Probably Football

Matches

Championship (England)

Saturday 31 October, 10:00

Norwich vs Watford

  1. Norwich60%
  2. Draw22%
  3. Watford18%

2.38 expected goals for Norwich

0.97 expected goals for Watford

Goal probabilities corrected with this league's own past results.

In short

The model makes Norwich the clear favourite: 60% to win. The biggest factor in these numbers is the Norwich attack, which scores 44% more goals than an average team. Next comes the Watford attack, which scores 21% fewer goals than an average team. It expects 3.4 goals in total: over 2.5 goals has a 55% chance, and both teams scoring, 53%. And about 8.4 corners.

Why?

The model starts from the goals of an average team. Then it moves them up or down for what is different in this match.

Norwich

An average team scores 1.36 against an average team

  1. Playing at home+11%
  2. Norwich attack+44%
  3. Watford defence+10%

Expected goals2.38

Watford

An average team scores 1.36 against an average team

  1. Watford attack−21%
  2. Norwich defence−9%

Expected goals0.97

Attack and defence are measured against every team each side has played, taking into account how strong each opponent was.

Goals

  1. Over 0.5 goals96%
  2. Over 1.5 goals85%
  3. Over 2.5 goals55%
  4. Over 3.5 goals43%
  5. Over 4.5 goals25%

Corners, cards and more

These numbers do not get the league correction yet. Trust them a little less than the goal numbers.

Corners

8.4 expected

4.7 for Norwich and 3.7 for Watford

  1. Over 8.5 corners45%
  2. Over 9.5 corners35%
  3. Over 10.5 corners26%

Cards

4.3 expected

1.7 for Norwich and 2.6 for Watford

  1. Over 3.5 cards62%
  2. Over 4.5 cards43%
  3. Over 5.5 cards26%

Shots

25.5 expected

14.6 for Norwich and 10.9 for Watford

  1. Over 20.5 shots76%
  2. Over 22.5 shots65%
  3. Over 24.5 shots53%

Fouls

22.9 expected

11.4 for Norwich and 11.5 for Watford

  1. Over 20.5 fouls66%
  2. Over 22.5 fouls51%
  3. Over 24.5 fouls36%

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