Watford vs Birmingham

16 September 2023 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee K Stroud

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Mileta Rajović 90+1’
  • Ryan Andrews 90+6’

Match summary

Watford saw off Birmingham 2-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Mileta Rajović put Watford ahead with a header in stoppage time and Ryan Andrews made it 2-0 in stoppage time.

Birmingham can feel hard done by, creating 0.90 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Watford's 0.40 from 12. Birmingham had a player sent off.

Match stats

Watford Birmingham
12 Shots 8
4 Shots on Target 3
8 Corners 1
1 Yellow Cards 5
0 Red Cards 1
0.40 xG 0.81
0.40 Non-penalty xG 0.81

Key events

Watford Birmingham
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Mileta Rajović1-0 (Watford)
90+1’
Ryan Andrews2-0 (Watford)
90+6’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Watford
  • Wesley Hoedt
Birmingham
  • Lee Buchanan
  • Cody Drameh
  • Ivan Šunjić
  • Krystian Bielik
  • Jay Stansfield
  • Emmanuel Longelo

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.40 0.90 90+1’ Mileta Rajović (Watford), 1-0 90+1’ 90+6’ Ryan Andrews (Watford), 2-0 90+6’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.40 0.90 90+1’ Mileta Rajović (Watford), 1-0 Rajović 90+1’ 90+6’ Ryan Andrews (Watford), 2-0 Andrews 90+6’
Watford 0.40 xGBirmingham 0.90 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Birmingham attacking Watford attacking 
81’ Scott Hogan (Birmingham), set piece, 0.40 xG, saved 81’ Scott Hogan (Birmingham), set piece, 0.22 xG, saved 1’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 78’ Ryan Porteous (Watford), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 90’ Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 20’ Oliver Burke (Birmingham), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 40’ Matheus Martins (Watford), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+6’ Ryan Andrews (Watford), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 9’ Ryan Porteous (Watford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 90+1’ Mileta Rajović (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 90+10’ Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 90’ Jordan James (Birmingham), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 6’ Matheus Martins (Watford), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 59’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 67’ Jeremy Ngakia (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Imrân Louza (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 33’ Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 56’ Matheus Martins (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 69’ Scott Hogan (Birmingham), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 70’ Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 81’ Scott Hogan (Birmingham), set piece, 0.40 xG, saved 81’ Scott Hogan (Birmingham), set piece, 0.22 xG, saved 1’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 78’ Ryan Porteous (Watford), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 90’ Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 20’ Oliver Burke (Birmingham), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+6’ Ryan Andrews (Watford), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 40’ Matheus Martins (Watford), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 9’ Ryan Porteous (Watford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 90+1’ Mileta Rajović (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 90+10’ Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 90’ Jordan James (Birmingham), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 6’ Matheus Martins (Watford), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 59’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 67’ Jeremy Ngakia (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 33’ Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 56’ Matheus Martins (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 86’ Imrân Louza (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 69’ Scott Hogan (Birmingham), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 70’ Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – – –
Jeremy Ngakia Taken off
77′ – – 1 0.02 – – –
90′ – – 2 0.11 – – –
90′ – – – – – –
James Morris Taken off
46′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 0.02 – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Tom Dele-Bashiru Taken off
65′ – – 1 0.02 – – –
Tom Ince Taken off
56′ – – – – – – –
90′ 1 – 1 0.04 – – –
Matheus Martins Taken off
65′ – – 3 0.09 – – –
Jamal Lewis Came on as a substitute
44′ – – – – – – –
Yáser Asprilla Came on as a substitute
34′ – – – – – – –
Giorgi Chakvetadze Came on as a substitute
25′ – – 2 0.05 – – –
Ismael Koné Came on as a substitute
25′ – – – – – – –
Ryan Andrews Came on as a substitute
13′ 1 – 1 0.05 – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Watford win 47% Avg odds 2.01
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.39
Birmingham win 25% Avg odds 3.83

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.