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Match report · Championship

Stoke City 3:1 Watford

Stoke City Home 1.53 xG · 19 shots
Watford Away 1.83 xG · 15 shots
31 The result went against the chances

Goals

  1. 28' Million Manhoef Stoke City · 0.09 xG chance 1–0
  2. 77' Million Manhoef Stoke City · 0.13 xG chance 2–0
  3. 81' Nestory Irankunda Watford · 0.02 xG chance 2–1
  4. 85' Sam Gallagher Stoke City · 0.08 xG chance 3–1

The shots behind it

Stoke City Watford
Shots
19
15
On target
12
4
Inside the box
13
9
xG per shot
0.08
0.12
Open play xG
1.04
1.22
Set-piece xG
0.52
0.58
Penalties
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Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 1.56 for Stoke City and 1.83 for Watford.

Shot map

Both teams shown attacking the same goal for comparison.

Watford · Imrân Louza · 21' · No goal · 11 m · 0.59 xG Stoke City · Maksym Talovierov · 45' · No goal · 5 m · 0.36 xG Watford · Stephen Mfuni · 49' · No goal · 5 m · 0.26 xG Watford · Tom Ince · 15' · No goal · 13 m · 0.26 xG Stoke City · Million Manhoef · 77' · No goal · 14 m · 0.20 xG Stoke City · Milan Smit · 59' · No goal · 5 m · 0.17 xG Stoke City · Sam Gallagher · 74' · No goal · 7 m · 0.17 xG Stoke City · Million Manhoef · 77' · Goal · 7 m · 0.13 xG Watford · Saba Goglichidze · 15' · No goal · 8 m · 0.13 xG Watford · Stephen Mfuni · 58' · No goal · 8 m · 0.12 xG Watford · Tom Ince · 10' · No goal · 11 m · 0.12 xG Stoke City · Million Manhoef · 28' · Goal · 11 m · 0.09 xG Stoke City · Sam Gallagher · 85' · Goal · 6 m · 0.08 xG Watford · Imrân Louza · 31' · No goal · 14 m · 0.08 xG Watford · Edo Kayembe · 88' · No goal · 7 m · 0.07 xG Stoke City · Ashley Phillips · 52' · No goal · 8 m · 0.06 xG Stoke City · Steven​ N'Zonzi · 20' · No goal · 8 m · 0.05 xG Stoke City · Million Manhoef · 1' · No goal · 13 m · 0.05 xG Watford · Giorgi Chakvetadze · 18' · No goal · 25 m · 0.04 xG Stoke City · Tomáš Rigo · 23' · No goal · 11 m · 0.04 xG Stoke City · Million Manhoef · 28' · No goal · 22 m · 0.04 xG Watford · Imrân Louza · 53' · No goal · 19 m · 0.04 xG Stoke City · Jun-Ho Bae · 4' · No goal · 11 m · 0.03 xG Watford · Edo Kayembe · 10' · No goal · 12 m · 0.03 xG Watford · Nestory Irankunda · 81' · Goal · 24 m · 0.02 xG Watford · Edo Kayembe · 46' · No goal · 15 m · 0.02 xG Stoke City · Tomáš Rigo · 34' · No goal · 29 m · 0.02 xG Stoke City · Million Manhoef · 63' · No goal · 12 m · 0.02 xG Stoke City · Steven​ N'Zonzi · 66' · No goal · 26 m · 0.02 xG Watford · Giorgi Chakvetadze · 88' · No goal · 27 m · 0.01 xG Stoke City · Tomáš Rigo · 45' · No goal · 18 m · 0.01 xG Stoke City · Tomáš Rigo · 90' · No goal · 32 m · 0.01 xG Stoke City · Eric Bocat · 7' · No goal · 33 m · 0.01 xG Watford · Marc Bola · 61' · No goal · 35 m · 0.01 xG

All shots

34 shots · 3.37 xG

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  • Stoke City
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  • Filled = goal
  • Dot area = xG (the smallest chances drawn at a minimum size)

Recent form

Last 6 · xG per match
Stoke City

1.37 xG created 1.70 xGA

  • L 0.50 created, 2.31 conceded against Charlton Athletic
  • D 1.75 created, 1.44 conceded against Leicester City
  • W 1.51 created, 1.46 conceded against Oxford United
  • L 0.21 created, 2.33 conceded against Coventry City
  • L 0.82 created, 1.15 conceded against Swansea City
  • D 3.43 created, 1.48 conceded against Ipswich Town
Watford

1.25 xG created 0.94 xGA

  • L 0.68 created, 0.80 conceded against Southampton
  • D 0.91 created, 0.65 conceded against Preston North End
  • W 1.29 created, 0.65 conceded against Derby County
  • L 1.68 created, 1.12 conceded against Ipswich Town
  • W 0.99 created, 0.89 conceded against Bristol City
  • D 1.96 created, 1.54 conceded against Sheffield Wednesday

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

Head to head

Stoke City: 0 won · 0 drawn · 1 lost

Model details

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Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.