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Sheffield Utd vs Watford — Championship 2025

Sheffield Utd
Sheffield Utd
Preview
15:00
Watford
Watford
11/21/2026ChampionshipChampionship · Round 16Bramall Lane
Big match
51%
Sheffield Utd
model favours
51%25%24%

Watford score first in only 10% of matches

brightest fact of this match

1–1
likely score
51%
over 2.5 goals
53%
both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 32+ matches

Sheffield Utd51%
×Draw25%
Watford24%
✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
48.6%
Always home
43.8%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

Sheffield Utd
1.65
Watford
1.06

Sheffield Utd creates 56% more chances

Season form · 32 home / 45 away

creates per match

Sheffield Utd
1.69
Watford
0.96

allows per match

Sheffield Utd
1.16
Watford
1.60

finishing

Sheffield Utd+0.00on par
Watford+0.00on par

Total goals

51%Over
  • Over51
  • Under49

Close call

Both teams score

53%Yes
  • Yes53
  • No47

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Sheffield Utd ↓

Watford →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–07%
0–17%
0–24%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–011%
1–112%
1–26%
1–32%
1–41%
2
2–09%
2–110%
2–25%
2–32%
2–40%
3
3–05%
3–15%
3–23%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
93%7%1.5
75%25%2.5
51%49%3.5
29%71%4.5
14%86%

Double chance

Sheffield Utd or draw
76%
Sheffield Utd or Watford
75%
Draw or Watford
49%

Winning margin

Sheffield Utd wins by 2+
27%
Watford wins by 2+
9%

Team goals

Sheffield Utd 1+ goals
81%
Sheffield Utd 2+ goals
49%
Sheffield Utd 3+ goals
23%
Watford 1+ goals
65%
Watford 2+ goals
29%
Watford 3+ goals
9%

Draw no bet

Sheffield Utd (draw refunded)
68%
Watford (draw refunded)
32%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
41%
Both score & under 3
12%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Sheffield Utd at home — creates 1.69, concedes 1.16 · 32 matches

Watford away — creates 0.96, concedes 1.60 · 45 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Sheffield Utd attack 1.69 + Watford defence 1.60 → ÷2 → 1.65

Watford attack 0.96 + Sheffield Utd defence 1.16 → ÷2 → 1.06

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 51%?"

Sheffield Utd scores more
51%
level
25%
Watford scores more
24%

Sheffield Utd at 51% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

  • injuries & suspensions
  • the matchday lineup
  • motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
  • weather & pitch condition
  • in-game coaching decisions

So 51% does not mean "Sheffield Utd will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Match Insights

  • Watford have scored in 10 games running
  • Both teams score in 80% of Watford’s matches
  • Sheffield Utd have won 5 of the last 7 meetings
  • Their last 7 meetings averaged just 1.4 goals

Based on historical data — not a prediction.

Form
Utd
DWWLL
Watford
DLLLL

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

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