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.
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.
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.