	64%	—	36%
+0.5	88%	—	12%
+1	88%	9%	3%
+1.5	97%	—	3%
+2	97%	3%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Southampton FC keeps clean sheet

51% ✓

Watford FC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.