Watford FC vs Sunderland AFC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Watford FC vs Sunderland AFC — Championship at Vicarage Road.
- Watford FC 46 games · 57 pts (2025/26)
- Sunderland AFC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Andy Davies (England)
- Assistant 1 Graham Kane
- Assistant 2 George Byrne
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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 28 Sep Sunderland AFC H 2–1 W 21 Sep Norwich City FC A 1–4 L 14 Sep Coventry City FC H 1–1 D 01 Sep Sheffield United FC A 0–1 L 24 Aug Derby County FC H 2–1 W 17 Aug Stoke City FC H 3–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 28 Sep Watford FC A 1–2 L 21 Sep Middlesbrough FC H 1–0 W 14 Sep Plymouth Argyle FC A 2–3 L 31 Aug Portsmouth FC A 3–1 W 24 Aug Burnley FC H 1–0 W 18 Aug Sheffield Wednesday FC H 4–0 W Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history15% Clean Sheets
Watford FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Watford FC0-15–/116-30–/431-45–/346-601/461-751/476+1/3■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Watford FCLuca Kjerrumgaard 10 G 1 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Watford FC is hosting Sunderland AFC for another epic battle.
- 5' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 10' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 15' 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.
- 20' It’s high time Regis Le Bris made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 25' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 28' What a strike from Festy Ebosele! The score is 1-0.
- 30' Festy Ebosele is having his name booked by the referee on 30.
- 35' It looks like no one’s ball. Sunderland AFC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 40' 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.
- 45' Jobe Bellingham is having his name booked by the referee on 45.
- 49' Goal! Wilson Isidor scores his 37 goal in 422 matches.
- 54' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Watford FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 57' The supporters are chanting for Ryan Porteous. He replaces Festy Ebosele on 57 minute.
- 62' Chris Rigg needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 64' A meaty challenge results in booking for Ryan Porteous on 64.
- 69' It is a substitution in Watford FC team. Vakoun Issouf Bayo is replaced by Daniel Jebbison on 69 minute.
- 73' Nazarii Rusyn has so much to prove this time. He replaces Wilson Isidor on 73 minute.
- 74' The whistle greets Patrick Roberts as he departs to be replaced by Ian Poveda.
- 75' Kwadwo Baah has so much to prove this time. He replaces Giorgi Chakvetadze on 75 minute.
- 80' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 84' What a strike from Tom Dele-Bashiru! The score is 2-1.
- 85' Sunderland AFC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Tom Watson is hanging Romaine Mundle on the field on 85 minute.
- 90' Watford FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 90.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-1.
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Lineups
Watford FC Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
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- 21
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39
Edo Kayembe ↓ Tom Ince 57'
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- 19
- 6
- 24
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37
Yasser Larouci ↓ Ken Sema 57'
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36
Festy Ebosele ↓ Ryan Porteous 57'
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Bench
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12
Ken Sema ↑ 57'
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7
Tom Ince ↑ 57'
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5
Ryan Porteous ↑ 57'
- 10
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34
Kwadwo Baah ↑ 75'
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18
Daniel Jebbison ↑ 69'
- 11
- 15
Coach Tom CleverleySunderland AFC Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
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- 26
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18
Wilson Isidor ↓ Nazarii Rusyn 73'
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10
Patrick Roberts ↓ Ian Poveda 74'
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- 32
- 4
- 3
- 7
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14
Romaine Mundle ↓ Tom Watson 85'
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Bench
- 21
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15
Nazarii Rusyn ↑ 73'
- 17
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40
Tom Watson ↑ 85'
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36
Ian Poveda ↑ 74'
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- 50
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Coach Regis Le Bris -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Tom Dele-Bashiru 2 Keinan Davis 2 Luke O'Nien 2 Abdoullah Ba 1 Ryan Andrews 1 Luke O'Nien 1 Festy Ebosele 1 Wilson Isidor 1 Head to Head
Watford FC Form
Sunderland AFC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.56 Watford FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.24 Sunderland AFC xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 56%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Watford FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.8Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 92% 8% ± 1.5 77% 23% ± 2.5 52% 48% ± 3.5 31% 69% ± 4.5 16% 84% Double Chance
Watford FC or Draw 72%Draw or Sunderland AFC 54%Watford FC or Sunderland AFC 74%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Watford FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.7%2 – 1 Actual1 – 0 8.6%0 – 0 8%2 – 0 7.3%1 – 2 7%0 – 1 6.6%2 – 2 5.5%3 – 1 4.6%0 – 2 4.6%3 – 0 3.7%3 – 2 2.9%Asian Handicap — Watford FC
Handicap Watford FC covers Push Sunderland AFC covers -2.5 9% — 91% -2 9% 13% 78% -1.5 22% — 78% -1 22% 21% 57% -0.5 43% — 57% +0.5 71% — 29% +1 71% 16% 13% +1.5 87% — 13% +2 87% 8% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Watford FC keeps clean sheet 30% ✓Sunderland AFC keeps clean sheet 22% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.