Watford vs Middlesbrough

England • Championship • 2026/2027 • Round 15

Watford

15:007 November 2026

Middlesbrough

Match information

Country: England
Competition: Championship
Season: 2026/2027
Round: 15
Date: 7 November 2026
Kick-off: 15:00
Stadium: Vicarage Road

Prediction

Watford win13%

Draw18%

Middlesbrough win69%

Full prediction

Clubs

Watford

Founded: 1881
Country: England
Stadium: Vicarage Road
City: Watford
Capacity: 22 200
Surface: grass

Middlesbrough

Founded: 1876
Country: England
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
City: Middlesbrough
Capacity: 34 988
Surface: grass

Recent form

Watford

LLLWL

Middlesbrough

DWWDW

Standings

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Middlesbrough	12	+10	25
2	Swansea	12	+3	23
…
20	Norwich	12	-2	12
21	Watford	12	-10	11
22	Burnley	12	-8	8

Full standings

Head-to-head

25 April 2026 • Championship • Middlesbrough 5 : 1 Watford (Half-time 2 : 0)
1 November 2025 • Championship • Watford 3 : 0 Middlesbrough (Half-time 2 : 0)
15 February 2025 • Championship • Middlesbrough 0 : 1 Watford (Half-time 0 : 1)
5 October 2024 • Championship • Watford 2 : 1 Middlesbrough (Half-time 0 : 0)
4 May 2024 • Championship • Middlesbrough 3 : 1 Watford (Half-time 1 : 0)

Full H2H

Match result probability

Watford win13%

Draw18%

Middlesbrough win69%

Estimated chances based on statistics; not a betting tip.

Double chance

1X: 31%
X2: 87%
12: 82%

Total goals

Over 1.5: 83%
Under 1.5: 17%
Over 2.5: 62%
Under 2.5: 38%
Over 3.5: 40%
Under 3.5: 60%

Both teams to score

Yes: 54%
No: 46%

Asian handicap

Handicap	Watford	Middlesbrough
+4.5 / -4.5	95%	5%
+3.5 / -3.5	88%	12%
+2.5 / -2.5	75%	25%
+1.5 / -1.5	54%	46%
+0.5 / -0.5	31%	69%
-0.5 / +0.5	13%	87%
-1.5 / +1.5	4%	96%
-2.5 / +2.5	1%	99%
-3.5 / +3.5	0%	100%
-4.5 / +4.5	0%	100%

Starting line-ups are announced about an hour before kick-off.

Coaches

Watford: Alessio Dionisi
Middlesbrough: Kim Hellberg

Missing players

Watford

15Travis Akomeah - injured
2Jeremy Ngakia - injured
8Edoardo Bove - injured
14Kwadwo Baah - injured

Middlesbrough

5Alfie Jones - injured
21Rokas Pukstas - injured
13David Strelec - injured

Squad - Watford

#	Player	Age	Apps	Goals	Assists	YC	Rating
Goalkeepers
1	Federico Ravaglia	26	11	0	0	0	7.15
24	Samuel Walker	35	-	-	-	-	-
26	Daniel Bachmann	32	-	-	-	-	-
Defenders
2	Jeremy Ngakia injured	26	-	-	-	-	-
3	Soumaila Coulibaly	23	5	0	0	0	6.88
4	Kevin Keben	22	10	0	0	2	6.49
6	Matthew Pollock	25	11	0	0	2	6.80
15	Travis Akomeah injured	20	-	-	-	-	-
16	Marc Bola	28	3	0	0	0	6.90
23	Haktab Traore Omar	28	8	0	1	1	6.21
33	Jordan Zemura	26	10	1	0	2	6.67
53	James Clarridge	22	-	-	-	-	-
56	Albert Eames	21	-	-	-	-	-
75	Tomiwa Akinyimika	17	-	-	-	-	-
80	Raphael London	17	-	-	-	-	-
Midfielders
5	Hector Kyprianou	25	11	1	0	3	6.99
8	Edoardo Bove injured	24	5	0	0	1	6.66
11	Rocco Vata	21	9	0	1	0	6.55
15	Krepin Diatta	27	2	0	0	0	7.00
22	Martin Payero	28	8	0	0	3	6.53
29	Branimir Mlacic	19	4	0	0	1	6.65
39	Edo Kayembe	28	11	1	1	3	6.77
52	Leo Espain	20	-	-	-	-	-
60	Amar Sanghrajka	19	-	-	-	-	-
Forwards
7	Othmane Maamma	21	10	0	0	2	6.54
9	Luca Kjerrumgaard	23	9	2	0	0	6.62
10	Myron Boadu	25	4	0	0	1	6.35
14	Kwadwo Baah injured	23	-	-	-	-	-
17	Iker Bravo	21	11	1	2	3	6.94
18	Michail Antonio	36	-	-	-	-	-
19	Nikoloz Chikovani	19	-	-	-	-	-
20	Mamadou Doumbia	20	11	1	0	2	6.40
21	Amin Nabizada	19	10	3	0	4	6.65
43	Jack Grieves	21	-	-	-	-	-
45	Stephy Mavididi	28	5	0	0	0	6.62

