Championship

Championship | Gameweek 2

Aug 17, 2024 at 3pm UK

Vicarage Road

Watford
3 - 0
Stoke

Kayembe (47', 47', 73', 73'), Andrews (49', 49')
Issouf Bayo (31'), Issouf Bayo (31'), Sierralta (88'), Sierralta (88')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Thompson (55'), Thompson (55'), Laurent (90'), Laurent (90')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Watford

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Watford 5-0 MK Dons
Tuesday, August 13 at 7.45pm in EFL Cup

Goals
for

Stoke City

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Carlisle 0-2 Stoke
Tuesday, August 13 at 7.30pm in EFL 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 Stoke City win with a probability of 43.69%. A win for Watford had a probability of 30.17% and a draw had a probability of 26.1%.

The most likely scoreline for a Stoke City win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.82%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.94%) and 0-2 (7.78%). The likeliest Watford win was 1-0 (8.65%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.43%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 1.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted that Watford would win this match.

Result
Watford	Draw	Stoke City
30.17% ( -0.09)	26.15% ( 0.03)	43.69% ( 0.06)

Both teams to score 52.07% (

-0.16)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

47.8% (

-0.18)

52.2% (

0.18)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

26.09% (

-0.16)

73.91% (

0.16)

Watford Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

68.29% (

-0.16)

31.71% (

0.16)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

31.86% (

-0.18)

68.13% (

0.18)

Stoke City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

76.24% (

-0.05)

23.75% (

0.05)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

42.1% (

-0.08)

57.9% (

0.08)

Score Analysis

Watford 30.17%

Stoke City 43.68%

Draw 26.14%

Watford	Draw	Stoke City
1-0 @ 8.65% ( 0.03) 2-1 @ 7.14% ( -0.02) 2-0 @ 4.97% ( -0.01) 3-1 @ 2.73% ( -0.02) 3-2 @ 1.97% ( -0.02) 3-0 @ 1.9% ( -0.01) Other @ 2.81% Total : 30.17%	1-1 @ 12.43% ( 0.02) 0-0 @ 7.53% ( 0.05) 2-2 @ 5.13% ( -0.02) 3-3 @ 0.94% ( -0.01) Other @ 0.1% Total : 26.14%	0-1 @ 10.82% ( 0.06) 1-2 @ 8.94% ( -0) 0-2 @ 7.78% ( 0.03) 1-3 @ 4.28% ( -0.01) 0-3 @ 3.73% ( 0.01) 2-3 @ 2.46% ( -0.02) 1-4 @ 1.54% ( -0.01) 0-4 @ 1.34% ( 0) Other @ 2.79% Total : 43.68%