Match Report
77 points for AFC Bournemouth (6th), 91 for Watford (2nd): a 14-point gap. AFC Bournemouth's recent output lagged their position: 13th on form over five rounds while 6th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: AFC Bournemouth 1.59 scored and 1 conceded per game, Watford 1.37 and 0.65, with the league averaging 1.15.
Watford had won four straight. From the last five rounds, AFC Bournemouth held 7 points of 15 and Watford 13.
GioScore's database holds 16 meetings between the two: 2 for AFC Bournemouth, 4 for Watford and 10 drawn, at 2.88 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 19% of those meetings.
Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth, capacity 30,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.




