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Preview
- As week 25 of the 2025-2026 Championship arrives, Watford take on Birmingham City at Vicarage Road on 2026-01-01 (kick-off 15:00 GMT).
- In their most recent matchup, C. Davies has 1 victory, while Javier Gracia Carlos has no victories, and no draws.
- In the table Watford are 6th (38 pts) and Birmingham City sit 15th with 31 pts.
- Watford report 7 missing players: K. Baah (Hamstring Injury), M. Doumbia (International duty), J. Grieves (Ankle Injury), E. Kayembe (International duty), R. Vata (Hamstring Injury), C. Wiley (Muscle Injury), T. Akomeah (Inactive) and Birmingham City report 7 missing players: L. Buchanan (Knee Injury), A. Cochrane (Inactive), T. Doyle (Red Card), D. Gray (Injury), E. Laird (Hamstring Injury), B. Osayi-Samuel (International duty), S. Wright (Knee Injury).
- Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-4-2, Watford should be met by Birmingham City's expected 4-2-3-1.
- Last time out, N. Irankunda registered the best mark for Watford - 6.3 - and D. Gray did likewise for Birmingham City with an 6.3 score.
- Watford secured a win (1-0 vs Norwich City), while Birmingham City had to settle for a draw (1-1 vs Southampton).
- Form edge goes to Watford (3-2-0) against a faltering Birmingham City (0-3-2) from their past 5 matches.
- Dominance for Watford: across 17 clashes, they've won 10 games and only lost 5 games to Birmingham City, with 2 stalemates.
- A tight contest is expected: our model tips a 1-1 draw, reflecting Watford's 7-4-1 home form and Birmingham City's 2-2-8 away record.
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Match Info
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| 38' | 2 - 0 | ||
| 43' | M. Pollock | ||
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| 60' | 3 - 0 | ||
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| 63' | L. Dykes | ||
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| 78' | Paik Seung-Ho | ||
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Watford is going head to head with Birmingham on 1/1/2026 15:00 GMT at Vicarage Road for the England Championship. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Watford v Birmingham H2H statistics!