Watford FC vs Coventry City FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Watford FC vs Coventry City FC — Championship at Vicarage Road.
- Watford FC 46 games · 57 pts (2025/26)
- Coventry City FC 46 games · 95 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Ruebyn Ricardo (England)
- Assistant 1 Matthew Smith
- Assistant 2 Graham Kane
26 games this season 🟨 0.6/game ⚽ 4.3 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 02 May Coventry City FC H 0–4 L 25 Apr Middlesbrough FC A 1–5 L 21 Apr West Bromwich Albion FC A 0–3 L 18 Apr Sheffield United FC H 0–2 L 11 Apr Oxford United FC A 0–2 L 06 Apr Charlton Athletic FC H 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May Watford FC A 4–0 W 26 Apr Wrexham AFC H 3–1 W 21 Apr Portsmouth FC H 5–1 W 17 Apr Blackburn Rovers FC A 1–1 D 11 Apr Sheffield Wednesday FC H 0–0 D 06 Apr Hull City AFC A 0–0 D Season Stats
Watford FC Coventry City FC #16 Position #1 57 Points 95 46 Played 46 14 / 15 / 17 W / D / L 28 / 11 / 7 53 Scored 97 65 Conceded 45 -12 GD +52 1.24 PPG 2.07 30% Win % 61% Key Stats
70% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history15% Clean Sheets
Watford FC this season37% Clean Sheets
Coventry City FC this seasonWatford FC are 16th (57 pts). Coventry City FC are 1st (95 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Watford FC0-15–/116-30–/431-45–/346-601/461-751/476+1/3■ Scored ■ ConcededCoventry City FC0-152/–16-302/131-451/146-602/161-751/176+7/1■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Watford FCLuca Kjerrumgaard 10 G 1 A Coventry City FCHaji Wright 17 G 1 A Brandon Thomas-Asante 13 G 4 A Ellis Simms 13 G 3 A Victor Torp 10 G 7 A Ephron Mason-Clark 10 G 6 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Watford FC gets underway.
- 5' Watford FC is showing some good football. However, Watford FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 10' Watford FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
- 15' It looks like no one’s ball. Coventry City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 19' GOAL! Ellis Simms scores on 19. Assisted by Jake Bidwell
- 24' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 25' That looks like a foul for a card for Imran Louza.
- 30' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Nestor Irankunda suffering a number of foals already.
- 35' Victor Torp needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 3 Yellow cards this season.
- 40' It’s high time Frank Lampard made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 43' Ellis Simms with the second goal in the match!
- 48' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Matthew Pollock made 21 appearances and scored 7 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 53' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 53 minutes.
- 58' Ellis Simms makes a hat-trick on 58.
- 63' Coventry City FC looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Ellis Simms scoring 3 goals.
- 68' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 73' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Coventry City FC winning 100% of all matches.
- 78' It’s a booking for Watford FC player. Nestor Irankunda gets a card.
- 83' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 85' Goal! Victor Torp scores his 9 goal in 225 matches.
- 90' Supporters expect more eagerness from Kaine Kesler, as he is very good at scoring at Vicarage Road with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Coventry City FC players.
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Lineups
Watford FC Lineups
3-5-1-1Starting XI
- 23
- 39
- 8
- 6
- 10
- 2
- 1
- 66
- 25
- 42
- 3
Bench
- 12
- 7
- 16
- 15
- 4
- 43
- 17
- 20
- 9
Coach Edward StillCoventry City FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 23
- 6
- 21
- 26
- 28
- 22
- 9
- 29
- 20
- 19
- 14
Bench
- 8
- 13
- 10
- 11
- 16
- 15
- 27
- 4
- 33
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Ellis Simms 4 Victor Torp 3 Andre Gray 2 Mileta Rajovic 2 Haji Wright 2 Matt Godden 2 Ismaila Sarr 1 Milan van Ewijk 1 Head to Head
Watford FC Form
Coventry City FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 40.74 Watford FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.37 Coventry City FC xGI would bet for: Coventry City FC to win 66% + Over 2.5 goals 59%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Coventry City FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.11Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 81% 19% ± 2.5 59% 41% ± 3.5 37% 63% ± 4.5 21% 79% Double Chance
Watford FC or Draw 34%Draw or Coventry City FC 86%Watford FC or Coventry City FC 80%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Coventry City FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 2 12.4%0 – 1 10.3%0 – 3 9.5%1 – 2 9%1 – 1 8.5%1 – 3 7.1%0 – 0 5.9%0 – 4 Actual1 – 4 4.3%2 – 2 3.3%2 – 1 2.8%1 – 0 2.7%Asian Handicap — Watford FC
Handicap Watford FC covers Push Coventry City FC covers -2.5 1% — 99% -2 1% 2% 97% -1.5 3% — 97% -1 3% 7% 91% -0.5 9% — 91% +0.5 28% — 72% +1 28% 22% 50% +1.5 50% — 50% +2 50% 21% 28% +2.5 72% — 28% Clean Sheet
Watford FC keeps clean sheet 10% ✓Coventry City FC keeps clean sheet 48% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.