Watford FC vs Stoke City FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Watford FC vs Stoke City FC — Championship .
- Watford FC 46 games · 57 pts (2025/26)
- Stoke City FC 46 games · 55 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Ben Toner
24 games this season 🟨 0.4/game ⚽ 3.1 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 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 06 Dec Norwich City FC H 3–2 W 01 Dec Birmingham City FC A 1–2 L 25 Nov Preston North End FC H 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 20 Dec Watford FC A 0–1 L 13 Dec Swansea City AFC H 2–1 W 10 Dec Ipswich Town FC A 0–1 L 06 Dec Sheffield United FC A 0–4 L 29 Nov Hull City AFC H 1–2 L 25 Nov Charlton Athletic FC H 3–0 W Season Stats
Watford FC Stoke City FC #16 Position #17 57 Points 55 46 Played 46 14 / 15 / 17 W / D / L 15 / 10 / 21 53 Scored 51 65 Conceded 56 -12 GD -5 1.24 PPG 1.20 30% Win % 33% Key Stats
40% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history15% Clean Sheets
Watford FC this season28% Clean Sheets
Stoke City FC this seasonWatford FC are 16th (57 pts). Stoke City FC are 17th (55 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Watford FC0-15–/116-30–/431-45–/346-601/461-751/476+1/3■ Scored ■ ConcededStoke City FC0-15–/116-30–/231-451/346-603/261-75–/276+–/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Watford FC and Stoke City FC is underway.
- With this win, Watford FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
Watford FC Lineups
Stoke City FC Lineups
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Keinan Davis 4 Ismaila Sarr 3 Imran Louza 2 Steven Fletcher 2 Edo Kayembe 2 Ryan Andrews 1 Joao Pedro 1 Troy Deeney 1 Head to Head
Watford FC Form
Stoke City FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 41.34 Watford FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.8 Stoke City FC xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 64% + Under — clean sheet likely 58%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Watford FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.14Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 86% 14% ± 1.5 63% 37% ± 2.5 36% 64% ± 3.5 17% 83% ± 4.5 7% 93% Double Chance
Watford FC or Draw 79%Draw or Stoke City FC 49%Watford FC or Stoke City FC 71%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 Actual0 – 0 14.1%1 – 1 13.5%2 – 0 10.2%2 – 1 8.2%0 – 1 8.2%1 – 2 4.8%3 – 0 4.5%3 – 1 3.8%0 – 2 3.5%2 – 2 3.4%3 – 2 1.6%Asian Handicap — Watford FC
Handicap Watford FC covers Push Stoke City FC covers -2.5 9% — 91% -2 9% 15% 77% -1.5 23% — 77% -1 23% 25% 52% -0.5 48% — 52% +0.5 79% — 21% +1 79% 14% 7% +1.5 93% — 7% +2 93% 5% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
Watford FC keeps clean sheet 46% ✗Stoke City FC keeps clean sheet 27% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.