Championship

Championship | Gameweek 46

May 8, 2021 at 12.30pm UK

Vicarage Road

Watford
2 - 0
Swansea

Gray (56'), Success (87')

FT(HT: 0-0)

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The Match

Match Report

Swansea will hope to join the Hornets in the top flight and face Barnsley in the play-offs later this month.

Preview

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

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 45.81%. A draw had a probability of 27.1% and a win for Swansea City had a probability of 27.05%.

The most likely scoreline for a Watford win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.8%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.86%) and 2-1 (8.83%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.75%), while for a Swansea City win it was 0-1 (9.22%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with an 8.9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Watford would win this match.

Result
Watford	Draw	Swansea City
45.81%	27.14%	27.05%

Both teams to score 47.26%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

42.51%

57.5%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

21.71%

78.29%

Watford Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

74.94%

25.06%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

40.26%

59.74%

Swansea City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

63.07%

36.93%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

26.28%

73.72%

Score Analysis

Watford 45.8%

Swansea City 27.05%

Draw 27.14%

Watford	Draw	Swansea City
1-0 @ 12.8% 2-0 @ 8.86% 2-1 @ 8.83% 3-0 @ 4.09% 3-1 @ 4.07% 3-2 @ 2.03% 4-0 @ 1.42% 4-1 @ 1.41% Other @ 2.29% Total : 45.8%	1-1 @ 12.75% 0-0 @ 9.26% 2-2 @ 4.4% Other @ 0.73% Total : 27.14%	0-1 @ 9.22% 1-2 @ 6.35% 0-2 @ 4.59% 1-3 @ 2.11% 0-3 @ 1.52% 2-3 @ 1.46% Other @ 1.79% Total : 27.05%