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Match report · Championship

Watford 3:0 Birmingham City

Watford Home 1.56 xG · 13 shots
Birmingham City Away 0.40 xG · 6 shots
30 The scoreline reflected the chances

Goals

  1. 9' Tom Ince Watford · 0.44 xG chance 1–0
  2. 38' Tom Ince Watford · 0.23 xG chance 2–0
  3. 60' Tom Ince Watford · 0.12 xG chance 3–0

The shots behind it

Watford Birmingham City
Shots
13
6
On target
6
2
Inside the box
10
5
xG per shot
0.12
0.07
Open play xG
1.52
0.21
Set-piece xG
0.08
0.19
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: 1.59 for Watford.

Shot map

Both teams shown attacking the same goal for comparison.

Watford · Tom Ince · 9' · Goal · 8 m · 0.44 xG Watford · Tom Ince · 38' · Goal · 10 m · 0.23 xG Watford · Tom Ince · 19' · No goal · 6 m · 0.16 xG Watford · Marc Bola · 57' · No goal · 14 m · 0.16 xG Watford · Tom Ince · 38' · No goal · 11 m · 0.15 xG Birmingham City · Patrick Roberts · 44' · No goal · 6 m · 0.12 xG Watford · Tom Ince · 60' · Goal · 10 m · 0.12 xG Watford · Othmane Maamma · 67' · No goal · 7 m · 0.12 xG Birmingham City · Patrick Roberts · 40' · No goal · 17 m · 0.09 xG Birmingham City · Patrick Roberts · 47' · No goal · 13 m · 0.08 xG Watford · Marc Bola · 29' · No goal · 14 m · 0.06 xG Watford · Nestory Irankunda · 79' · No goal · 29 m · 0.05 xG Birmingham City · Kyogo Furuhashi · 10' · No goal · 11 m · 0.04 xG Watford · Luca Kjerrumgaard · 57' · No goal · 4 m · 0.04 xG Birmingham City · Eiran Cashin · 82' · No goal · 2 m · 0.04 xG Birmingham City · Keshi Anderson · 76' · No goal · 11 m · 0.03 xG Watford · Marc Bola · 55' · No goal · 24 m · 0.03 xG Watford · Vivaldo · 90' · No goal · 25 m · 0.03 xG Watford · Luca Kjerrumgaard · 58' · No goal · 8 m · 0.02 xG

All shots

19 shots · 2.00 xG

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

Recent form

Last 6 · xG per match
Watford

1.31 xG created 0.91 xGA

  • W 1.28 created, 1.88 conceded against Norwich City
  • D 2.78 created, 0.48 conceded against Sheffield Wednesday
  • D 0.83 created, 1.20 conceded against Wrexham
  • W 1.22 created, 0.52 conceded against Stoke City
  • W 1.40 created, 0.43 conceded against Leicester City
  • W 0.36 created, 0.95 conceded against Norwich City
Birmingham City

1.48 xG created 1.61 xGA

  • L 2.01 created, 2.08 conceded against Southampton
  • L 0.31 created, 1.51 conceded against Queens Park Rangers
  • D 1.24 created, 1.12 conceded against Charlton Athletic
  • L 0.65 created, 2.80 conceded against Sheffield United
  • D 2.98 created, 0.79 conceded against Derby County
  • D 1.70 created, 1.36 conceded against Southampton

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

Head to head

Watford: 0 won · 0 drawn · 1 lost

Model details

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The model never priced this match before kick-off, so there is no projection to read the result against.

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.