Watford 0–4 Coventry – England Championship, 2 May 2026

Match facts

Watford Coventry

13 Shots 18

4 Shots on target 7

0 Corners 6

16 Fouls 10

2 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✓ Result correct ✓ Goals correct ✗ BTTS missed Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (540 league matches this season so far).

Result Coventry to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.74

Expected goals 1.22 – 1.69

Home / Draw / Away

28% 24% 48%

WatfordDrawCoventry

Under / Over 2.5 goals

44% 56%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

43% 57%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

6% 0

16% 1

23% 2

22% 3

16% 4

17% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 11.2% 1–2 9.5% 0–1 9.2%

Statistics 2025/2026, before this match

Watford before this match, all matches

1.27points / match

1.18scored / match

1.36conceded / match

14 15 16

WonDrawnLost 45 played · 53:61

Coventry before this match, all matches

2.04points / match

2.07scored / match

1.00conceded / match

27 11 7

WonDrawnLost 45 played · 93:45

Watford all matches all matches Coventry

Per match

1.18 Goals scored 2.07

1.36 Goals conceded 1.00

2.53 Total goals 3.07

13.91 Shots 16.29

4.44 Shots on target 5.53

11.58 Shots faced 11.62

5.07 Corners 5.31

5.20 Corners against 4.33

10.84 Fouls 9.62

2.09 Yellow cards 1.51

0.49 1st-half goals scored 0.98

0.71 1st-half goals conceded 0.38

How often Full Time

31% Wins 60%

33% Draws 24%

36% Losses 16%

96% Over 0.5 goals 89%

80% Over 1.5 goals 82%

47% Over 2.5 goals 62%

22% Over 3.5 goals 36%

7% Over 4.5 goals 20%

2% Over 5.5 goals 9%

60% Both teams scored 60%

16% Clean sheets 36%

29% Failed to score 16%

How often Half Time

18% Wins 44%

47% Draws 42%

36% Losses 13%

69% Over 0.5 goals 69%

40% Over 1.5 goals 38%

11% Over 2.5 goals 22%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Watford all matches

1

D

1

3

L

3

1

W

D

1

2

L

1

D

2

L

2

L

3

L

1

5

L

Coventry all matches

2

W

3

W

1

2

L

3

W

3

2

W

D

1

D

5

1

W

3

1

W

Watford before this match, at home

1.68points / match

1.36scored / match

1.05conceded / match

10 7 5

WonDrawnLost 22 played · 30:23

Coventry before this match, away

1.68points / match

1.91scored / match

1.18conceded / match

10 7 5

WonDrawnLost 22 played · 42:26

Watford at home away Coventry

Per match

1.36 Goals scored 1.91

1.05 Goals conceded 1.18

2.41 Total goals 3.09

15.91 Shots 14.50

5.45 Shots on target 5.27

10.91 Shots faced 13.50

5.68 Corners 4.64

4.68 Corners against 5.14

10.91 Fouls 9.77

1.77 Yellow cards 1.68

0.68 1st-half goals scored 1.05

0.50 1st-half goals conceded 0.32

How often Full Time

45% Wins 45%

32% Draws 32%

23% Losses 23%

95% Over 0.5 goals 91%

86% Over 1.5 goals 86%

41% Over 2.5 goals 59%

14% Over 3.5 goals 32%

5% Over 4.5 goals 23%

0% Over 5.5 goals 9%

55% Both teams scored 59%

23% Clean sheets 36%

27% Failed to score 14%

How often Half Time

27% Wins 55%

50% Draws 36%

23% Losses 9%

64% Over 0.5 goals 68%

41% Over 1.5 goals 36%

14% Over 2.5 goals 27%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Watford at home