Squad - Middlesbrough

#	Player	Age	Apps	Goals	Assists	YC	Rating
Goalkeepers
1	Radek Vitek	22	11	0	0	0	6.84
31	Solomon Brynn	25	-	-	-	-	-
33	Jon McLaughlin	39	-	-	-	-	-
Defenders
2	Callum Brittain	28	11	1	2	1	7.00
3	Alex Bangura	27	-	-	-	-	-
3	Samuel Byram	33	-	-	-	-	-
4	Ashley Phillips	21	8	1	0	1	6.87
5	Alfie Jones injured	29	5	1	0	1	6.87
11	George McCormick	21	-	-	-	-	-
12	Luke Ayling	35	11	0	2	0	7.15
25	George Edmundson	29	-	-	-	-	-
29	Adilson Malanda	24	10	1	0	1	6.95
30	Borges Neto	30	11	1	0	1	6.73
46	Harley Hunt	19	-	-	-	-	-
Midfielders
6	Sebastian Berhalter	25	11	2	1	2	7.19
8	Law McCabe	20	-	-	-	-	-
8	Riley McGree	27	11	0	1	2	6.58
9	Cruz Ibeh	18	-	-	-	-	-
10	Aidan Morris	24	10	1	0	0	7.24
11	Amario Cozier-Duberry	21	6	2	3	0	7.41
14	Myles Peart-Harris	24	9	0	0	1	6.67
18	Connor Barron	24	-	-	-	-	-
19	Leo Castledine	21	3	0	0	0	6.26
21	Rokas Pukstas injured	22	1	0	0	0	6.20
Forwards
5	Josh Dede	20	-	-	-	-	-
7	Will Lankshear	21	11	9	0	2	7.00
9	Tommy Conway	24	9	1	3	0	7.03
13	David Strelec injured	25	2	0	0	0	6.20
16	Jeremy Sarmiento	24	8	1	0	0	6.81
17	Max Arfsten	25	10	1	0	0	7.04
22	Kyle Joseph	25	11	0	0	0	6.35

Head-to-head

Last 8 meetings

Watford wins4

Draws0

Middlesbrough wins4

Goals: Watford: 12 (1.5)
Goals: Middlesbrough: 15 (1.9)
Goals per match: 3.4
Both teams scored: 5 / 8
Over 2.5 goals: 6 / 8

Results

25 April 2026 • Championship • Middlesbrough 5 : 1 Watford (Half-time 2 : 0)
1 November 2025 • Championship • Watford 3 : 0 Middlesbrough (Half-time 2 : 0)
15 February 2025 • Championship • Middlesbrough 0 : 1 Watford (Half-time 0 : 1)
5 October 2024 • Championship • Watford 2 : 1 Middlesbrough (Half-time 0 : 0)
4 May 2024 • Championship • Middlesbrough 3 : 1 Watford (Half-time 1 : 0)
30 September 2023 • Championship • Watford 2 : 3 Middlesbrough (Half-time 1 : 2)
28 January 2023 • Championship • Middlesbrough 2 : 0 Watford (Half-time 2 : 0)
30 August 2022 • Championship • Watford 2 : 1 Middlesbrough (Half-time 1 : 1)

