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

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Championship · 2025-26

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

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Watford FC vs Southampton FC — Championship .

Watford FC 46 games · 57 pts (2026/27)
Southampton FC 46 games · 80 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Farai Hallam (England)

Standings

#	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

Watford FC 12 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
#16	Position	#4
57	Points	80
46	Played	46
14 / 15 / 17	W / D / L	22 / 14 / 10
53	Scored	82
65	Conceded	56
-12	GD	+26
1.24	PPG	1.74
30%	Win %	48%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Watford FC are 16th (57 pts). Southampton FC are 4th (80 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Watford FC and Southampton FC has kicked off!
The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

Watford FC Lineups

Southampton FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Che Adams	5
Danny Ings	3
Juan Hernandez	2
James Ward-Prowse	2
Sekou Mara	2
Mohamed Elyounoussi	1
Jose Holebas	1
Rhys Healey	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

1.41 Watford FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.76 Southampton FC xG

I would bet for: Watford FC or Southampton FC 74% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Watford FC34% Draw26% Southampton FC40%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.17

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	60%	40%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

Watford FC or Draw

60%

Draw or Southampton FC

66%

Watford FC or Southampton FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Watford FC24% Draw43% Southampton FC33%

Actual: Southampton FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.3%

1 – 2

8.8%

2 – 1

7.1%

0 – 1

6.7%

0 – 2

6.5%

2 – 2

Actual

0 – 0

5.9%

1 – 0

5.2%

1 – 3

5.2%

2 – 0

4.2%

0 – 3

3.7%

2 – 3

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Watford FC

Handicap	Watford FC covers	Push	Southampton FC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	9%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	16%	70%
-0.5	30%	—	70%
+0.5	55%	—	45%
+1	55%	20%	24%
+1.5	76%	—	24%
+2	76%	14%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

Watford FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Southampton FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

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