Championship

Championship | Gameweek 27

Jan 14, 2023 at 3pm UK

Vicarage Road

Watford
2 - 0
Blackpool

Adeyemo (72'), Sarr (87' pen.)

FT(HT: 0-0)

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Watford and Blackpool, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Watford

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Reading 2-0 Watford
Saturday, January 7 at 12.30pm in FA Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

Blackpool

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Blackpool 4-1 Nott'm Forest
Saturday, January 7 at 3pm in FA Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Watford win with a probability of 51.24%. A draw had a probability of 25.1% and a win for Blackpool had a probability of 23.63%.

The most likely scoreline for a Watford win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.03%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.56%) and 2-1 (9.48%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.93%), while for a Blackpool win it was 0-1 (7.52%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 9.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Watford would win this match.

Result
Watford	Draw	Blackpool
51.24% ( -0.02)	25.13% ( 0.01)	23.63% ( 0.01)

Both teams to score 50.04% (

-0.01)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

47.64% (

-0.02)

52.36% (

0.02)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

25.95% (

-0.02)

74.05% (

0.02)

Watford Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

79.56% (

-0.02)

20.44% (

0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

47.11% (

-0.03)

52.88% (

0.03)

Blackpool Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

62.9% (

-0)

37.1% (

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

26.11% (

-0)

73.88% (

Score Analysis

Watford 51.23%

Blackpool 23.63%

Draw 25.12%

Watford	Draw	Blackpool
1-0 @ 12.03% 2-0 @ 9.56% ( -0) 2-1 @ 9.48% ( -0) 3-0 @ 5.06% ( -0) 3-1 @ 5.02% ( -0) 3-2 @ 2.49% ( -0) 4-0 @ 2.01% ( -0) 4-1 @ 1.99% ( -0) 4-2 @ 0.99% ( -0) Other @ 2.62% Total : 51.23%	1-1 @ 11.93% 0-0 @ 7.58% ( 0.01) 2-2 @ 4.7% ( -0) Other @ 0.91% Total : 25.12%	0-1 @ 7.52% ( 0.01) 1-2 @ 5.92% ( 0) 0-2 @ 3.73% ( 0) 1-3 @ 1.96% 2-3 @ 1.55% ( -0) 0-3 @ 1.23% ( 0) Other @ 1.72% Total : 23.63%