Championship

Championship | Gameweek 46

May 3, 2025 at 12.30pm UK

Vicarage Road

Watford
1 - 1
Sheff Weds

Sissoko (45+1')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Windass (29')
Valery (65')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Watford

All competitions

Last Game: Blackburn 2-1 Watford
Saturday, April 26 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Sheffield Wednesday

All competitions

Last Game: Sheff Weds 1-1 Portsmouth
Saturday, April 26 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

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 40.53%. A win for Sheffield Wednesday had a probability of 33.63% and a draw had a probability of 25.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a Watford win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.69%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.68%) and 2-0 (6.86%). The likeliest Sheffield Wednesday win was 0-1 (8.67%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.27%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 12.3% likelihood.

Result
Watford	Draw	Sheffield Wednesday
40.53% ( -0.58)	25.84% ( 0.11)	33.63% ( 0.47)

Both teams to score 54.36% (

-0.23)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

50.17% (

-0.36)

49.83% (

0.36)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

28.17% (

-0.32)

71.83% (

0.32)

Watford Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

75.71% (

-0.46)

24.29% (

0.45)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

41.34% (

-0.65)

58.66% (

0.65)

Sheffield Wednesday Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

71.8% (

0.12)

28.2% (

-0.12)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

36.1% (

0.15)

63.9% (

-0.16)

Score Analysis

Watford 40.53%

Sheffield Wednesday 33.63%

Draw 25.84%

Watford	Draw	Sheffield Wednesday
1-0 @ 9.69% ( 0.01) 2-1 @ 8.68% ( -0.07) 2-0 @ 6.86% ( -0.08) 3-1 @ 4.1% ( -0.09) 3-0 @ 3.24% ( -0.08) 3-2 @ 2.59% ( -0.05) 4-1 @ 1.45% ( -0.05) 4-0 @ 1.15% ( -0.04) 4-2 @ 0.92% ( -0.03) Other @ 1.86% Total : 40.53%	1-1 @ 12.27% ( 0.06) 0-0 @ 6.85% ( 0.1) 2-2 @ 5.5% ( -0.03) 3-3 @ 1.09% ( -0.02) Other @ 0.13% Total : 25.84%	0-1 @ 8.67% ( 0.15) 1-2 @ 7.77% ( 0.06) 0-2 @ 5.49% ( 0.12) 1-3 @ 3.28% ( 0.04) 2-3 @ 2.32% ( -0) 0-3 @ 2.32% ( 0.06) 1-4 @ 1.04% ( 0.02) Other @ 2.76% Total : 33.63%

How you voted: Watford vs Sheff Weds

Watford

45.0%

Draw

10.0%

Sheffield Wednesday

45.0%

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2-6

Watford

Smith (34'), Valentin (81')
Smith (26'), Iorfa (57'), Lowe (83')

Porteous (29'), Ince (52' pen.), Issouf Bayo (58' pen., 67', 84', 88')
Porteous (25'), Pollock (42'), Baah (76')

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Sheff Weds

0-0

Watford

Palmer (29'), Famewo (39'), Johnson (42'), Bannan (75')

Martins (25'), Pollock (76'), Hamer (90+1')

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Oct 21, 2023 3pm

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Watford

1-0

Sheff Weds

Asprilla (82')
Porteous (45'), Lewis (50')

Hendrick (68')

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Apr 2, 2021 3pm

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Watford

1-0

Sheff Weds

Lees (7' og.)
Sierralta (30'), Hughes (64')

Borner (3'), Urhoghide (38'), Reach (41'), Wildsmith (78')

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Watford

Luongo (65'), Bannan (68')

Chalobah (81'), Garner (88')

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Form Guide

Blackburn 2-1 Watford

Portsmouth 1-0 Watford

Watford 1-2 Burnley

West Brom 2-1 Watford

Watford 1-0 Hull City

Bristol City 2-1 Watford

Sheff Weds 1-1 Portsmouth

Sheff Weds 2-1 Middlesbrough

Stoke 2-0 Sheff Weds

Sheff Weds 0-1 Oxford Utd

Blackburn 2-2 Sheff Weds

Sheff Weds 0-1 Hull City

Nations League

Spain

International Friendlies

Algeria

International Friendlies

Georgia

Belarus

International Friendlies

Singapore

Tajikistan

Congo DR

World Cup Qualifying - Asia

Australia

Saudi Arabia

Indonesia

South Korea

Palestine

Jordan

Qatar

World Cup Qualifying - North Central America

COSAFA Cup

Lesotho

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Leeds United Leeds	46	29	13	4	95	30	65	100
P	Burnley	46	28	16	2	69	16	53	100
3	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	46	28	8	10	63	36	27	90
P	Sunderland	46	21	13	12	58	44	14	76
5	Coventry City Coventry	46	20	9	17	64	58	6	69
6	Bristol City	46	17	17	12	59	55	4	68
7	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	46	19	9	18	53	48	5	66
8	Millwall	46	18	12	16	47	49	-2	66
9	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	46	15	19	12	57	47	10	64
10	Middlesbrough	46	18	10	18	64	56	8	64
11	Swansea City Swansea	46	17	10	19	51	56	-5	61
12	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	46	15	13	18	60	69	-9	58
13	Norwich City Norwich	46	14	15	17	71	68	3	57
14	Watford	46	16	9	21	53	61	-8	57
15	Queens Park Rangers QPR	46	14	14	18	53	63	-10	56
16	Portsmouth	46	14	12	20	58	71	-13	54
17	Oxford United Oxford Utd	46	13	14	19	49	65	-16	53
18	Stoke City Stoke	46	12	15	19	45	62	-17	51
19	Derby County Derby	46	13	11	22	48	56	-8	50
20	Preston North End Preston	46	10	20	16	48	59	-11	50
21	Hull City	46	12	13	21	44	54	-10	49
R	Luton Town Luton	46	13	10	23	45	69	-24	49
R	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	46	11	13	22	51	88	-37	46
R	Cardiff City Cardiff	46	9	17	20	48	73	-25	44
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