Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Watford 2nd with 91 points, Nottingham Forest 17th with 52, 39 apart. On recent form Watford sat only 7th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Against a league average of 1.15 goals per team per game, Watford ran at 1.37 scored and 0.65 conceded, Nottingham Forest at 0.8 and 0.98.
The sides have met 14 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Watford, 6 draws and 3 for Nottingham Forest, at 2.43 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 21% of those meetings.
The match was played at The Middlesex Stadium in Ruislip (capacity 21,400). On the scoreboard, Watford led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-0 the final score.