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Watford vs Middlesbrough prediction

England · Championship
Watford badgeWatford#20 · 15 ptsWLLWL
0 - 0Full time
Middlesbrough badgeMiddlesbrough#2 · 29 ptsLWWDW

Pre-match probabilities

Saturday, 7 November · 10:00 (Peru time) · Vicarage Road · Referee: Gavin Ward

Picky
🎯 Model pick

Over 1.5 goals

83%
Full data

⚡ Summary

@ = fair odds (no margin). If the bookmaker pays more, there's value.

Minuto a minuto

86'🔁 Sub: Jeremy Sarmiento · Leo CastledineMiddlesbrough
76'🔁 Sub: Sam Byram · Tommy ConwayMiddlesbrough
73'🔁 Sub: Jordan Zemura · Marc BolaWatford
73'🔁 Sub: Amin Nabizada · Stephy MavididiWatford
73'🔁 Sub: Mamadou Doumbia · Luca KjerrumgaardWatford
71'🟨 Haktab Omar TraoreWatford
66'🔁 Sub: David Strelec · Kyle JosephMiddlesbrough
66'🔁 Sub: Sebastian Berhalter · Myles Peart-HarrisMiddlesbrough
59'🟨 Sebastian BerhalterMiddlesbrough
45'🔁 Sub: Amario Cozier-Duberry · Max ArfstenMiddlesbrough
43'🟨 Sam ByramMiddlesbrough
21'🟨 Callum BrittainMiddlesbrough
14'🔁 Sub: Krépin Diatta · Haktab Omar TraoreWatford

Win probability minute by minute

WatfordDrawMiddlesbrough
At kick-off14%23%63%Full time0%100%0%
0%25%50%75%100% 0'45'90'

Calculated with the PickMania model: each team's expected goals are spread over the time remaining and recalculated after every goal.

Probabilities

Calculated before the match.

14%Watford to win@7.28
23%Draw@4.28
63%Middlesbrough to win@1.59
Over 1.5 goals83%
Over 2.5 goals61%
Over 3.5 goals41%
Both teams to score58%
Watford or draw37%
Middlesbrough or draw86%
Watford to score63%
Middlesbrough to score89%

Most likely scores

1-111%0-29%1-29%0-18%1-37%

Expected goals per the model: Watford 1.01 · Middlesbrough 2.23

How many goals will there be?

4%0 goals13%1 goals21%2 goals22%3 goals18%4 goals23%5+ goals

Pink: 2 goals or fewer (under 2.5) · Orange: 3 or more (over 2.5) · Total expected goals: 3.24.

Corners, cards and first half

🚩 Corners

Expected: 10.5 in total · Watford 4.1 · Middlesbrough 6.4

66%Over 8.5@1.51
56%Over 9.5@1.78
46%Over 10.5@2.16
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Grey: 9 or fewer · orange: 10 or more.

🟨 Cards

Expected: 3.7 · el árbitro Gavin Ward saca 3.6 por partido

49%Over 3.5@2.05
32%Over 4.5@3.11
20%Over 5.5@5.08

⏱️ First half

50% of these teams' goals come before half-time · expected in the 1st half: 1.62

80%Goal in the 1st half@1.25
48%Over 1.5 in the 1st half@2.08
80%Goal in the 2st half@1.25

⚽ Goals per team

27%Watford +1.5@3.73
65%Middlesbrough +1.5@1.53
6%Watford to win to nil@17.67

Estimates based on each team's (and the referee's) season averages, not the goals model. @ = fair odds: the odds matching that probability with no margin. If the bookmaker pays more, there's value.

Match stats

1Shots on target4
4Saves1
4Offsides1
8Shots18
1Yellow cards3
5Corners6
12Fouls9
0Red cards0
26Possession %74
0.39Expected goals (xG)2.08

Goals in the last 10 matches

Watford · last 10 matches
5/10+2.5 goals4/10both teams to score2.6goals per match
2.5vs Preston: 2-1 2-1 ambosvs Stoke City: 1-2 1-2 ambosen Bristol City: 0-1 0-1 vs Burnley: 0-4 0-4 en Cardiff: 1-5 1-5 ambosvs Charlton: 2-0 2-0 en Wolves: 0-1 0-1 en Norwich: 2-3 2-3 ambosvs Lincoln: 1-0 1-0 vs Middlesbrough: 0-0 0-0

Pink bar = over 2.5 goals · dot = result (green W, grey D, red L) · "BTTS" = both teams scored · oldest to newest.

