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Watford vs Sheffield Wednesday

3 May 2025, 12:30 · Championship · 2024/2025

14 completed meetings

Championship 2024/2025 · 25 matches

4.17yellow cards per match23 matches with data
1red cards per match1 matches with data
25.4fouls per match25 matches with data
1.73Post-match xG1.44

As it happened

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The numbers

Fixture statistics

41 imported stat types
WatfordMatch statSheffield Wednesday
8
Corners
2
6
Shots Off Target
3
18
Shots Total
7
75
Attacks
83
51
Dangerous Attacks
34
51
Ball Possession %
49
58
Ball Safe
70
9
Shots Insidebox
4
9
Shots Outsidebox
3
1
Offsides
3
1
Goals
1
7
Goal Kicks
11
10
Goal Attempts
5
12
Free Kicks
15
15
Fouls
12
1
Saves
4
7
Shots Blocked
2
5
Substitutions
5
24
Throwins
19
44
Long Passes
55
1
Hit Woodwork
0
3
Successful Headers
12
23
Tackles
19
1
Assists
1
372
Passes
358
306
Successful Passes
286
82
Successful Passes Percentage
80
0
Yellowcards
1
5
Shots On Target
2
0
Injuries
1
17
Total Crosses
11
5
Accurate Crosses
4
6
Interceptions
8
43
Duels Won
49
18
Dribble Attempts
20
5
Successful Dribbles
3
10
Key Passes
6
1
Big Chances Created
1
28
Successful Dribbles Percentage
15
25
Successful Long Passes
29
57
Successful Long Passes Percentage
53

Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.

Individual contributions

Player ratings & full match stats

40 imported players
PlayerMinGAShotsKeyTacklesSavesRating
90————116.59
78————2—7.20
90——114—7.49
46——————6.63
78——111—6.91
90—1241—8.15
90——215—7.31
901—122—7.59
90——413—7.04
84——4—2—6.96
84——21——6.86
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44——————6.78
6——1—1—6.93
12——————6.75
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12——————6.85
6————1—6.75

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Before this match

Recent form

Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2024/2025.

Watford

Latest: Burnley · 1–2

Match stats

18 Apr 2025, 15:00 · Home vs Burnley · 2024/2025

Sheffield Wednesday

Latest: Stoke City · 0–2

Match stats

18 Apr 2025, 15:00 · Away vs Stoke City · 2024/2025

The rivalry

Head-to-head record

Last 150 completed meetings at most
7Watford wins
6Draws
1Sheffield Wednesday wins
57%Both teams scored
36%Over 2.5 goals
25Watford goals
10Sheffield Wednesday goals

At Watford’s ground: 7 previous meetings, 3 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.

Matchup context

Home vs away this season

2024/2025 · Championship

Compare Watford’s home games with Sheffield Wednesday’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.

Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.

WatfordPer matchSheffield Wednesday
1.17 / 23Goals scored1.30 / 23
0.96 / 23Goals conceded1.61 / 23
2.13 / 23Total match goals2.91 / 23
0.39 / 23Clean sheets / match0.22 / 23
0.17 / 23Failed to score / match0.30 / 23
12.26 / 23Shots10.87 / 23
5.91 / 23Corners5.48 / 23
10.22 / 23Total match corners11.57 / 23
2.64 / 22Cards2.30 / 23

The number after / is how many matches had that stat.

