Championship · Matchday 11 Match report

Watford 2-0 Charlton Athletic: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Watford

2-0Full time

Charlton Athletic

Saturday 17 October 2026, 11:30 UTC Vicarage Road, Watford

Our picks against the result

8 of 12 right

Result Watford win40% 2-0
Double chance Watford or Charlton Athletic (12)72% 2-0
Goals over/under 2.5 Under 2.556% 2 goals
More corners Watford54% Watford (4-3)
Yellow cards Above average 0 yellow cards · league 3.0
Yellow cards 0 yellow cards 3.5 Under57% 4.5 Under75% 5.5 Under88%
Corners Around average 7 corners · league 10.5
Corners 7 corners 8.5 Over65% 9.5 Over54% 10.5 Under56%

Match stats

Watford Charlton Athletic

2 Goals 0
0 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
4 Corners 3

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Watford vs Charlton Athletic opens Matchday 11 of the Championship on Saturday 17 October 2026 at Vicarage Road, where our model leans towards a home win and, in the double chance, a Watford or Charlton Athletic victory with no draw.

Why this pick?

Our model's result pick is a Watford win, and the clearest reason for it is the setting: Vicarage Road. Against the pick, Charlton Athletic come out slightly stronger on our long-run, xG-based strength rating, and Watford's attacking play over the last five matches has been ordinary, with touches in the opposition box below the league average. What swings it back is that the home side's advantage counts for more than either point, and that Charlton's attacking rating sits at the foot of our scale, with few shots and little presence near the opposition area; they have drawn five of their ten games. The call is narrow.

Form guide

Watford

L 1-5 at Cardiff City (A) Championship · 13 Oct
L 0-4 vs Burnley (H) Championship · 10 Oct
L 0-1 at Bristol City (A) Championship · 18 Sep
L 1-2 vs Stoke City (H) Championship · 12 Sep
W 2-1 vs Preston North End (H) Championship · 8 Sep

Charlton Athletic

D 2-2 at Burnley (A) Championship · 13 Oct
D 1-1 vs Bristol City (H) Championship · 10 Oct
L 1-3 at Cardiff City (A) Championship · 19 Sep
D 0-0 vs Portsmouth (H) Championship · 12 Sep
D 0-0 vs Queens Park Rangers (H) Championship · 9 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

WatfordCharlton Athletic

Attack 4 0 0.8 goals per match this season1.0 goals per match this season

Defence 13 39 1.9 conceded per match this season1.3 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Championship clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.