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Watford v Birmingham City

English Championship
Watford
3:0
Full time
Birmingham City

Watford v Birmingham City in English Championship ended 3:0. Here you will find the final score, the goals and goalscorers, every key moment of the match, the full statistics with xG and the video highlights. See the match prediction or browse the full fixture list.

Prediction and probabilities: Watford v Birmingham City

How the models performed

Pro AI (XGBoost) predicted Home win · Watford at 45.2% - the match finished 3:0, so the prediction was correct.
Model 1 · Watford X 2 · Birmingham City Prediction Result
Pro AI (XGBoost) 45.2% 24.7% 30.2% Home win · Watford ✔ Correct
Final score 3:0 Home win · Watford
Predictions are published before kick-off and are never edited afterwards. For information purposes only – not betting advice. 18+ · Methodology

Match events: Watford v Birmingham City

  1. 9′Tom Ince · Goal (assist: Giorgi Chakvetadze)
  2. 38′Tom Ince · Goal
  3. 43′Mattie Pollock · Yellow card
  4. 46′Lyndon Dykes · Substitution (off: Willum Thór Willumsson)
  5. 46′Nestory Irankunda · Substitution (off: Giorgi Chakvetadze)
  6. 46′Marc Leonard · Substitution (off: Alfons Sampsted)
  7. 60′Tom Ince · Goal (assist: Nestory Irankunda)
  8. 62′Eiran Cashin · Substitution (off: Alex Cochrane)
  9. 63′Lyndon Dykes · Yellow card
  10. 64′Vivaldo Semedo · Substitution (off: Luca Kjerrumgaard)
  11. 68′Marvin Ducksch · Substitution (off: Kyogo Furuhashi)
  12. 69′Nampalys Mendy · Substitution (off: Imrân Louza)
  13. 70′Moussa Sissoko · Substitution (off: Othmane Maamma)
  14. 77′Kwadwo Baah · Substitution (off: Tom Ince)
  15. 77′Lewis Koumas · Substitution (off: Keshi Anderson)
  16. 78′Seung-ho Paik · Yellow card

Match statistics: Watford v Birmingham City

Statistic Watford Birmingham City
Possession 45% 55%
Shots on target 6 2
Total shots 13 6
Shots off target 5 3
Blocked shots 2 3
Corners 3 0
Fouls 5 14
Offsides 1 3
Yellow cards 10 6
Red cards 10 4
Passes 402 484
Pass accuracy 79% 82%

Line-ups: Watford v Birmingham City

Watford 4-2-3-1

Starting XI

  1. 1 Egil Selvik 7.3
  2. 3 Max Alleyne 6.9
  3. 5 Hector Kyprianou 7.0
  4. 6 Mattie Pollock 6.9
  5. 7 Tom Ince 9.5
  6. 8 Giorgi Chakvetadze 7.7
  7. 9 Luca Kjerrumgaard 6.7
  8. 10 Imrân Louza 6.8
  9. 16 Marc Bola 7.4
  10. 25 James Abankwah 6.8
  11. 42 Othmane Maamma 6.6
Substitutes (9)
  1. 4 Kévin Keben
  2. 12 Nathan Baxter
  3. 17 Moussa Sissoko 6.5
  4. 18 Vivaldo Semedo 6.6
  5. 22 James Morris
  6. 23 Nampalys Mendy 6.5
  7. 29 Jérémy Pétris
  8. 34 Kwadwo Baah 6.5
  9. 66 Nestory Irankunda 7.6

Birmingham City 4-2-3-1

Starting XI

  1. 5 Phil Neumann 6.5
  2. 6 Jack Robinson 6.5
  3. 8 Seung-ho Paik 6.5
  4. 9 Kyogo Furuhashi 6.4
  5. 14 Keshi Anderson 6.6
  6. 16 Patrick Roberts 6.6
  7. 18 Willum Thór Willumsson 6.2
  8. 20 Alex Cochrane 6.2
  9. 23 Alfons Sampsted 6.3
  10. 24 Tomoki Iwata 6.5
  11. 25 James Beadle 6.2
Substitutes (9)
  1. 12 Marc Leonard 6.7
  2. 17 Lyndon Dykes 6.5
  3. 21 Ryan Allsop
  4. 27 Kanya Fujimoto
  5. 30 Lewis Koumas 6.5
  6. 33 Marvin Ducksch 6.5
  7. 40 Menzi Mazwi
  8. 41 Eiran Cashin 6.9
  9. 42 Daniel Isichei

Form and head-to-head: Watford v Birmingham City

Watford

LWLLD

Birmingham City

WLDDW

Head-to-head – last 1 meetings

Watford wins: 0; draws: 0; Birmingham City wins: 1.

Date Home Score Away Competition
Birmingham City 2–1 Watford English Championship

English Championship standings

# Team P W D L GD Pts Form
1 Coventry City 46 28 11 7 +52 95 DDDWWWWWWD
2 Ipswich Town 46 23 15 8 +33 84 WDDWWDWDWW
3 Millwall 46 24 11 11 +15 83 WLDLWLWWLL
4 Southampton 46 22 14 10 +26 80 LWDDDLDLLW
5 Middlesbrough 46 22 14 10 +25 80 WWWWWLDWWD
6 Hull City 46 21 10 15 +4 73 DWLLWLLLWD
7 Wrexham 46 19 14 13 +4 71 DWLWWWLDDL
8 Derby County 46 20 9 17 +8 69 DLDDWWWLWL
9 Norwich City 46 19 8 19 +7 65 WWLDLLWDLD
10 Birmingham City 46 17 13 16 +1 64 WWWLWDLDLL
11 Swansea City 46 18 10 18 -2 64 LWWLDWWWWD
12 Bristol City 46 17 11 18 0 62 DWLWLWWLLL
13 Sheffield United 46 18 6 22 0 60 LWWWLLLLLL
14 Preston North End 46 15 15 16 -7 60 WWDDLLDLLD
15 Queens Park Rangers 46 16 10 20 -12 58 WWLWDDLLLD
16 Watford 46 14 15 17 -12 57 WWWLDLDWDD
17 Stoke City 46 15 10 21 -5 55 WDDLWWLLLL
18 Portsmouth 46 14 13 19 -15 55 WLLWLDWDLD
19 Charlton Athletic 46 13 14 19 -14 53 WWLWLLDDWD
20 Blackburn Rovers 46 13 13 20 -14 52 WLLDWDDLLD
21 West Bromwich Albion 46 13 14 19 -10 51 WDWDWLLLLD
22 Oxford United 46 11 14 21 -14 47 LLDDWLDLLD
23 Leicester City 46 12 16 18 -10 46 LLLDDWDLWW
24 Sheffield Wednesday 46 2 12 32 -60 0 WLLDLLLLDD

Managers: Watford v Birmingham City

J. Gracia Carlos
WatfordManagerJ. Gracia Carlos
C. Davies
Birmingham CityManagerC. Davies

Match information: Watford v Birmingham City

Kick-off
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Competition
English Championship
Round
25
City
Watford
Surface
grass
Capacity
21,400

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