More team stats

Results & goals

WatfordStatSheffield Wednesday
0.4823 matchesGoals scored by half-time0.3523 matches
0.5723 matchesGoals conceded by half-time0.7823 matches
52% (12)23 matchesWins39% (9)23 matches
17% (4)23 matchesDraws22% (5)23 matches
30% (7)23 matchesLosses39% (9)23 matches
57% (13)23 matchesHalf-time clean sheets43% (10)23 matches
13% (3)23 matchesScored in both halves17% (4)23 matches
52% (12)23 matchesBoth teams scored52% (12)23 matches

Goal frequencies

WatfordStatSheffield Wednesday
83%23 matchesScored 1+ goals70%23 matches
30%23 matchesScored 2+ goals43%23 matches
4%23 matchesScored 3+ goals17%23 matches
0%23 matchesScored 4+ goals0%23 matches
61%23 matchesConceded 1+ goals78%23 matches
26%23 matchesConceded 2+ goals48%23 matches
4%23 matchesConceded 3+ goals26%23 matches
43%23 matchesScored 1+ by half-time26%23 matches
4%23 matchesScored 2+ by half-time9%23 matches
0%23 matchesScored 3+ by half-time0%23 matches
43%23 matchesConceded 1+ by half-time57%23 matches
9%23 matchesConceded 2+ by half-time13%23 matches
4%23 matchesConceded 3+ by half-time9%23 matches

Corners

WatfordStatSheffield Wednesday
4.3023 matchesCorners conceded / match6.0923 matches
91%23 matchesWon 3+ corners83%23 matches
48%23 matchesWon 5+ corners70%23 matches
39%23 matchesWon 7+ corners26%23 matches
17%23 matchesWon 9+ corners13%23 matches
70%23 matchesMatch had 8+ corners91%23 matches
52%23 matchesMatch had 10+ corners83%23 matches
35%23 matchesMatch had 12+ corners57%23 matches
26%23 matchesMatch had 14+ corners22%23 matches

Cards

WatfordStatSheffield Wednesday
2.1822 matchesOpponent cards / match1.8723 matches
4.8222 matchesTotal cards / match4.1723 matches
2.3622 matchesYellow cards / match2.2623 matches
1.333 matchesRed cards / match0.333 matches
2.001 matchesSecond yellows / match0.001 matches
86%22 matchesReceived 1+ cards96%23 matches
82%22 matchesReceived 2+ cards65%23 matches
36%22 matchesReceived 3+ cards43%23 matches
18%22 matchesReceived 4+ cards22%23 matches
14%22 matchesReceived 5+ cards4%23 matches
86%22 matchesMatch had 3+ cards83%23 matches
41%22 matchesMatch had 5+ cards35%23 matches
18%22 matchesMatch had 7+ cards17%23 matches

Shots & play

WatfordStatSheffield Wednesday
12.1323 matchesShots conceded / match11.4823 matches
53.78%23 matchesPossession / match46.17%23 matches
11.9623 matchesFouls / match12.8323 matches
1.5723 matchesOffsides / match1.9021 matches

Chance quality

Season xG

Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.

Expected goals (xG)46 games with data
1.27 per game
Expected goals against (xGA)46 games with data
1.44 per game
Expected goals (xG)46 games with data
1.45 per game
Expected goals against (xGA)46 games with data
1.39 per game

These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.

Players

Top scorers and assist makers

Season totals for 2024/2025. These players are not a confirmed lineup.

Expected goals and shot quality

Match counts are shown beside each player.

Expected goals (xG)

Chance quality before the shot.

Watford

Vakoun Bayo28 matches
11.80
Edo Kayembe34 matches
8.23
4.55

Sheffield Wednesday

Josh Windass39 matches
13.94
Michael Smith26 matches
7.83
Djeidi Gassama32 matches
5.76

xG on target (xGoT)

Chance quality of shots that reached the target.

Watford

Vakoun Bayo19 matches
10.55
Edo Kayembe21 matches
7.79
Moussa Sissoko15 matches
3.97

Sheffield Wednesday

Josh Windass35 matches
12.90
Michael Smith22 matches
10.11
Djeidi Gassama27 matches
6.13

Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)

Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.

Watford

Moussa Sissoko15 matches
1.47
Imrân Louza20 matches
0.93
Edo Kayembe20 matches
0.83

Sheffield Wednesday

Michael Smith22 matches
2.67
Barry Bannan16 matches
1.21
Yan Valery10 matches
0.90

Previous meetings

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