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Watford vs Southampton Prediction: Championship Season Opener at Vicarage Road
The 2026/27 EFL Championship gets underway on 16 August with Watford hosting Southampton at Vicarage Road, kick off at 13:30 GMT. Both clubs arrive with promotion ambitions in a division stiffened by relegated Premier League sides including West Ham and…
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- It's week 1 of the 2026-2027 Championship on 2026-08-16 at 13:30 GMT, when Watford and Southampton go head-to-head.
- Expect 4-5 yellow cards and 0 red cards, and 23 fouls this match from Referee M. Donohue based on their last 10 games.
- Both teams have no missing players.
- Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-4-2, Watford should be met by Southampton's expected 4-2-3-1.
- Last time out, M. Bola registered the best mark for Watford - 8.9 - and C. Larin did likewise for Southampton with an 6.3 score.
- Watford came off a win (1-0 vs Crawley Town) and Southampton also triumphed (2-0 vs Colchester United).
- Momentum favors Southampton (5-0-0) after Watford managed only 2-1-2 from 5 matches.
- Southampton lead this rivalry - 11 wins from 28 matches versus Watford (who've won just 7 games), alongside 10 draws.
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| 8' | H. Kyprianou | ||
| 12' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 13' | M. Pollock | ||
| 14' | C. Larin | ||
| 18' | J. Bree | ||
| 24' | |||
| 29' | 2 - 0 | ||
| 43' | A. Nabizada | ||
HT 2 - 0 | |||
| 56' | 2 - 1 | ||
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| 61' | |||
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| 70' | |||
| 70' | |||
| 72' | M. Doumbia | ||
| 74' | F. Downes | ||
| 74' | O. Maamma | ||
| 77' | |||
| 84' | M. Payero | ||
| 89' | |||
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Watford is going head to head with Southampton on 16/8/2026 12:30 GMT 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 Southampton H2H statistics!