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 15 games · 15 pts (2026/27)
Southampton FC 15 games · 24 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Farai Hallam (England)

6 games this season 🟨 4.2/game ⚽ 10.8 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Birmingham City FC	15	29
2	Middlesbrough FC	15	29
3	Stoke City FC	15	29
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	15	28
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	15	28
6	Swansea City AFC	15	26
7	Southampton FC	15	24
8	Queens Park Rangers FC	15	24
9	West Ham United FC	15	23
10	Sheffield United FC	15	22
11	Portsmouth FC	15	22
12	Norwich City FC	15	21
13	Blackburn Rovers FC	15	21
14	Cardiff City FC	15	18
15	Wrexham AFC	15	18
16	Millwall FC	15	18
17	Bristol City FC	15	18
18	Bolton Wanderers FC	15	17
19	Charlton Athletic FC	15	17
20	Watford FC	15	15
21	Lincoln City FC	15	15
22	Burnley FC	15	10
23	Derby County FC	15	10
24	Preston North End FC	15	8

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	#7
15	Points	24
15	Played	15
4 / 3 / 8	W / D / L	8 / 4 / 3
13	Scored	29
23	Conceded	15
-10	GD	+14
1.00	PPG	1.60
27%	Win %	53%

Key Stats

77% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)

54% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
Watford FC this season

20% Clean Sheets
Southampton FC this season

Watford FC are 20th (15 pts). Southampton FC are 7th (24 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Watford FC

0-15

3/4

16-30

3/4

31-45

–/6

46-60

2/3

61-75

1/2

76+

4/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Southampton FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

2/4

31-45

6/2

46-60

6/2

61-75

3/2

76+

7/2

■ 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
Kuryu Matsuki	4 G	1 A
Finn Azaz	3 G	5 A
Leo Scienza	2 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at . Ninety minutes of football awaits between Watford FC and Southampton FC.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 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
Ismael Kone	1
Shane Long	1
Flynn Downes	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

1.13 Watford FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.79 Southampton FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Watford FC29% Draw26% Southampton FC45%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.92

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Watford FC or Draw

55%

Draw or Southampton FC

71%

Watford FC or Southampton FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Watford FC19% Draw44% Southampton FC37%

Actual: Southampton FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.8%

1 – 2

9.4%

0 – 1

8.9%

0 – 2

8.5%

0 – 0

7.2%

2 – 1

5.9%

1 – 3

5.6%

2 – 2

Actual

1 – 0

5.2%

0 – 3

2 – 0

3.4%

2 – 3

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Watford FC

Handicap	Watford FC covers	Push	Southampton FC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	6%	91%
-1.5	9%	—	91%
-1	9%	14%	77%
-0.5	23%	—	77%
+0.5	48%	—	52%
+1	48%	22%	29%
+1.5	71%	—	29%
+2	71%	16%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

Watford FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Southampton FC keeps clean sheet

33% ✓

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