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Watford vs QPR — Championship 2025

Watford
Watford
Preview
15:00
QPR
QPR
1/1/2027ChampionshipChampionship · Round 25Vicarage Road
Big match
40%
Watford
model favours
40%29%31%

Watford score first in only 10% of matches

brightest fact of this match

1–1
likely score
61%
under 2.5 goals
45%
both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 37+ matches

Watford40%
×Draw29%
QPR31%
✓ 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.

Watford
1.21
QPR
1.04

Watford creates 16% more chances

Season form · 37 home / 39 away

creates per match

Watford
1.19
QPR
0.97

allows per match

Watford
1.11
QPR
1.23

finishing

Watford+0.00on par
QPR+0.00on par

Total goals

61%Under
  • Under61
  • Over39

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

55%No
  • No55
  • Yes45

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Watford ↓

QPR →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–011%
0–111%
0–26%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–013%
1–113%
1–27%
1–32%
1–41%
2
2–08%
2–18%
2–24%
2–31%
2–40%
3
3–03%
3–13%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (13%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
89%11%1.5
66%34%2.5
39%61%3.5
19%81%4.5
8%92%

Double chance

Watford or draw
69%
Watford or QPR
71%
Draw or QPR
60%

Winning margin

Watford wins by 2+
17%
QPR wins by 2+
12%

Team goals

Watford 1+ goals
70%
Watford 2+ goals
34%
Watford 3+ goals
12%
QPR 1+ goals
65%
QPR 2+ goals
28%
QPR 3+ goals
9%

Draw no bet

Watford (draw refunded)
56%
QPR (draw refunded)
44%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
32%
Both score & under 3
13%

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

Watford at home — creates 1.19, concedes 1.11 · 37 matches

QPR away — creates 0.97, concedes 1.23 · 39 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Watford attack 1.19 + QPR defence 1.23 → ÷2 → 1.21

QPR attack 0.97 + Watford defence 1.11 → ÷2 → 1.04

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 40%?"

Watford scores more
40%
level
29%
QPR scores more
31%

Watford at 40% 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 40% does not mean "Watford 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
  • Both teams scored in 4 of the last 5 meetings
  • QPR outscore their xG (1.9 vs 1.2 expected)
  • Watford outscore their xG (1.4 vs 1.1 expected)

Based on historical data — not a prediction.

Style Matchup

Contrasting styles
Watford
Balanced
QPR
Direct / counter-attacking
49%Possession40%
80%Pass accuracy75%
13.4ShotsBiggest gap10.1
1.09xG1.19
Pass acc.ShotsxGBox shareShot acc.Defense
WatfordQPR

Head-to-head

5 previous meetings

2
Watford
1
Draws
2
QPR
Avg goals: 2.6BTTS: 80%
1–22–11–30–02–1

Playing styles from match stats. Historical H2H record. Not a prediction.

Form
Watford
DLLLL
QPR
WDLLL

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

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