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

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Championship · 2025-26

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Southampton FC

Sat 30 Aug 2025 · 14:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Watford FC vs Southampton FC — Championship .

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

Match Details

Referee Farai Hallam (England)

5 games this season 🟨 2.4/game ⚽ 10.2 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

Watford FC 13 games · Avg 2.7 goals Southampton FC

Last 5 meetings

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 2023-12-09 Watford FC 1–1 Southampton FC

Recent Form

Watford FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Aug	Southampton FC	H	2–2	D
23 Aug	Swansea City AFC	A	1–1	D
16 Aug	Queens Park Rangers FC	H	2–1	W
09 Aug	Charlton Athletic FC	A	0–1	L
03 May	Sheffield Wednesday FC	H	1–1	D
26 Apr	Blackburn Rovers FC	A	1–2	L

Southampton FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Aug	Watford FC	A	2–2	D
23 Aug	Stoke City FC	H	1–2	L
17 Aug	Ipswich Town FC	A	1–1	D
09 Aug	Wrexham AFC	H	2–1	W
25 May	Arsenal FC	H	1–2	L
18 May	Everton FC	A	0–2	L

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

77% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)

54% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Watford FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Southampton FC this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

Watford FC

0-15

2/2

16-30

2/2

31-45

–/3

46-60

–/2

61-75

1/–

76+

2/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Watford FC

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

Southampton FC

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

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds will turn into a battlefield for Watford FC and Southampton FC.
It finishes all square. Watford FC and Southampton FC share the spoils 2-2.

Lineups

Watford FC Lineups

Southampton FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Che Adams	5
Danny Ings	3
James Ward-Prowse	2
Sekou Mara	2
Juan Hernandez	2
Rhys Healey	1
Manolo Gabbiadini	1
Ryan Porteous	1

Head to Head

Watford FC Form

2025-08-30 Watford FC 2–2 Southampton FC D 2025-08-23 Swansea City AFC 1–1 Watford FC D 2025-08-16 Watford FC 2–1 Queens Park Rangers FC W 2025-08-09 Charlton Athletic FC 1–0 Watford FC L 2025-05-03 Watford FC 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday FC D 2025-04-26 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–1 Watford FC L

Southampton FC Form

2025-08-30 Watford FC 2–2 Southampton FC D 2025-08-23 Southampton FC 1–2 Stoke City FC L 2025-08-17 Ipswich Town FC 1–1 Southampton FC D 2025-08-09 Southampton FC 2–1 Wrexham AFC W 2025-05-25 Southampton FC 1–2 Arsenal FC L 2025-05-18 Everton FC 2–0 Southampton FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.22 Watford FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.81 Southampton FC xG

I would bet for: Watford FC or Southampton FC 74% + Both teams to score 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Watford FC30% Draw26% Southampton FC44%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 3.03

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Watford FC or Draw

56%

Draw or Southampton FC

70%

Watford FC or Southampton FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Watford FC20% Draw43% Southampton FC37%

Actual: Southampton FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.6%

1 – 2

9.3%

0 – 1

0 – 2

7.8%

0 – 0

6.6%

2 – 1

6.3%

2 – 2

Actual

1 – 3

5.6%

1 – 0

5.1%

0 – 3

4.6%

2 – 0

3.6%

2 – 3

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Watford FC

Handicap	Watford FC covers	Push	Southampton FC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	7%	90%
-1.5	10%	—	90%
-1	10%	14%	75%
-0.5	25%	—	75%
+0.5	50%	—	50%
+1	50%	22%	28%
+1.5	72%	—	28%
+2	72%	15%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

Watford FC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Southampton FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

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