3

W

2

L

1

D

2

L

2

W

2

L

3

1

W

D

1

D

2

L

Coventry away

1

D

2

3

L

1

2

L

1

2

L

2

W

2

1

W

2

W

3

W

D

1

D

Last 10 matches before this match

Watford all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
25.04.26	Middlesbrough – Watford	5–1 (2–0)	1.39	4.75	6.50	1.57	2.38
21.04.26	West Brom – Watford	3–0 (2–0)	1.68	3.70	4.75	2.00	1.80
18.04.26	Watford – Sheffield United	0–2 (0–0)	2.65	3.40	2.45	1.80	2.00
11.04.26	Oxford – Watford	2–0 (1–0)	2.35	3.20	3.00	2.10	1.73
06.04.26	Watford – Charlton	1–1 (0–0)	1.81	3.30	4.50	2.00	1.80
03.04.26	QPR – Watford	2–1 (1–0)	2.50	3.40	2.65	1.88	1.98
21.03.26	Watford – Leicester	0–0 (0–0)	1.96	3.60	3.50	1.91	1.91
17.03.26	Watford – Wrexham	3–1 (2–0)	2.20	3.40	3.00	2.10	1.73
14.03.26	Stoke – Watford	3–1 (1–0)	2.57	3.30	2.55	2.10	1.73
10.03.26	Sheffield Weds – Watford	1–1 (0–0)	7.00	4.33	1.41	1.90	1.95

Coventry all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
26.04.26	Coventry – Wrexham	3–1 (1–1)	2.10	3.80	3.10	1.73	2.10
21.04.26	Coventry – Portsmouth	5–1 (1–0)	1.61	3.80	5.00	1.73	2.10
17.04.26	Blackburn – Coventry	1–1 (0–0)	4.10	3.25	1.91	2.10	1.73
11.04.26	Coventry – Sheffield Weds	0–0 (0–0)	1.10	8.50	17.00	1.33	3.40
06.04.26	Hull – Coventry	0–0 (0–0)	4.00	3.50	1.86	1.80	2.00
03.04.26	Coventry – Derby	3–2 (1–1)	1.53	4.00	6.00	1.73	2.10
21.03.26	Swansea – Coventry	0–3 (0–3)	3.10	3.50	2.10	1.90	1.95
14.03.26	Coventry – Southampton	1–2 (0–0)	1.71	3.80	4.10	1.67	2.20
11.03.26	Coventry – Preston	3–0 (2–0)	1.42	4.75	6.00	1.57	2.38
07.03.26	Bristol City – Coventry	0–2 (0–2)	3.70	3.60	1.91	1.73	2.10

Watford at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
18.04.26	Watford – Sheffield United	0–2 (0–0)	2.65	3.40	2.45	1.80	2.00
06.04.26	Watford – Charlton	1–1 (0–0)	1.81	3.30	4.50	2.00	1.80
21.03.26	Watford – Leicester	0–0 (0–0)	1.96	3.60	3.50	1.91	1.91
17.03.26	Watford – Wrexham	3–1 (2–0)	2.20	3.40	3.00	2.10	1.73
24.02.26	Watford – Ipswich	0–2 (0–1)	3.30	3.25	2.15	2.20	1.67
21.02.26	Watford – Derby	2–0 (1–0)	2.10	3.30	3.40	2.20	1.67
31.01.26	Watford – Swansea	0–2 (0–0)	2.01	3.30	3.60	2.10	1.73
21.01.26	Watford – Portsmouth	1–1 (0–0)	1.68	3.75	4.75	2.00	1.80
17.01.26	Watford – Millwall	0–2 (0–0)	2.01	3.30	3.60	2.10	1.73
01.01.26	Watford – Birmingham	3–0 (2–0)	2.30	3.25	2.95	2.00	1.80

Coventry away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
17.04.26	Blackburn – Coventry	1–1 (0–0)	4.10	3.25	1.91	2.10	1.73
06.04.26	Hull – Coventry	0–0 (0–0)	4.00	3.50	1.86	1.80	2.00
21.03.26	Swansea – Coventry	0–3 (0–3)	3.10	3.50	2.10	1.90	1.95
07.03.26	Bristol City – Coventry	0–2 (0–2)	3.70	3.60	1.91	1.73	2.10
25.02.26	Sheffield United – Coventry	1–2 (0–0)	2.40	3.40	2.70	1.73	2.10
21.02.26	West Brom – Coventry	0–2 (0–2)	3.50	3.50	2.01	1.98	1.88
31.01.26	QPR – Coventry	2–1 (0–0)	3.10	3.40	2.15	1.91	1.91
26.01.26	Norwich – Coventry	2–1 (0–1)	2.82	3.50	2.30	1.67	2.20
04.01.26	Birmingham – Coventry	3–2 (2–1)	2.50	3.40	2.65	1.83	2.03
01.01.26	Charlton – Coventry	1–1 (0–1)	3.90	3.50	1.86	1.93	1.93

