Watford vs Stoke prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2025-12-19 15:00.
[p]Watford and Stoke City will meet in round 22 of the Championship at Vicarage Road in Watford.[/p]
[p]Watford is currently ranked 14th in the Championship table after 21 matches, with seven wins, eight draws, and six losses. The total score for these matches is 30:28, resulting in a score difference of two and 29 points. In home matches, Watford is ranked 4th, having played 11 matches with six wins, four draws, and one loss, and a total home score of 19:12, with a score difference of seven and 22 points. In the last competitive match, Watford played away against Wrexham, ending in a 2:2 draw. Key players for Watford include Jeremy Ngakia and Othmane Maamma, both selected based on average rating of last five matches in the tournament, and Imran Louza, who did not miss any minute in last five matches. Absences for Watford are Kwadwo Baah due to injury and Caleb Wiley due to muscle injury.[/p]
[p]Stoke City is currently ranked 7th in the Championship table after 21 matches, with ten wins, three draws, and eight losses. The total score for these matches is 28:20, resulting in a score difference of eight and 33 points. In away matches, Stoke City is ranked 10th, having played 11 matches with four wins, two draws, and five losses, and a total away score of 11:12, with a score difference of minus one and 14 points. In the last competitive match, Stoke City played at home against Swansea, winning 2:1. Key players for Stoke City include Eric Bocat, selected based on average rating of last five matches in the tournament, Sorba Thomas, who ranks 5th in the top assistants table with five assists, and Viktor Johansson, who did not miss any minute in last five matches. Absence for Stoke City is Lewis Baker, who is inactive.[/p]
[p]In the last five matches between Watford and Stoke City in the Championship, Watford won two times, Stoke City won once, and two matches ended in a draw. The most recent match between these teams took place in March 2025, ending in a 0:0 draw.[/p]
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[p]The offence of Watford is good and is better than offence of Stoke City. Stoke City has scored 28 goals (shared 11th to 13th position in the competition) so far. Watford has scored 30 goals (shared 6th to 9th position in the competition) so far. The defence of Stoke City is outstanding and is better than the defence of Watford. Watford has conceded 28 goals (shared 13th to 14th position in the competition) so far. Stoke City has conceded 20 goals (1st in the competition) so far. The defence of Stoke City is the best in the league.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats[/p]
[p] – Watford are in the Top 3 teams for goal attempts in the league this season. In 21 matches they have attempted to score 301 times (the league average is 267.1) at an average of 14.3 per match. [/p]
[p] – Stoke City are in the Top 3 teams for corner kicks won in the league this season. In 21 matches they have won 122 corner kicks (the league average is 107.4) at an average of 5.8 per match. [/p]
[p] – Watford are in the Top 3 teams for the most free kicks conceded in the league this season. In 21 matches they have conceded 241 free kicks (the league average is 222.3) at an average of 11.5 per match. [/p]
[p]Streaks[/p]
[p] – Watford are unbeaten in 10 of their last 11 home league matches this season.[/p]
[p] – Stoke City have lost their last 3 away league matches this season.[/p]
[p] – Watford have scored in their last 8 home league matches this season.[/p]
[p]Betting Tips, Prediction[/p]
[p] – Only 1 of the last 8 H2H league matches saw Stoke City score 3 or more goals.[/p]
[p] – In 5 of the last 8 H2H league matches when Watford have scored at least one goal, they did not lose the match.[/p]
[p] – None of the last 8 H2H league matches between Watford and Stoke City saw both teams score in both halves.[/p]
[p] – Score prediction: At least 3 goals in total (over 2.5).[/p]
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