Championship

Championship | Gameweek 40

Apr 7, 2023 at 3pm UK

Vicarage Road

Watford
2 - 3
Huddersfield

Asprilla (32'), Assombalonga (90+2')
Porteous (14'), Pedro (54'), Choudhury (90+3'), Bachmann (90+7')
Bachmann (90+7')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Rudoni (44'), Pearson (55'), Harratt (82')
Kasumu (60'), Hogg (90+3')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Friday's Championship clash between Watford and Huddersfield Town, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Watford

All competitions

Last Game: Luton 2-0 Watford
Saturday, April 1 at 12.30pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Huddersfield Town

All competitions

Last Game: Huddersfield 4-2 Middlesbrough
Saturday, April 1 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Watford 2-1 Huddersfield Town

With Wilder not having had the desired impact at Watford, Huddersfield will sense an opportunity to earn a potentially-pivotal win. However, we are backing the Hornets to battle their way to an important victory, their extra quality in the final third ultimately shining through. Read more.

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 64.1%. A draw had a probability of 21.2% and a win for Huddersfield Town had a probability of 14.68%.

The most likely scoreline for a Watford win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.68%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (12.22%) and 2-1 (9.7%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.06%), while for a Huddersfield Town win it was 0-1 (5.22%). The actual scoreline of 2-3 was predicted with a 1% likelihood.

Result
Watford	Draw	Huddersfield Town
64.1% ( 0.02)	21.21% ( -0.01)	14.68% ( -0.01)

Both teams to score 46.79% (

0.01)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

51.14% (

0.02)

48.85% (

-0.02)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

29.05% (

0.02)

70.95% (

-0.02)

Watford Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

85.45% (

0.01)

14.55% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

57.4% (

0.02)

42.6% (

-0.03)

Huddersfield Town Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

54.76% (

-0)

45.23% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

18.88% (

81.12% (

-0)

Score Analysis

Watford 64.08%

Huddersfield Town 14.68%

Draw 21.21%

Watford	Draw	Huddersfield Town
1-0 @ 12.68% ( -0.01) 2-0 @ 12.22% 2-1 @ 9.7% 3-0 @ 7.86% ( 0) 3-1 @ 6.23% ( 0) 4-0 @ 3.79% ( 0) 4-1 @ 3% ( 0) 3-2 @ 2.47% ( 0) 5-0 @ 1.46% ( 0) 4-2 @ 1.19% ( 0) 5-1 @ 1.16% ( 0) Other @ 2.33% Total : 64.08%	1-1 @ 10.06% ( -0.01) 0-0 @ 6.58% ( -0.01) 2-2 @ 3.85% ( 0) Other @ 0.72% Total : 21.21%	0-1 @ 5.22% ( -0) 1-2 @ 3.99% ( -0) 0-2 @ 2.07% ( -0) 1-3 @ 1.06% 2-3 @ 1.02% Other @ 1.33% Total : 14.68%