Trophies 3 competitions
🏆 1 × Champion (1997)
🥈 2 × Runner-up (2014, 2020)
🥉 2 × Third (2005, 2012)
🥈 2 × Runner-up (1983, 2018)
Team strength · Elo all ratings ›
Rating 1,586 everyone starts at 1500
Peak 1,905 reached 2 Apr 2019
Rank #601 of 14,598 clubs
Matches rated 1,993 last 13 Oct 2026

What this team's results have earned: every match in the database is replayed in date order, both sides start at 1500 and the winner takes points from the loser. The rating is the one it held after its last rated match, and the rank counts every club ever rated, sides that no longer play included. A measure of strength, not a forecast of the next result. Computed 15 Oct 2026.

Recent form · draws highlighted
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Over 559 matches (Jan 2015 – Oct 2026), Watford drew 131 where the draw model expected 145.5 from those particular fixtures — about 14 fewer, or 1.4 standard errors, a gap most teams show over a stretch this long.

As unusual as a coin landing the same way 3 times running. A flat league average would have expected 145.8 instead — "more draws than the league" and "more draws than these fixtures deserved" are different claims. These matches were part of the model's own training set, so its chances were fitted already knowing the results.

Longest no-draw runs all on the records page ›
By competition (all-time)
CompetitionPDDraw%
Championship 1068 292 27.3%
FA Cup 308 67 21.8%
Premier League 304 66 21.7%
League Cup 192 43 22.4%
League One 92 35 38.0%
Club Friendlies 23 6 26.1%
UEFA Europa League 6 1 16.7%
By calendar year
YearPDDraw%Max
2026 39 10 25.6% 7
2025 50 14 28.0% 6
2024 51 15 29.4% 11
2023 49 17 34.7% 4
2022 48 11 22.9% 10
2021 46 4 8.7% 14
2020 44 13 29.5% 10
2019 49 12 24.5% 10
2018 46 11 23.9% 6
2017 44 7 15.9% 12
2016 46 9 19.6% 8
2015 47 8 17.0% 12
2014 51 12 23.5% 14
2013 49 13 26.5% 8
2012 50 11 22.0% 9
2011 51 17 33.3% 10
2010 47 10 21.3% 9
2009 49 14 28.6% 13
2008 54 18 33.3% 7
2007 51 10 19.6% 9
2006 42 15 35.7% 10
2005 54 15 27.8% 6
2004 53 18 34.0% 10
2003 53 14 26.4% 8
2002 49 10 20.4% 7
2001 53 11 20.8% 12
2000 47 9 19.2% 10
1999 45 8 17.8% 17
1998 51 20 39.2% 7
1997 56 18 32.1% 8
1996 55 22 40.0% 13
1995 52 17 32.7% 13
1994 53 13 24.5% 11
1993 28 8 28.6% 8
1992 5 1 20.0% 3
1991 5 1 20.0% 2
1990 5 1 20.0% 2
1989 8 4 50.0% 3
1988 9 4 44.4% 2
1987 12 3 25.0% 3
1986 11 5 45.5% 2
1985 9 2 22.2% 3
1984 11 1 9.1% 10
1983 12 3 25.0% 4
1982 7 0 0.0% 4
1981 8 2 25.0% 2
1980 12 1 8.3% 6
1979 5 1 20.0% 2
1978 10 2 20.0% 6
1977 8 0 0.0% 7
1976 6 1 16.7% 5
1975 4 1 25.0% 2
1974 3 1 33.3% 2
1973 5 1 20.0% 3
1972 4 0 0.0% 3
1971 7 2 28.6% 2
1970 7 0 0.0% 5
1969 5 1 20.0% 2
1968 5 0 0.0% 3
1967 8 3 37.5% 3
1966 3 1 33.3% 2
1965 3 0 0.0% 3
1964 3 1 33.3% 2
1963 6 1 16.7% 2
1962 5 1 20.0% 2
1961 8 2 25.0% 3
1960 9 3 33.3% 2
1959 3 1 33.3% 2
1958 3 1 33.3% 2
1957 1 0 0.0% 1
1956 2 0 0.0% 2
1955 3 0 0.0% 2
1954 3 1 33.3% 1
1953 1 0 0.0% 1
1952 3 1 33.3% 1
1951 2 0 0.0% 2
1950 4 1 25.0% 2
1949 2 0 0.0% 2
1948 1 0 0.0% 1
1947 2 1 50.0% 1
1946 9 5 55.6% 2
1945 4 2 50.0% 2
1939 1 0 0.0% 1
1938 3 0 0.0% 2
1937 2 0 0.0% 2
1936 3 0 0.0% 2
1935 3 1 33.3% 1
1934 3 1 33.3% 1
1933 3 1 33.3% 1
1932 5 1 20.0% 4
1931 6 1 16.7% 3
1930 2 0 0.0% 2
1929 5 1 20.0% 2
1928 2 0 0.0% 2
1927 1 0 0.0% 1
1926 2 0 0.0% 2
1925 5 2 40.0% 2
1924 4 1 25.0% 2
1923 3 2 66.7% 1
1922 2 0 0.0% 2
1921 2 0 0.0% 2
1912 2 1 50.0% 1
1911 1 0 0.0% 1
1910 1 0 0.0% 1
1909 2 1 50.0% 1
1908 1 0 0.0% 1
1907 1 0 0.0% 1
1906 2 0 0.0% 2
1887 2 0 0.0% 2
1886 1 0 0.0% 1
Matches all results ›
Date Home Score Away R Tournament
☆ 13 Oct 2026 Cardiff City 5–1 Watford H ENG · Championship