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

3 4

Watford winsDrawsCoventry wins

7matches

3.29goals / match

71%over 2.5

86%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
25.10.25E1	Coventry – Watford	3–1 (3–0)	1.45	4.75	6.00	1.67	2.20
25.01.25E1	Coventry – Watford	2–1 (1–0)	1.73	3.60	4.75	1.83	2.03
14.09.24E1	Watford – Coventry	1–1 (0–1)	2.60	3.40	2.70	1.83	2.03
09.03.24E1	Watford – Coventry	1–2 (1–1)	2.88	3.40	2.40	1.85	2.00
02.09.23E1	Coventry – Watford	3–3 (1–1)	2.10	3.50	3.40	1.95	1.90
10.04.23E1	Coventry – Watford	2–2 (0–2)	2.40	3.25	3.00	2.20	1.67
05.11.22E1	Watford – Coventry	0–1 (0–0)	1.90	3.50	4.33	1.93	1.93

England Championship table 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	45	27	11	7	93	45	+48	92
2	Ipswich	45	22	15	8	77	47	+30	81
3	Millwall	45	23	11	11	62	49	+13	80
4	Middlesbrough	45	22	13	10	70	45	+25	79
5	Southampton	45	21	14	10	79	55	+24	77
6	Wrexham	45	19	13	13	67	63	+4	70
7	Hull	45	20	10	15	68	65	+3	70
8	Derby	45	20	9	16	66	57	+9	69
9	Norwich	45	19	8	18	62	54	+8	65
10	Birmingham	45	17	12	16	56	55	+1	63
11	Swansea	45	17	10	18	54	58	-4	61
12	Preston	45	15	15	15	54	59	-5	60
13	Bristol City	45	16	11	18	57	59	-2	59
14	QPR	45	16	10	19	61	70	-9	58
15	Sheffield United	45	17	6	22	64	65	-1	57
16	Watford	45	14	15	16	53	61	-8	57
17	Stoke	45	15	10	20	51	54	-3	55
18	Portsmouth	45	14	12	19	48	63	-15	54
19	West Brom	45	13	14	18	47	56	-9	53
20	Charlton	45	13	14	18	43	55	-12	53
21	Blackburn	45	13	13	19	42	55	-13	52
22	Leicester	45	11	16	18	57	68	-11	49
23	Oxford	45	11	14	20	45	57	-12	47
24	Sheffield Weds	45	1	12	32	27	88	-61	15

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	23	17	4	2	51	19	+32	55
2	Ipswich	22	13	8	1	40	17	+23	47
3	Southampton	23	12	8	3	38	19	+19	44
4	Birmingham	23	12	8	3	39	22	+17	44
5	Middlesbrough	23	12	6	5	34	18	+16	42
6	Millwall	22	12	3	7	31	25	+6	39
7	Watford	22	10	7	5	30	23	+7	37
8	Swansea	22	10	6	6	31	26	+5	36
9	Derby	22	10	6	6	30	25	+5	36
10	Wrexham	22	10	6	6	39	35	+4	36
11	Hull	22	10	5	7	33	33	0	35
12	West Brom	23	8	10	5	28	25	+3	34
13	Stoke	23	9	6	8	34	28	+6	33
14	QPR	23	10	3	10	40	37	+3	33
15	Sheffield United	23	9	4	10	38	33	+5	31
16	Preston	22	8	7	7	27	27	0	31
17	Charlton	23	9	4	10	23	26	-3	31
18	Norwich	23	9	3	11	27	28	-1	30
19	Portsmouth	22	8	5	9	24	22	+2	29
20	Oxford	23	7	8	8	24	27	-3	29
21	Bristol City	22	8	4	10	31	31	0	28
22	Leicester	23	7	7	9	31	34	-3	28
23	Blackburn	22	4	9	9	19	26	-7	21
24	Sheffield Weds	22	0	7	15	12	43	-31	7

