Watford vs Middlesbrough prediction and preview

Watford vs Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 7 November 2026, 15:00 UTC · Vicarage Road, Watford

Watford · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Watford welcome Middlesbrough at Vicarage Road in Watford on Saturday 7 November 2026 (15:00 UTC) in the Championship. Watford are 20th in the table with 14 points from 14, while Middlesbrough sit 2nd on 28 points after 13 matches.

Watford have collected 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats from their last 5 league games; Middlesbrough have 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats over the same stretch. Over their last 6, Watford have scored 1.0 and conceded 2.2 goals per game, with 3 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 2. Middlesbrough average 2.7 scored and 1.2 conceded across their last 6, with 2 clean sheets.

Head to head, Watford have 5 wins to Middlesbrough's 4 across 10 meetings, with 1 draw. Those games averaged 3.0 goals, 6 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 6. The most recent meeting, on 25 Apr 2026, ended Middlesbrough 5-1 Watford.

Watford are without Kwadwo Baah (injury) and Daniel Bachmann (injury). Middlesbrough are without Alfie Jones (injury), David Strelec (injury) and Rokas Pukstas (injury). Gavin Ward is the appointed referee. Across 267 earlier matches in our data the average is 3.5 yellow cards per game and 0.2 penalties per game, and home sides won 48% of those games.

Bookmaker prices make Middlesbrough clear favourites. Probabilities describe uncertainty; they are not guarantees.