Derby County 0-2 Watford — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - Championship, 18 Jan 2025

📅18/01/2025 · 🕒18:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 0-1
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
44%
1.96
Draw
29%
3.28
Away
27%
3.44
Under/Over 2.5
Under Pick
54%
1.71
Over
46%
2.03
Both Teams to Score
Yes
48%
1.88
No
52%
1.82
Total Goals
0-1
29%
2.72
2-3
40%
1.74
4-5
21%
4.01
6+
10%
19.1
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
21%
2.75
1/2
8%
34.5
1/X
7%
13.65
X/1
15%
4.49
X/2
10%
7.41
X/X
16%
4.3
2/1
8%
27.0
2/2
9%
5.92
2/X
6%
14.65
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Our Pick
Under 2.5 — 54%
Fair price · no betting value
Every market fairly priced — no value edge at these odds. Our Pick = the most likely outcome, not a value bet.
STRENGTH Under 2.5 — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Selection The Market
44%
Home Win
47%
-3.0pp
29%
Draw
27%
+1.6pp
27%
Away Win
26%
+1.5pp
54%
Under 2.5
55%
-1.1pp
46%
Over 2.5
45%
+1.1pp
48%
BTTS Yes
49%
-1.3pp
52%
BTTS No
51%
+1.3pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — the 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 Derby County The Market 51%
Head to Head
AWAY Watford The Market 29%
+5% / +17% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -1% / -12%
1.29/0.99 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.14/1.61
+10% / +40% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -3% / -18%
53% Ball Possession 47%
13 Total Shots 12
5 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 4
356 · 77% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 287 · 73%
22.8 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 19.1
19.0 Crosses 15.9
1.7 Yellow Cards 2.3
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Derby County
2W-1D-3L
AWAY Watford
1.67 Avg Goals (FT) 1.67
0.64 xG 0.80
51% Ball Possession 49%
12 Total Shots 10
4 Shots on Target 4
8 Corners 4
370 Passes 360
79% Pass Accuracy 77%
12 Box Touches 14
19 Crosses 15
2 Yellow Cards 2
24.08.2024 Watford Watford 2-1 HT 1-1 Derby County Derby County İNCL
19.02.2021 Watford Watford 2-1 HT 2-0 Derby County Derby County İNCL
16.10.2020 Derby County Derby County 0-1 HT 0-0 Watford Watford İNCL
03.04.2015 Derby County Derby County 2-2 HT 1-1 Watford Watford İNCL
22.11.2014 Watford Watford 1-2 HT 0-1 Derby County Derby County İNCL
26.04.2014 Derby County Derby County 4-2 HT 1-1 Watford Watford İNCL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Derby County
0-2
AWAY Watford
1.91 xG 1.96
56% Ball Possession 44%
16 Total Shots 15
3 Shots on Target 5
4 Corners 8
299 Passes 234
80% Pass Accuracy 76%
37 Box Touches 33
33 Crosses 13
1 Yellow Cards 3
POST-MATCH Derby County vs Watford
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Watford got the better of Derby County 2-0 away from home. Half-time: 0-1.

Our pre-match lean was Derby County at 44%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 46% and both teams to score was close to even at 48%.

On the day, Derby County had 56% of the ball to Watford's 44%, shots finished 16-15, expected goals 1.91 to 1.96.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Watford led the recent series with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.67 goals for Derby County and 1.67 for Watford.

What was the final score of Derby County vs Watford?

Derby County 0-2 Watford in the England - Championship on 18/01/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Derby County vs Watford?

Before kick-off our model rated a Derby County win the most likely single outcome at about 44%, with the full match-result split Derby County 44%, draw 29%, Watford 27%. The final score 0-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Under 2.5, BTTS No — while Match Result (Derby County) went the other way.

✗ Match Result (Derby County) ✓ Under 2.5 ✓ BTTS No
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