Position17of 20
Points40in 38
Won, drawn, lost11-7-20
Goals40for, 68 against
FormLLLLL
Results
2016-17Sun 21 May
FT
Mon 15 May
FT
Fri 12 May
FT
Sat 6 May
FT
Mon 1 May
FT
Sat 22 Apr
FT
Sat 15 Apr
FT
Sat 8 Apr
FT
Tue 4 Apr
FT
Sat 1 Apr
FT
Sat 18 Mar
FT
Sat 4 Mar
FT
Sat 25 Feb
FT
Sat 11 Feb
FT
Sat 4 Feb
FT
Tue 31 Jan
FT
Sat 21 Jan
FT
Sat 14 Jan
FT
Tue 3 Jan
FT
Sun 1 Jan
FT
Mon 26 Dec
FT
Sat 17 Dec
FT
Wed 14 Dec
FT
Sat 10 Dec
FT
Sat 3 Dec
FT
Sun 27 Nov
FT
Sat 19 Nov
FT
Sun 6 Nov
FT
Sat 29 Oct
FT
Sat 22 Oct
FT
Sun 16 Oct
FT
Sat 1 Oct
FT
Mon 26 Sep
FT
Sun 18 Sep
FT
Sat 10 Sep
FT
Sat 27 Aug
FT
Sat 20 Aug
FT
Sat 13 Aug
FT
In numbers
- 93rdof 98 teams of the five leagues by Vesta’s strength rating
- 6matches without a win, running now
- 2wins in a row, the longest run of 2016-17
- 3clean sheets in a row, the longest of 2016-17
- 25%of the team's league goals scored by Troy Deeney
- 25%of matches won since 2006-07
- 5–1Biggest win since 2006-07: Cardiff 1–5 Watford
- 0–8Heaviest defeat: Manchester City 8–0 Watford
Vesta and Watford
152 league matches since 2017-18- 57%of Watford's matches won by Vesta's favourite
- 18wins in 42 matches as Vesta's favourite
- 7%won with 7%: Watford 3–0 Liverpool
- 16%won with 16%: Watford 4–1 Manchester United
- 16%won with 16%: Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–2 Watford
- 54%lost at 54%: Watford 1–2 Swansea
- 53%lost at 53%: Watford 1–4 Huddersfield
- 53%lost at 53%: Watford 0–3 Norwich
Vesta's forecasts reconstructed with each season hidden (how).
By the minute
2016-17, 38 matches| Goals | 1-15 | 16-30 | 31-45+ | 46-60 | 61-75 | 76-90+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | 9 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 6 |
| Against | 4 | 10 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 12 |
- 0points won in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 2points thrown away in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 8points won after going behind
- 12points dropped after going ahead
Goal minutes. Quarters of an hour by the minute of the match reports; stoppage time counts in the last quarter of each half.
League position
2016-17Strength
Rating 1,322Vesta's rating before every match since 2014-15. 1,500 is an average team of these leagues.

