📏 Form Guide
Birmingham City LWWLWD
Birmingham City prepare for this match coming off the back of a 1-1 Championship stalemate versus West Bromwich Albion.
In that match, Birmingham City managed 58% possession and 14 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Birmingham City was Marvin Ducksch (78'). West Bromwich Albion had 13 shots on goal with 4 on target. Alex Mowatt (12') scored for West Bromwich Albion.
Over their past six fixtures, Chris Davies's Birmingham City have celebrated scoring a combined total of 14 times - an average number of goals scored per match of 2.33.
Their prior results show that Birmingham City:
- have not registered a win against Watford in their previous 7 league games.
- haven't been defeated in their previous 3 home league matches.
Watford LWDDWD
In their last fixture, Watford drew 1-1 in the Championship tie with Preston North End.
In that game, Watford managed 59% possession and 25 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for Watford was Mamadou Doumbia (45'). Preston North End had 10 shots on goal with 3 on target. Daniel Jebbison (22') scored for Preston North End.
The stats tell the story, and Watford have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 8 goals overall. Defensively, Watford have some weaknesses to address.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Watford:
- haven't been defeated by Birmingham City when they've played them away from home in the last 3 matches in the league.
- are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches away from home.
↔️ Head to head
Looking at their past head to head results going back to 12/12/2020 shows that these encounters have not been fruitful for Birmingham City. They’ve not managed to get themselves any victories whatsoever whereas Watford have been dominant against them, getting wins in 83 per cent of those match-ups.
A combined sum of 12 goals were scored between them in these games, with 1 of them from The Blues and 11 created by The Hornets. That’s an average goals per game of 2.
The last league encounter between the two was Championship match day 38 on 16/03/2024 which ended up with the score at Birmingham City 0-1 Watford.
In that game, Birmingham City managed 52% possession and 27 shots at goal with 5 on target.
For their opponents, Watford had 14 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Emmanuel Dennis (44') scored.
The referee was Matt Donohue.
🗞️ Team News: Birmingham City
Availability isn’t a big problem, with just one fitness concern for the Birmingham City gaffer Chris Davies to be concerned with from an otherwise fully-primed set of players. Ethan Laird (Hamstring injury) misses out.
In all likelihood, The Blues will probably use the 4-2-3-1 formation in the match, beginning the first half with James Beadle, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Christoph Klarer, Phil Neumann, Alex Cochrane, Tommy Doyle, Seung-ho Paik, Patrick Roberts, Jay Stansfield, Demarai Gray and Marvin Ducksch.
📋 Team News: Watford
Watford manager Javi Gracia has some current player fitness concerns. Pierre Dwomoh (Thigh problems), Caleb Wiley (Adductor injury) and Rocco Vata (Hamstring injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.
We are inclined to think that The Hornets will likely play in a 4-3-3 system using Nathan Baxter, Jeremy Ngakia, Kevin Keben, Mattie Pollock, Marc Bola, Hector Kyprianou, Imran Louza, Edo Kayembe, Mamadou Doumbia, Luca Kjerrumgaard and Giorgi Chakvetadze.
💭 Prediction
In our view, Watford are capable enough to score against this Birmingham City side, however it isn’t expected to prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.
We can see a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 victory for Birmingham City after the 90. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.
Andre Moura, 01:03 01/12/2025