☆ 10 Oct 2026 Watford 0–4 Burnley A ENG · Championship
☆ 18 Sep 2026 Bristol City 1–0 Watford H ENG · Championship
☆ 12 Sep 2026 Watford 1–2 Stoke City A ENG · Championship
☆ 08 Sep 2026 Watford 2–1 Preston North End H ENG · Championship
☆ 05 Sep 2026 West Bromwich Albion 1–0 Watford H ENG · Championship
☆ 01 Sep 2026 Swansea City 2–0 Watford H ENG · Championship
☆ 29 Aug 2026 Watford 1–1 West Ham United D ENG · Championship
☆ 25 Aug 2026 Watford 1–5 Peterborough United A ENG · League Cup
☆ 22 Aug 2026 Wrexham 1–1 Watford D ENG · Championship
☆ 16 Aug 2026 Watford 2–1 Southampton H ENG · Championship
☆ 08 Aug 2026 Watford 1–0 Crawley Town H ENG · League Cup
☆ 29 Jul 2026 Watford 0–1 ACF Fiorentina A ITL · Club Friendlies
☆ 25 Jul 2026 Watford 3–0 Hansa Rostock H ITL · Club Friendlies
☆ 14 Jul 2026 Barnet 2–2 Watford D ITL · Club Friendlies
☆ 11 Jul 2026 Boreham Wood 2–1 Watford H ITL · Club Friendlies
☆ 02 May 2026 Watford 0–4 Coventry City A ENG · Championship
☆ 25 Apr 2026 Middlesbrough 5–1 Watford H ENG · Championship
☆ 21 Apr 2026 West Bromwich Albion 3–0 Watford H ENG · Championship
☆ 18 Apr 2026 Watford 0–2 Sheffield United A ENG · Championship
☆ 11 Apr 2026 Oxford United 2–0 Watford H ENG · Championship
☆ 06 Apr 2026 Watford 1–1 Charlton Athletic D ENG · Championship
☆ 03 Apr 2026 Queens Park Rangers 2–1 Watford H ENG · Championship
☆ 21 Mar 2026 Watford 0–0 Leicester City D ENG · Championship
☆ 17 Mar 2026 Watford 3–1 Wrexham H ENG · Championship
☆ 14 Mar 2026 Stoke City 3–1 Watford H ENG · Championship
☆ 10 Mar 2026 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Watford D ENG · Championship
☆ 27 Feb 2026 Bristol City 1–2 Watford A ENG · Championship
☆ 24 Feb 2026 Watford 0–2 Ipswich Town A ENG · Championship
☆ 21 Feb 2026 Watford 2–0 Derby County H ENG · Championship
☆ 14 Feb 2026 Preston North End 2–2 Watford D ENG · Championship
☆ 07 Feb 2026 Southampton 1–0 Watford H ENG · Championship
☆ 03 Feb 2026 Hull City 0–0 Watford D ENG · Championship
☆ 31 Jan 2026 Watford 0–2 Swansea City A ENG · Championship
☆ 24 Jan 2026 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Watford D ENG · Championship
☆ 21 Jan 2026 Watford 1–1 Portsmouth D ENG · Championship
☆ 17 Jan 2026 Watford 0–2 Millwall A ENG · Championship
☆ 10 Jan 2026 Bristol City 5–1 Watford H ENG · FA Cup
☆ 01 Jan 2026 Watford 3–0 Birmingham City H ENG · Championship
☆ 29 Dec 2025 Norwich City 0–1 Watford A ENG · Championship
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Upcoming fixtures
Date Home · Away 1 / X / 2 Draw · logistic Tournament
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Sat, 17 Oct 2026
☆ 17 Oct 11:30 Watford vs Charlton Athletic – / – / – 29.7% ENG · Championship
Sat, 24 Oct 2026
☆ 24 Oct 14:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Watford – / – / – 16.9% ENG · Championship
Sat, 31 Oct 2026
☆ 31 Oct 12:30 Norwich City vs Watford – / – / – 21.8% ENG · Championship
Tue, 03 Nov 2026
☆ 03 Nov 19:45 Watford vs Lincoln City – / – / – 27.9% ENG · Championship
Sat, 07 Nov 2026
☆ 07 Nov 15:00 Watford vs Middlesbrough – / – / – 25.2% ENG · Championship
Sat, 21 Nov 2026
☆ 21 Nov 15:00 Sheffield United vs Watford – / – / – 22.6% ENG · Championship

Draw · logistic is the chance of a draw from the logistic draw model: five signals — the goals model, the draw rate at the Elo gap, the expected goals and the competition's own draw rate — fitted on every match played so far and recalibrated, then applied to fixtures not yet played. A dash means the model has not rated that fixture. Descriptive statistics, not betting advice.