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Watford club crestWatford vs Middlesbrough club crestMiddlesbrough

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.

ClubPForAgainstOver 2.5BTTSClean sheet
Watford51.21.840%40%40%
Middlesbrough52.61.480%60%20%

Championship average this season: 2.9 goals per match.

Championship table: the two clubs

Full table
#ClubPW-D-LGoalsPts
20.Watford club crestWatford144-2-813:2314
1.Middlesbrough club crestMiddlesbrough148-4-230:1928

Recent form

Last five settled matches before this fixture, newest first.

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.

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