Watford 3-0 Stoke City — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - Championship, 17 Aug 2024

📅17/08/2024 · 🕒17:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 0-1 2nd Score 1-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
38%
2.47
Draw
27%
3.18
Away
35%
2.54
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
56%
1.75
Over 2.5
44%
1.97
Both Teams to Score
Yes
46%
1.76
No
54%
1.95
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
30%
2.95
2-3 Goals
41%
1.77
4-5 Goals
20%
3.95
6+ Goals
9%
17.95
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 2.95 — our 30% vs market 28.1%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
19%
3.85
1/2
8%
31.0
1/X
7%
13.15
X/1
11%
5.51
X/2
11%
5.45
X/X
12%
4.24
2/1
8%
31.0
2/2
16%
3.79
2/X
8%
13.15
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
38%
Home Win
37%
+1.4pp
27%
Draw
28%
-0.9pp
35%
Away Win
36%
-0.4pp
56%
Under 2.5
53%
+2.6pp
44%
Over 2.5
47%
-2.6pp
46%
BTTS Yes
53%
-7.1pp
54%
BTTS No
47%
+7.1pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Watford EU Bookmakers 40%
Head to Head
AWAY Stoke City EU Bookmakers 39%
+6% / -10% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -8% / -16%
1.35/1.24 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.25/1.22
+9% / +12% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -9% / -18%
49% Ball Possession 51%
12 Total Shots 11
5 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 5
294 · 74% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 320 · 75%
22.3 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 20.0
20.6 Crosses 19.0
2.4 Yellow Cards 2.2
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Watford
3W-1D-2L
AWAY Stoke City
1.67 Avg Goals (FT) 1.00
1.82 xG 1.06
49% Ball Possession 51%
14 Total Shots 14
6 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 5
322 Passes 343
77% Pass Accuracy 77%
21 Box Touches 25
18 Crosses 23
2 Yellow Cards 2
29.12.2023 Watford Watford 1-1 HT 1-1 Stoke City Stoke City İNCL
19.08.2023 Stoke City Stoke City 1-0 HT 0-0 Watford Watford İNCL
08.05.2023 Watford Watford 2-0 HT 0-0 Stoke City Stoke City İNCL
02.10.2022 Stoke City Stoke City 0-4 HT 0-1 Watford Watford İNCL
21.09.2021 Watford Watford 1-3 HT 0-1 Stoke City Stoke City İNLK
22.01.2021 Stoke City Stoke City 1-2 HT 0-0 Watford Watford İNCL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Watford
3-0
AWAY Stoke City
2.27 xG 0.85
55% Ball Possession 45%
24 Total Shots 7
8 Shots on Target 3
2 Corners 4
387 Passes 304
82% Pass Accuracy 79%
31 Box Touches 21
14 Crosses 19
2 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH Watford vs Stoke City
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Watford swept aside Stoke City 3-0. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

Our pre-match split (38% / 27% / 35%) promised a tight game; Watford found the edge the numbers couldn't. The goals read — under 2.5 goals (56%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, Watford had 55% of the ball to Stoke City's 45%, shots finished 24-7, expected goals 2.27 to 0.85.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Watford had the better of it with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.67 goals for Watford and 1.00 for Stoke City.

What was the final score of Watford vs Stoke City?

Watford 3-0 Stoke City in the England - Championship on 17/08/2024. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Watford vs Stoke City?

Before kick-off our model rated a Watford win the most likely single outcome at about 38%, with the full match-result split Watford 38%, draw 27%, Stoke City 35%. The final score 3-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Watford), BTTS No — while Under 2.5 went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Watford) ✗ Under 2.5 ✓ BTTS No
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