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Full time · Championship · Sat 24 Oct 2026, 15:00 UTC

Wolves 1–0 Watford

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What the chances were worth

Wolves
1.88
expected goals (xG)
Watford
0.15
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 1–0; by chance quality the match ran 1.88–0.15.

What the model expected

Its probabilities for this match, logged before kick-off and never changed. The result is highlighted.

Wolves
61%
Draw
23%
Watford
15%

The model made Wolves to win its most likely call before kick-off, and that is what happened. It had the result at 61% beforehand.

One match tells you nothing on its own — whether these percentages are any good is the whole point of the calibration page, where every one of them is scored.

The brain read

Wolves created the better chances — the xG read 1.9–0.1 and the shot count agreed (24–4, 3–0 on target). Wolves got into the box far more often (16 shots inside it to 2) and Wolves held 63% of the ball. Wolves's finishing let them down — 1 from 1.9 xG despite 3 of 24 shots on target (a finishing read inferred from shots on target and goals vs xG — not measured shot placement). On the balance of chances, the 1–0 reads fair.

A second opinion written by rule from the numbers on this page — where the shot picture and the xG disagree, it says so rather than picking a winner. Backward-looking only; it claims nothing about any future result.

The match in numbers

Wolves
Watford
63%
Ball Possession
37%
24
Total Shots
4
3
Shots on Goal
0
11
Shots off Goal
3
10
Blocked Shots
1
16
Shots inside box
2
8
Shots outside box
2
1.88
Expected goals (xG)
0.15
14
Corner Kicks
2
1
Offsides
0
485
Total passes
308
403
Passes accurate
218
12
Fouls
11
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Goalkeeper Saves
3
11
Free Kicks
12

As returned by the data feed at full time. Bars show each side’s share of the stat.

Confirmed line-ups

Captured from the official team sheets in the last hour before kick-off. The pick test requires these to be in before any call counts.

Wolves 4-2-3-1

  1. 1 José Sá (G)
  2. 2 K. Trippier (D)
  3. 3 Hugo Bueno (D)
  4. 5 M. Munetsi (M)
  5. 7 André (M)
  6. 8 J. James (M)
  7. 10 A. Armstrong (F)
  8. 15 Y. Mosquera (D)
  9. 19 R. Saïd (M)
  10. 27 J. Bellegarde (M)
  11. 37 L. Krejčí (D)

Bench: T. Chirewa, T. Doyle, Fer López, M. Mane, S. Neave, L. Rawlings, J. Tchatchoua, Toti Gomes, João Virgínia

Watford 5-3-2

  1. 1 F. Ravaglia (G)
  2. 4 K. Keben (D)
  3. 5 H. Kyprianou (M)
  4. 6 M. Pollock (D)
  5. 9 L. Kjerrumgaard (F)
  6. 10 M. Boadu (F)
  7. 15 K. Diatta (D)
  8. 16 M. Bola (D)
  9. 17 Iker Bravo (M)
  10. 29 Branimir Mlačić (D)
  11. 39 E. Kayembe (M)

Bench: R. Vata, J. Zemura, O. Traoré, M. Payero, Amin Nabizada, S. Mavididi, O. Maamma, M. Doumbia, D. Bachmann

The market’s read

Wolves
67%
market implied · price 1.40 · opened 68%
Draw
20%
market implied · price 4.74 · opened 19%
Watford
13%
market implied · price 7.41 · opened 12%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Wolves or draw1.0886.9%+0.3 pts
Double chance Watford or draw2.9132.3%+0.6 pts
Double chance either team1.1680.8%-0.8 pts
Draw no bet — Wolves1.1382.7%-0.6 pts
Draw no bet — Watford5.4317.3%+0.6 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.1978.4%-2.2 pts
Over 2.5 goals1.6557.1%-2.8 pts
Over 3.5 goals2.5936.1%-2.8 pts
Both teams to score1.8250.9%-0.7 pts
Wolves over 1.5 team goals1.4664.0%-2.1 pts
Watford over 1.5 team goals4.3221.6%-1.3 pts
Wolves clean sheet2.1044.3%+0.0 pts
Watford clean sheet8.0011.9%+1.3 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 2-0 7.03 · 1-0 7.16 · 2-1 7.78 · 1-1 8.47 · 3-0 9.59

Prices are observations, not offers. Nothing here is advice or staked.

How to read this table

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-10-24 13:30 UTC. These are the closing prices — the market’s last word before kick-off. The Move column is how each market’s implied chance has shifted since the first price we captured: green = the chance has risen (the price shortened, backing coming in), red = the chance has fallen (the price eased out — what punters call the price ‘drifting’).

Prices are observations, not offers. Each price is the average across the bookmakers the collector sees, and the implied chance is that price with the bookmaker’s margin stripped out. The market’s read is published so the model’s read can be judged against it — nothing here is advice, and nothing here is staked.