Championship · Match preview
Watford vs
Middlesbrough
- Kick-off
- Status
- Scheduled
- Venue
- Vicarage Road Stadium
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Pre-match overview
Watford are 20th in the Championship table with 14 points from 14 matches; Middlesbrough are 1st with 28 points from 14.
Last 5 results in our archive, newest first: Watford W L L W L; Middlesbrough L W W D W.
No previous meeting between these clubs in our results archive, which starts in July 2026.
The match is played at Vicarage Road Stadium.
In their last 5 settled matches Watford scored 1.2 and conceded 1.8 goals per game; Middlesbrough scored 2.6 and conceded 1.4 in their last 5.
The Championship averages 2.9 goals a match this season; these two clubs’ recent matches point to about 3.5. Over 2.5 landed in 60% and both teams scored in 50% of their recent games.
The model’s 1X2 pick for this match is Middlesbrough to win; the probability split, expected goals and risk label are published for members before kick-off.
All figures come from the results archive and the league table in our data; nothing on this page is estimated. How the probabilities are produced
Goals in recent matches
From the final scores of each club’s last settled matches: goals for and against per game, and how often over 2.5, both teams scoring and a clean sheet occurred.
| Club | P | For | Against | Over 2.5 | BTTS | Clean sheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watford | 5 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 40% | 40% | 40% |
| Middlesbrough | 5 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 80% | 60% | 20% |
Championship average this season: 2.9 goals per match.
Championship table: the two clubs
| # | Club | P | W-D-L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20. | 14 | 4-2-8 | 13:23 | 14 | |
| 1. | 14 | 8-4-2 | 30:19 | 28 |
Recent form
Last five settled matches before this fixture, newest first.
Watford
Head-to-head
Meetings before this fixture, from the results archive (July 2026 onwards).
No previous meeting between these clubs in our results archive, which starts in July 2026.