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EFL Championship · Vicarage Road

Watford v Stoke: how it went

Watford crestWatford20th of 24 · 8 ptsDDLLW
1 - 2
Stoke crestStoke7th of 24 · 13 ptsLLWWD
Full time

How it turned out

We projected about 2.3 goals and the game finished with 3. Both teams scored. We made Over 1.5 goals 70%, and it landed.

What we said beforehand

We expect about 1.3 goals from Watford and 1.0 from Stoke, so Watford come out ahead by a nose. Put together, that is around 2.3 goals in the game, which is an ordinary sort of total.

Our pick: Over 1.5 goals. This does not need a goal rush: we make it around 2.3 goals (xG 1.3-1.0), and two is enough to land it, landing about 72% of the time on these numbers.

We put the chance of that landing at about 70 out of 100. The price on offer is 1.30, which works out at about 77 out of 100. The price is shorter than our own read, so there is less in this than it might look.

What the numbers say
✓Watford have won one of their last five.
✓Stoke have won two of their last five.
✓Three of the last five meetings finished under 2.5 goals.
✓Both teams scored in two of the last five meetings.

Recent results

14 Mar 2026Stoke 3 - 1 Watford
20 Dec 2025Watford 1 - 0 Stoke
1 Mar 2025Stoke 0 - 0 Watford
17 Aug 2024Watford 3 - 0 Stoke
29 Dec 2023Watford 1 - 1 Stoke

Watford have won two of the last five meetings, with two drawn.

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