Watford 2–1 Queens Park Rangers — Championship 2025/26 Match Stats

Championship · 2025Sat, 16 Aug 2025, 14:00 UTCVicarage Road

Watford

2–1Historical match

Queens Park Rangers

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Watford won 2–1.

Shots: 1713
Shots on target: 43
Expected goals: 2.060.5
Possession: 46%54%

Full time

What the match recorded

Watford beat Queens Park Rangers 2–1. Recorded in this match (Watford – Queens Park Rangers): shots 17–13, shots on target 4–3, expected goals 2.06–0.5, possession 46%–54%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots17 shots13 shotsWatford 17 shots, Queens Park Rangers 13 shots
Shots on target4 shots3 shotsWatford 4 shots, Queens Park Rangers 3 shots
Expected goals2.06 xG0.5 xGWatford 2.06 xG, Queens Park Rangers 0.5 xG
Possession46%54%Watford 46%, Queens Park Rangers 54%
Corners2 corners4 cornersWatford 2 corners, Queens Park Rangers 4 corners
Fouls9 fouls9 foulsWatford 9 fouls, Queens Park Rangers 9 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Watford: 17 shots, 4 on target, 2.05 xG. Queens Park Rangers: 13 shots, 3 on target, 0.50 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Watford 2.05 xG · Queens Park Rangers 0.50 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2Watford

1Draws

2Queens Park Rangers

1 Jan 2025Queens Park Rangers — Watford · Championship3–1

30 Nov 2024Watford — Queens Park Rangers · Championship0–0

14 Jan 2024Queens Park Rangers — Watford · Championship1–2

5 Aug 2023Watford — Queens Park Rangers · Championship4–0

11 Mar 2023Queens Park Rangers — Watford · Championship1–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

7.1 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 16 Aug 2025, 18:00 UTC · analysis-v4