Form: last 10 matches

	Watford	Middlesbrough
W-D-L	2-1-7	5-4-1
Scored (per match)	7 (0.7)	21 (2.1)
Conceded (per match)	18 (1.8)	16 (1.6)
Clean sheets	1 / 10	2 / 10
Both teams scored	4 / 10	7 / 10
Over 2.5 goals	4 / 10	7 / 10

Recent form - Watford

L24 October 2026 • Championship • Wolves 1 : 0 Watford (Half-time 1 : 0)
W17 October 2026 • Championship • Watford 2 : 0 Charlton (Half-time 0 : 0)
L13 October 2026 • Championship • Cardiff 5 : 1 Watford (Half-time 4 : 0)
L10 October 2026 • Championship • Watford 0 : 4 Burnley (Half-time 0 : 3)
L18 September 2026 • Championship • Bristol City 1 : 0 Watford (Half-time 1 : 0)
L12 September 2026 • Championship • Watford 1 : 2 Stoke (Half-time 0 : 1)
W8 September 2026 • Championship • Watford 2 : 1 Preston (Half-time 0 : 1)
L5 September 2026 • Championship • West Brom 1 : 0 Watford (Half-time 1 : 0)
L1 September 2026 • Championship • Swansea 2 : 0 Watford (Half-time 2 : 0)
D29 August 2026 • Championship • Watford 1 : 1 West Ham (Half-time 1 : 1)

Recent form - Middlesbrough

W23 October 2026 • Championship • Bolton 1 : 5 Middlesbrough (Half-time 1 : 3)
D17 October 2026 • Championship • Middlesbrough 2 : 2 Cardiff (Half-time 0 : 2)
W13 October 2026 • Championship • Stoke 2 : 3 Middlesbrough (Half-time 0 : 0)
W10 October 2026 • Championship • Middlesbrough 1 : 0 Wolves (Half-time 0 : 0)
D19 September 2026 • Championship • Birmingham 2 : 2 Middlesbrough (Half-time 0 : 1)
D15 September 2026 • Championship • Middlesbrough 2 : 2 Millwall (Half-time 0 : 2)
W12 September 2026 • Championship • Middlesbrough 4 : 3 Norwich (Half-time 3 : 1)
L8 September 2026 • League Cup • Crystal Palace 3 : 0 Middlesbrough (Half-time 1 : 0)
W5 September 2026 • Championship • QPR 0 : 1 Middlesbrough (Half-time 0 : 1)
D2 September 2026 • Championship • Burnley 1 : 1 Middlesbrough (Half-time 0 : 1)

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Middlesbrough	12	7	4	1	27	17	+10	25
2	Swansea	12	7	2	3	16	13	+3	23
3	West Ham	12	6	4	2	32	15	+17	22
4	Wolves	12	6	3	3	20	16	+4	21
5	West Brom	12	6	3	3	16	13	+3	21
6	Southampton	12	7	3	2	24	12	+12	20
7	Birmingham	12	5	5	2	20	12	+8	20
8	QPR	12	5	5	2	20	12	+8	20
9	Stoke	12	6	2	4	18	16	+2	20
10	Sheffield Utd	13	5	4	4	17	15	+2	19
11	Blackburn	12	5	3	4	19	16	+3	18
12	Portsmouth	12	5	3	4	16	15	+1	18
13	Millwall	12	4	3	5	19	20	-1	15
14	Bristol City	12	4	3	5	12	15	-3	15
15	Lincoln	12	4	3	5	13	20	-7	15
16	Cardiff	12	3	5	4	19	17	+2	14
17	Wrexham	13	3	5	5	15	19	-4	14
18	Bolton	12	4	2	6	16	23	-7	14
19	Charlton	12	3	5	4	11	18	-7	14
20	Norwich	12	4	0	8	20	22	-2	12
21	Watford	12	3	2	7	10	20	-10	11
22	Burnley	12	1	5	6	17	25	-8	8
23	Derby	12	1	4	7	10	21	-11	7
24	Preston	12	1	2	9	10	25	-15	5

