As week 20 of the 2025-2026 Championship arrives, Watford take on Sheffield Wednesday at Vicarage Road on 2025-12-09 (kick-off 19:45 GMT).
With the data available to us, P. Pezzolano and H. Pedersen have not met as managers before.
Current league positions have Watford 13th on 27 points and Sheffield Wednesday 24th on -10 points.
Watford have 6 players sidelined: K. Baah (Injury), J. Grieves (Ankle Injury), R. Vata (Hamstring Injury), G. Chakvetadze (Injury), E. Selvik (Shoulder Injury), C. Wiley (Muscle Injury) while Sheffield Wednesday face 7 absences: D. Bernard (Knee Injury), B. Fernandes (Inactive), Guilherme Siqueira (Achilles Tendon Injury), O. Kobacki (Groin Injury), R. Shipston (Muscle Injury), E. Weaver (Leg Injury), N. Chalobah (Hamstring Injury).
We're predicting Watford to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-4-2, and Sheffield Wednesday are expected to line up in 3-4-2-1.
In their last outing, Watford's highest-rated performer was N. Irankunda (6.3), while Sheffield Wednesday's standout was S. Fusire (6.7).
Watford won 3-2 against Norwich City, while Sheffield Wednesday lost their fixture 2-3 vs Preston North End.
Watford look strong (2-2-1) over the last 5 matches, whereas Sheffield Wednesday have 0-1-4 in the same span.
Watford have clearly got the edge H2H: in 20 meetings, they've beaten Sheffield Wednesday 11 times, with 6 draws and only 3 losses.
A tight contest is expected: our model tips a 1-1 draw, reflecting Watford's 6-3-1 home form and Sheffield Wednesday's 1-3-5 away record.
Watford is going head to head with Sheffield Wed on 9/12/2025 19:45 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 Sheffield Wed H2H statistics!