Middlesbrough · last 10 matches
7/10+2.5 goals6/10both teams to score3.6goals per match
2.5vs Norwich: 4-3 4-3 ambosvs Millwall: 2-2 2-2 ambosen Birmingham: 2-2 2-2 ambosvs Wolves: 1-0 1-0 en Stoke City: 3-2 3-2 ambosvs Cardiff: 2-2 2-2 ambosen Bolton: 5-1 5-1 ambosvs Charlton: 3-0 3-0 en Wrexham: 0-2 0-2 at Watford: 0-0 0-0

Pink bar = over 2.5 goals · dot = result (green W, grey D, red L) · "BTTS" = both teams scored · oldest to newest.

Season comparison

WatfordMiddlesbrough
0.9Goals scored per match2.1
1.6Goals conceded per match1.4
71%Matches with over 1.5 goals86%
43%Matches with over 2.5 goals71%
50%Both teams to score71%
14%Clean sheet21%
36%Matches without scoring7%
3.6Corners won per match6.1
2.8Yellow cards per match1.1

Watford: 14 matches · Middlesbrough: 14 matches (all competitions with data).

Watford at home · Middlesbrough away

Watford at home
4G1E2P
WWLLW
Middlesbrough away
3G2E2P
LWWDW

When do they score and concede?

Watford · goals by minute in 14 matches scored conceded
340-153516-300731-452346-601261-754276-90
Middlesbrough · goals by minute in 14 matches scored conceded
530-152116-305331-455646-606461-757276-90

The first goal

Watford

Scores first in 6 of 14 matches and wins 3 of them.

Concedes first in 8 and avoids defeat in 1.

Middlesbrough

Scores first in 9 of 14 matches and wins 6 of them.

Concedes first in 5 and avoids defeat in 4.

Players in form

Watford

Myron Boadu · 2 goles, 1 assists in 5 matches

Iker Bravo · 0 goles, 2 assists in 5 matches

Stephy Mavididi · 1 gol, 0 assists in 2 matches

Middlesbrough

will lankshear · 6 goles, 0 assists in 4 matches

Amario Cozier-Duberry · 1 gol, 4 assists in 5 matches

Sebastian Berhalter · 1 gol, 1 assists in 5 matches

Head to head

5Watford to win
1Draws
4Middlesbrough to win

10 matches · 3.0 goals per match

Recent meetings
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2025-11-01Watford 3-0 MiddlesbroughChampionship
2025-02-15Middlesbrough 0-1 WatfordChampionship
2024-10-05Watford 2-1 MiddlesbroughChampionship
2024-05-04Middlesbrough 3-1 WatfordChampionship
2023-09-30Watford 2-3 MiddlesbroughChampionship

Standings

Championship standings
#TeamPGDPts
1Birmingham15+1429
2Middlesbrough15+1129
3Stoke City15+629
4Wolves15+828
5West Brom15+828
6Swansea15+426
7Southampton15+1424
8QPR15+624
9West Ham15+1423
10Sheffield Utd15+222
11Portsmouth15+222
12Norwich15+821
13Blackburn15-121
14Cardiff15018
15Wrexham15-218
16Millwall15-418
17Bristol City15-818
18Bolton15-917
19Charlton15-1017
20Watford15-1015
21Lincoln15-1115
22Burnley15-910
23Derby15-1610
24Preston15-178

More stats

Referee: Gavin Ward

17 matches · 3.6 yellows and 0.00 reds per match · 0.29 penalties

Half-time

Watford: 3 days since last match · Middlesbrough: 2 days

Probabilities calculated by the PickMania model (Poisson + Dixon–Coles with team data and market odds). Updated: 2026-11-07 17:30 UTC.

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