Watford FC vs Birmingham City FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
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Watford FC vs Birmingham City FC — Championship .
- Watford FC 46 games · 57 pts (2025/26)
- Birmingham City FC 46 games · 64 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Lewis Smith
29 games this season 🟨 0.6/game ⚽ 2.9 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 01 Jan Birmingham City FC H 3–0 W 29 Dec Norwich City FC A 1–0 W 26 Dec Leicester City FC A 2–1 W 20 Dec Stoke City FC H 1–0 W 13 Dec Wrexham AFC A 2–2 D 09 Dec Sheffield Wednesday FC H 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 01 Jan Watford FC A 0–3 L 29 Dec Southampton FC H 1–1 D 26 Dec Derby County FC H 1–1 D 20 Dec Sheffield United FC A 0–3 L 13 Dec Charlton Athletic FC H 1–1 D 09 Dec Queens Park Rangers FC A 1–2 L Season Stats
Watford FC Birmingham City FC #16 Position #10 57 Points 64 46 Played 46 14 / 15 / 17 W / D / L 17 / 13 / 16 53 Scored 57 65 Conceded 56 -12 GD +1 1.24 PPG 1.39 30% Win % 37% Key Stats
25% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history15% Clean Sheets
Watford FC this season22% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this seasonWatford FC are 16th (57 pts). Birmingham City FC are 10th (64 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Watford FC0-15–/116-30–/431-45–/346-601/461-751/476+1/3■ Scored ■ ConcededBirmingham City FC0-152/116-303/231-451/246-601/–61-751/176+1/1■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Watford FCLuca Kjerrumgaard 10 G 1 A Birmingham City FCJay Stansfield 10 G 6 A Marvin Ducksch 10 G 2 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Watford FC and Birmingham City FC is underway.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Watford FC players.
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Lineups
Watford FC Lineups
Birmingham City FC Lineups
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Ken Sema 2 Andre Gray 1 George Hall 1 Britt Assombalonga 1 Keinan Davis 1 Imran Louza 1 Ryan Andrews 1 Mileta Rajovic 1 Head to Head
Watford FC Form
Birmingham City FC Form
2026-01-01 Watford FC 3–0 Birmingham City FC L 2025-12-29 Birmingham City FC 1–1 Southampton FC D 2025-12-26 Birmingham City FC 1–1 Derby County FC D 2025-12-20 Sheffield United FC 3–0 Birmingham City FC L 2025-12-13 Birmingham City FC 1–1 Charlton Athletic FC D 2025-12-09 Queens Park Rangers FC 2–1 Birmingham City FC L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.78 Watford FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.8 Birmingham City FC xGI would bet for: Watford FC to win 61%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Watford FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.58Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 73% 27% ± 2.5 47% 53% ± 3.5 26% 74% ± 4.5 13% 87% Double Chance
Watford FC or Draw 85%Draw or Birmingham City FC 39%Watford FC or Birmingham City FC 76%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Watford FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 12.8%2 – 0 11.7%1 – 1 11.6%0 – 0 9.6%2 – 1 9.3%3 – 0 Actual3 – 1 5.5%0 – 1 5.1%1 – 2 4.1%2 – 2 3.7%4 – 0 3%4 – 1 2.5%Asian Handicap — Watford FC
Handicap Watford FC covers Push Birmingham City FC covers -2.5 16% — 84% -2 16% 19% 65% -1.5 35% — 65% -1 35% 25% 41% -0.5 59% — 41% +0.5 85% — 15% +1 85% 10% 5% +1.5 95% — 5% +2 95% 4% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
Watford FC keeps clean sheet 46% ✗Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet 18% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.