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Millwall	23	11	8	4	31	24	+7	41
2	Coventry	22	10	7	5	42	26	+16	37
3	Middlesbrough	22	10	7	5	36	27	+9	37
4	Norwich	22	10	5	7	35	26	+9	35
5	Hull	23	10	5	8	35	32	+3	35
6	Ipswich	23	9	7	7	37	30	+7	34
7	Wrexham	23	9	7	7	28	28	0	34
8	Southampton	22	9	6	7	41	36	+5	33
9	Derby	23	10	3	10	36	32	+4	33
10	Bristol City	23	8	7	8	26	28	-2	31
11	Blackburn	23	9	4	10	23	29	-6	31
12	Preston	23	7	8	8	27	32	-5	29
13	Sheffield United	22	8	2	12	26	32	-6	26
14	Swansea	23	7	4	12	23	32	-9	25
15	QPR	22	6	7	9	21	33	-12	25
16	Portsmouth	23	6	7	10	24	41	-17	25
17	Charlton	22	4	10	8	20	29	-9	22
18	Stoke	22	6	4	12	17	26	-9	22
19	Leicester	22	4	9	9	26	34	-8	21
20	Watford	23	4	8	11	23	38	-15	20
21	West Brom	22	5	4	13	19	31	-12	19
22	Birmingham	22	5	4	13	17	33	-16	19
23	Oxford	22	4	6	12	21	30	-9	18
24	Sheffield Weds	23	1	5	17	15	45	-30	8

Watford Coventry

Under / Over goals 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	7	Hull	45	16	29	1.5	1.4	20	10	15	68	65	70
2	1	Coventry	45	17	28	2.1	1.0	27	11	7	93	45	92
3	5	Southampton	45	17	28	1.8	1.2	21	14	10	79	55	77
4	14	QPR	45	17	28	1.4	1.6	16	10	19	61	70	58
5	15	Sheffield United	45	19	26	1.4	1.4	17	6	22	64	65	57
6	22	Leicester	45	20	25	1.3	1.5	11	16	18	57	68	49
7	4	Middlesbrough	45	21	24	1.6	1.0	22	13	10	70	45	79
8	2	Ipswich	45	22	23	1.7	1.0	22	15	8	77	47	81
9	8	Derby	45	22	23	1.5	1.3	20	9	16	66	57	69
10	24	Sheffield Weds	45	22	23	0.6	2.0	1	12	32	27	88	15
11	3	Millwall	45	23	22	1.4	1.1	23	11	11	62	49	80
12	6	Wrexham	45	23	22	1.5	1.4	19	13	13	67	63	70
13	11	Swansea	45	23	22	1.2	1.3	17	10	18	54	58	61
14	9	Norwich	45	24	21	1.4	1.2	19	8	18	62	54	65
15	10	Birmingham	45	24	21	1.2	1.2	17	12	16	56	55	63
16	12	Preston	45	24	21	1.2	1.3	15	15	15	54	59	60
17	13	Bristol City	45	24	21	1.3	1.3	16	11	18	57	59	59
18	16	Watford	45	24	21	1.2	1.4	14	15	16	53	61	57
19	23	Oxford	45	24	21	1.0	1.3	11	14	20	45	57	47
20	17	Stoke	45	25	20	1.1	1.2	15	10	20	51	54	55
21	18	Portsmouth	45	25	20	1.1	1.4	14	12	19	48	63	54
22	19	West Brom	45	25	20	1.0	1.2	13	14	18	47	56	53
23	21	Blackburn	45	27	18	0.9	1.2	13	13	19	42	55	52
24	20	Charlton	45	28	17	1.0	1.2	13	14	18	43	55	53

