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Matchday

EFL Cup 26/27, Round 1 · 8 Aug 2026

Watford 1–0 Crawley Town

Expected and what happened

No prediction: one side wasn't rated the month before.

Expected xG
–
Actual xG
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Goals
1 – 0

No xG was recorded for this match, so only the result can be read.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Vito Mannone, 69.5 in 102′.

Well above their usual level: Marc Bola +17.1, Othmane Maamma +16.7, Luca Kjerrumgaard +14.9.

Well below it: Omar Haktab Traore −8.7.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Watford

2 May 2026L 0–4v Coventry City Championship
25 Apr 2026L 1–5at Middlesbrough Championship
21 Apr 2026L 0–3at West Bromwich Albion Championship
18 Apr 2026L 0–2v Sheffield United Championship
11 Apr 2026L 0–2at Oxford United Championship

Crawley Town

3 Aug 2026W 2–0at York City EFL Cup

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Watford

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Iker Bravo Forward6900–60.7+12.7
Amin Nabizada Forward5700–60.2–
Mamadou Doumbia Forward3400–56.4–
Federico Ravaglia Goalkeeper10200–56.3+12.4
Luca Kjerrumgaard Forward6800–53.4+14.9
Hector Kyprianou Midfielder10200–52.9+13.3
Rocco Vata Forward2500–52.5–
Edo Kayembe Midfielder3400–52.3–
Kwadwo Baah Forward4500–48.9+8.0
Othmane Maamma Midfielder7700–48.4+16.7
Marc Bola Defender10210–47.2+17.1
Kévin Keben Biakolo Defender10200–46.2+12.9
Martín Payero Midfielder3300–41.2–
Matthew Pollock Defender10200–40.2+4.7
Edoardo Bove Midfielder6800–36.6+4.0
Omar Haktab Traore Defender10200–27.2−8.7

Crawley Town

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Vito Mannone Goalkeeper10200–69.5–
Charlie Barker Defender10200–50.3–
Ade Adeyemo Midfielder7600–48.9–
Akin Odimayo Defender7600–46.5–
Pemi Aderoju Forward4600–43.0–
Kellan Gordon Midfielder7600–38.9–
Klaudio Krasniqi Midfielder10200–37.1–
Gianmarco Di Biase Forward5600–36.8–
Jude Arthurs Midfielder10200–36.2–
Johnny Russell Defender2600–35.4–
Louie Watson Midfielder10200–34.3–
Stephen Duke-McKenna Midfielder10200–33.8–
Malcolm Ebiowei Midfielder6400–31.7–
Pele Arganese-McDermott Defender2600–29.1–
Osman Kamara Forward3800–27.0–
Omari Mrisho Defender2600–26.4–