Norwich City — Watford 3:2, 31 October: match result

match finished Championship · Matchday 13 Saturday 31 October · 12:30 UTC

Norwich City 12th · 18 pts WWWWL

3 : 2 1st half 0:2

Watford 20th · 14 pts DWLLW

Carrow Road · referee B. Speedie

Match predictionSafe

Watford +2.5

93% · Watford games average 2.9 goals

Prediction landed. We predicted “Watford +2.5”, and the match finished 3:2.

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our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Norwich City 44% draw 24% Watford 32%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Norwich City win, and the match finished 3:2. Fans backed Norwich City win — they got it right.

fans 51 votes

Norwich City 59% draw 14% Watford 27%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

M. Boadu assist: I. Bravo 0-1 10'

M. Boadu assist: M. Pollock 0-2 27'

M. Pollock 41'

B. Chrisene 1-2 53'

A. Musaba assist: M. Kvistgaarden 2-2 62'

J. Cordoba 63'

P. Maghoma assist: M. Kvistgaarden 3-2 71'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Norwich City 4-2-3-1 5-3-2 Watford

Daniel Grimshaw  
Jack Stacey  15 Ruairi McConville  33 José Córdoba  14 Ben Chrisene  
Jacob Wright  26 Sam Field  
Andre Brooks  25 Paris Maghoma  49 Anthony Musaba  
Mathias Kvistgaarden  

Myron Boadu  17 Iker Bravo  
Edo Kayembe  5 Hector Kyprianou  22 Martín Payero  
Krépin Diatta  4 Kévin Keben Biakolo  6 Matthew Pollock  29 Branimir Mlačić  33 Jordan Zemura  
Federico Ravaglia  

Norwich City bench

20Anis Ben Slimane
17Ante Crnac
13Darlin Yongwa
6Harry Darling
24Jovon Makama
35Kellen Fisher
12Lucien Mahovo
22Mirko Topić
1Vladan Kovačević

Watford bench

21Amin Nabizada
26Daniel Bachmann
20Mamadou Doumbia
16Marc Bola
23Omar Haktab Traore
7Othmane Maamma
11Rocco Vata
45Stephy Mavididi
51Travis Akomeah

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

59%Possession41%

15Shots8

5Shots on target5

5Shots off target3

5Blocked shots0

13Shots inside box4

2Shots outside box4

141Attacks66

77Dangerous attacks25

9Corners2

1Offsides1

12Fouls9

1Yellow cards1

3Saves3

506Passes357

409Accurate passes274

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Norwich City

WatfordThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

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Norwich City and Watford met on matchday 13 of the Championship on 31 October at Carrow Road. Final score — 3:2.

Norwich City sit 12th on 18 points after 9 matches (4 wins, 0 draws, 5 losses), unbeaten in 4 matches. Watford sit 20th on 14 points after 9 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 6 losses), 3 matches without conceding.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Norwich City last five Watford

WWWWL form DWLLW

9 Matches 9

4 — 0 — 5 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 1 — 6

22 — 15 Scored — conceded 7 — 16

1.33 Points per game 0.78

2.44 Goals scored per game 0.78

2 Clean sheets 3

2 Failed to score 4

unbeaten in 4 Current streak unbeaten in 2

Norwich City at home: 4 matches, 1 win, 0 draws, 3 losses, goals 6—8, 0.75 points per match.

Watford away: 4 matches, 0 wins, 0 draws, 4 losses, goals 3—10, 0 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
10	Portsmouth	15	6	4	5	20—18	22
11	Norwich City	15	7	0	8	32—24	21
12	Queens Park Rangers	14	5	6	3	22—17	21
…
19	Lincoln City	14	4	3	7	14—24	15
20	Watford	14	4	2	8	13—23	14
21	Charlton Athletic	14	3	5	6	11—22	14

Full Championship table