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	14	QPR	23	5	18	1.7	1.6	10	3	10	40	37	33
2	15	Sheffield United	23	6	17	1.7	1.4	9	4	10	38	33	31
3	1	Coventry	23	8	15	2.2	0.8	17	4	2	51	19	55
4	7	Hull	22	9	13	1.5	1.5	10	5	7	33	33	35
5	17	Stoke	23	10	13	1.5	1.2	9	6	8	34	28	33
6	2	Ipswich	22	10	12	1.8	0.8	13	8	1	40	17	47
7	3	Millwall	22	10	12	1.4	1.1	12	3	7	31	25	39
8	5	Southampton	23	11	12	1.7	0.8	12	8	3	38	19	44
9	6	Wrexham	22	10	12	1.8	1.6	10	6	6	39	35	36
10	22	Leicester	23	11	12	1.3	1.5	7	7	9	31	34	28
11	10	Birmingham	23	12	11	1.7	1.0	12	8	3	39	22	44
12	11	Swansea	22	11	11	1.4	1.2	10	6	6	31	26	36
13	13	Bristol City	22	11	11	1.4	1.4	8	4	10	31	31	28
14	4	Middlesbrough	23	13	10	1.5	0.8	12	6	5	34	18	42
15	9	Norwich	23	13	10	1.2	1.2	9	3	11	27	28	30
16	12	Preston	22	12	10	1.2	1.2	8	7	7	27	27	31
17	19	West Brom	23	13	10	1.2	1.1	8	10	5	28	25	34
18	20	Charlton	23	13	10	1.0	1.1	9	4	10	23	26	31
19	23	Oxford	23	13	10	1.0	1.2	7	8	8	24	27	29
20	24	Sheffield Weds	22	12	10	0.5	2.0	0	7	15	12	43	7
21	16	Watford	22	13	9	1.4	1.0	10	7	5	30	23	37
22	18	Portsmouth	22	13	9	1.1	1.0	8	5	9	24	22	29
23	8	Derby	22	14	8	1.4	1.1	10	6	6	30	25	36
24	21	Blackburn	22	15	7	0.9	1.2	4	9	9	19	26	21

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	5	Southampton	22	6	16	1.9	1.6	9	6	7	41	36	33
2	7	Hull	23	7	16	1.5	1.4	10	5	8	35	32	35
3	8	Derby	23	8	15	1.6	1.4	10	3	10	36	32	33
4	4	Middlesbrough	22	8	14	1.6	1.2	10	7	5	36	27	37
5	1	Coventry	22	9	13	1.9	1.2	10	7	5	42	26	37
6	22	Leicester	22	9	13	1.2	1.5	4	9	9	26	34	21
7	24	Sheffield Weds	23	10	13	0.7	2.0	1	5	17	15	45	8
8	16	Watford	23	11	12	1.0	1.7	4	8	11	23	38	20
9	2	Ipswich	23	12	11	1.6	1.3	9	7	7	37	30	34
10	9	Norwich	22	11	11	1.6	1.2	10	5	7	35	26	35
11	11	Swansea	23	12	11	1.0	1.4	7	4	12	23	32	25
12	12	Preston	23	12	11	1.2	1.4	7	8	8	27	32	29
13	18	Portsmouth	23	12	11	1.0	1.8	6	7	10	24	41	25
14	21	Blackburn	23	12	11	1.0	1.3	9	4	10	23	29	31
15	23	Oxford	22	11	11	1.0	1.4	4	6	12	21	30	18
16	3	Millwall	23	13	10	1.3	1.0	11	8	4	31	24	41
17	6	Wrexham	23	13	10	1.2	1.2	9	7	7	28	28	34
18	10	Birmingham	22	12	10	0.8	1.5	5	4	13	17	33	19
19	13	Bristol City	23	13	10	1.1	1.2	8	7	8	26	28	31
20	14	QPR	22	12	10	1.0	1.5	6	7	9	21	33	25
21	19	West Brom	22	12	10	0.9	1.4	5	4	13	19	31	19
22	15	Sheffield United	22	13	9	1.2	1.5	8	2	12	26	32	26
23	17	Stoke	22	15	7	0.8	1.2	6	4	12	17	26	22
24	20	Charlton	22	15	7	0.9	1.3	4	10	8	20	29	22

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.