Match summary
Watford beat Sunderland 2-1. Watford led 1-0 at half-time.
Festy Ebosele put Watford ahead in the 28th minute, Wilson Isidor equalised in the 49th minute, and Tom Dele-Bashiru won it from the penalty spot in the 84th minute.
The chances backed that up: Watford created 1.89 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Sunderland's 1.01 from 17.
Before kick-off
Watford win
31%
Avg odds 3.05
Draw
27%
Avg odds 3.52
Sunderland win
42%
Avg odds 2.27
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.