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Southampton	6	5	1	0	16	4	+12	16
2	Middlesbrough	6	4	2	0	14	9	+5	14
3	Cardiff	6	3	3	0	13	6	+7	12
4	Blackburn	6	4	0	2	11	7	+4	12
5	QPR	6	3	2	1	13	5	+8	11
6	Swansea	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4	11
7	Wolves	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	11
8	West Brom	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11
9	Sheffield Utd	7	3	2	2	9	7	+2	11
10	West Ham	6	3	1	2	17	8	+9	10
11	Birmingham	6	2	4	0	14	7	+7	10
12	Stoke	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	10
13	Portsmouth	6	3	1	2	10	10	0	10
14	Watford	6	3	1	2	8	9	-1	10
15	Charlton	6	2	3	1	5	5	0	9
16	Millwall	6	2	2	2	11	8	+3	8
17	Wrexham	6	2	2	2	10	8	+2	8
18	Norwich	6	2	0	4	10	10	0	6
19	Bristol City	6	2	0	4	3	6	-3	6
20	Bolton	6	2	0	4	7	12	-5	6
21	Lincoln	6	1	2	3	7	13	-6	5
22	Burnley	6	0	4	2	8	10	-2	4
23	Preston	6	1	1	4	5	10	-5	4
24	Derby	6	0	2	4	4	10	-6	2

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	West Ham	6	3	3	0	15	7	+8	12
2	Swansea	6	4	0	2	9	10	-1	12
3	Middlesbrough	6	3	2	1	13	8	+5	11
4	Wolves	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10
5	Birmingham	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10
6	West Brom	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10
7	Lincoln	6	3	1	2	6	7	-1	10
8	Stoke	6	3	1	2	8	10	-2	10
9	QPR	6	2	3	1	7	7	0	9
10	Bristol City	6	2	3	1	9	9	0	9
11	Portsmouth	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8
12	Southampton	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8
13	Sheffield Utd	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8
14	Bolton	6	2	2	2	9	11	-2	8
15	Millwall	6	2	1	3	8	12	-4	7
16	Blackburn	6	1	3	2	8	9	-1	6
17	Norwich	6	2	0	4	10	12	-2	6
18	Wrexham	7	1	3	3	5	11	-6	6
19	Derby	6	1	2	3	6	11	-5	5
20	Charlton	6	1	2	3	6	13	-7	5
21	Burnley	6	1	1	4	9	15	-6	4
22	Cardiff	6	0	2	4	6	11	-5	2
23	Watford	6	0	1	5	2	11	-9	1
24	Preston	6	0	1	5	5	15	-10	1

Top scorers

#	Player	Team	Goals	Assists
1	A. Armstrong	Southampton	11	0
1	Will Lankshear	Middlesbrough	11	0
2	Z. Vipotnik	Swansea	11	0
3	M. Whittaker	Middlesbrough	10	0
4	B. Thomas-Asante	Coventry	10	0
4	R. Burrell	QPR	10	0
6	E. Simms	Coventry	10	0
6	J. Gelhardt	Hull	10	0
6	K. Moore	Wrexham	10	0
9	C. Morris	Derby	10	0
9	J. Makama	Norwich	10	0
11	S. Thomas	Stoke	9	0
12	O. McBurnie	Hull	9	0
13	J. James	Leicester	9	0
14	J. Philogene	Ipswich	9	0
15	H. Wright	Coventry	9	0
16	A. Mehmeti	Bristol City	8	0
17	A. Heggebo	West Brom	8	0
17	J. Stansfield	Birmingham	8	0
19	J. Clarke	Ipswich	8	0
38	Amin Nabizada	Watford	3	0
41	A. Cozier-Duberry	Middlesbrough	3	4