Watford vs Stoke City

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🕒 Sat, 17 Aug 2024 15:00 Europe/London 📍 Vicarage Road 🧑‍⚖️ Tom Nield 🔁 Regular Season - 2 🏁 match finished
Season
2024-2025 Season
Stage
Regular Season - 2
Regular Season Table
Watford 14 · Stoke City 18
Referee Stats
21 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg
Yellow cards avg 0.00
Reds avg 0.00
Penalties avg 0.00
Over 4.5 cards 0%
Home wins 48%
Draws 24%
Away wins 29%
How the match was won
  • Watford outshot their opponent (24-7).
  • Watford controlled possession (55%).
  • Watford had the sharper finishing (8-3 shots on target).

Team Overview

Watford (Home stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 12-4-7

Goals For / Against

27 / 22
Avg: 1.17 / 0.96

Points

40
Avg: 1.74

Clean Sheets

9

Failed to Score

4
Stoke City (Away stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 4-6-13

Goals For / Against

16 / 37
Avg: 0.70 / 1.61

Points

18
Avg: 0.78

Clean Sheets

6

Failed to Score

11

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this Championship fixture.

Quick comparison bars

1.74
PPG
0.78
1.17
GF
0.70
0.96
GA
1.61
52%
O2.5
35%
52%
BTTS
39%
0%
Score 1st
0%

League-position context

Watford rank14th
Stoke City rank18th
Watford points57
Stoke City points51
Watford: #14 · 57 pts · GD -8
43 pts off the top 2. 9 pts off the play-off line. 8 pts clear of the relegation zone.
Stoke City: #18 · 51 pts · GD -17
49 pts off the top 2. 15 pts off the play-off line. 2 pts clear of the relegation zone.
6-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Watford last 5 home

D L W D W
Points8/15
Weighted index42
Goals4-3
Record2-2-1
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Recent venue-specific form is balanced.

Stoke City last 5 away

D L W D L
Points5/15
Weighted index36
Goals2-8
Record1-2-2
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Recent venue-specific form is balanced.

Watford trend breakdown

Over 2.552%
BTTS52%
BTTS + O2.543%
1H Over 0.565%
Also: Over 0.5 91% · Over 1.5 65% · Over 3.5 4% · 1H BTTS 22%

Stoke City trend breakdown

Over 2.535%
BTTS39%
BTTS + O2.526%
1H Over 0.557%
Also: Over 0.5 87% · Over 1.5 70% · Over 3.5 17% · 1H BTTS 22%

Scoring reliability

Watford score at home83%
Watford clean sheet at home39%
Stoke City score away52%
Stoke City clean sheet away26%

First-goal patterns

Watford score first0%
Watford win after scoring first0%
Stoke City score first0%
Stoke City win after scoring first0%
Comeback rate after conceding first: Watford 0% · Stoke City 0%

Vs league average

Watford score at home1.17 vs 1.43
Watford concede at home0.96 vs 1.02
Stoke City score away0.70 vs 1.02
Stoke City concede away1.61 vs 1.43
Watford score 18% below league average, while Stoke City score 32% below league average.
Defensive side: Watford are 6% below league average at home, and Stoke City are 12% above league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5
Avg goals2.00
BTTS40%
Over 2.540%
At this venue setup: 2.60 goals on average across the last 5.

Watford goal timing (home)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Stoke City goal timing (away)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal
8
3
Total Shots
24
7
Shots off Goal
9
3
Blocked Shots
7
1
Shots Inside Box
14
6
Shots Outside Box
10
1
Ball Possession
55%
45%
Corner Kicks
2
4
Fouls
12
15
Offsides
2
3
Yellow Cards
2
2
Red Cards
Goalkeeper Saves
3
4
Total Passes
471
383
Passes Accurate
387
304
Passes %
82%
79%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)
Total Games10
Home Wins6
Draws2
Away Wins2
Over 2.5 Goals5 (50.0%)
BTTS4 (40.0%)
Home vs Away as Scheduled
Total Games5
Home Wins4
Draws1
Away Wins0
Over 2.5 Goals2 (40.0%)
BTTS2 (40.0%)

Watford vs Stoke City Head-to-Head History by Season