Championship 25/26 · 1 Jan 2026

Watford 3–0 Birmingham City

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Dec 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot made Watford favourites at 46%.

Watford won and made the better chances: 1.6 xG to 0.4.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Tom Ince, 64.6 in 77′.

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score
Tom Ince Midfielder	77	3	0	1.05	64.6
Egil Selvik Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	61.6
Nestory Irankunda Forward	45	0	1	0.04	46.7
Hector Kyprianou Midfielder	90	0	0	–	40.6
Moussa Sissoko Midfielder	20	0	0	–	38.2
Imrân Louza Midfielder	69	0	0	–	37.5
Giorgi Chakvetadze Midfielder	45	0	1	–	36.2
Luca Kjerrumgaard Forward	64	0	0	0.06	34.7
Nampalys Mendy Midfielder	21	0	0	–	32.2
Max Alleyne Defender	90	0	0	–	30.1
Marc Bola Defender	90	0	0	0.25	29.9
Matthew Pollock Defender	90	0	0	–	28.9
Othmane Maamma Midfielder	70	0	0	0.12	28.7
James Abankwah Defender	90	0	0	–	28.6
Vivaldo Forward	26	0	0	0.03	28.2
Kwadwo Baah Forward	13	0	0	–	27.6

Player	Min	xG	Score
Phil Neumann Defender	90	–	42.4
Eiran Cashin Defender	28	0.04	41.3
Jack Robinson Defender	90	–	40.8
Keshi Anderson Midfielder	77	0.03	40.5
Kyogo Furuhashi Forward	68	0.04	39.7
Alfons Sampsted Defender	45	–	39.2
James Beadle Goalkeeper	90	–	37.5
Marc Leonard Midfielder	45	–	37.2
Lyndon Dykes Forward	45	–	36.7
Seung Ho Paik Midfielder	90	–	36.1
Tomoki Iwata Midfielder	90	–	34.1
Lewis Koumas Forward	13	–	33.0
Willum Thor Willumsson Midfielder	45	–	31.5
Patrick Roberts Midfielder	90	0.29	29.6
Marvin Ducksch Forward	22	–	28.4
Alex Cochrane Defender	62	–	27.2