Watford Shots on Target Stats 2026/2027

Watford Shots on Target Stats 2026/2027 - season overview

Watford are averaging 4.4 shots on target per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 9.4 total SOT on average. That puts them 10th of 24 for team SOT per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player SOT-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Burnley, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Watford players hit the most shots on target?

Iker Bravo leads with 7 shots on target across 9 qualifying appearances (0.78/g, 67% hit rate). The SOT-rate table below ranks every Watford player by SOT per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ SOT price.

How does Watford's SOT profile look this season?

Watford are averaging 4.4 shots on target per game over 10 games and concede 5 for a match-total of 9.4. That ranks 10th of 24 for team SOT in their primary competition. They take 14.6 shots per game and create 9.4 key passes per game.

How is the SOT matchup read calculated?

SOT matchup blends our attackers' on-target rate (50%) with the opposition's SOT conceded per game (50%). For the upcoming fixture against Burnley, the page weights each Watford attacker against the opposition's last-season SOT-conceded rate.

What's the difference between shots and shots on target?

Watford take 14.6 shots per game and put 4.4 on target. Players who shoot speculatively often have a low SOT-per-shot ratio; the context panel surfaces the shots/g funnel so you can see the conversion rate.

Where do these SOT stats come from?

All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz - 10 Watford fixtures in the active window for 2026/2027. Player odds come from Bet365 player markets when priced.

How is conversion (Goals/SOT) useful?

Watford are currently converting 20% of their shots on target into goals. A high conversion rate means finishing well; a low one means SOT volume but not yet goals. Pair this with the shots/g funnel to read how the goals number is built.

Watford player shots on target rates

Player	Position	Apps	Shots on target	Per game	1+ hit rate
Iker Bravo	attacker	9	7	0.78	67%
Amin Nabizada	attacker	10	5	0.5	50%
Luca Kjerrumgaard	attacker	6	3	0.5	50%
Rocco Vata	attacker	6	3	0.5	50%
Marc Bola	defender	2	1	0.5	50%
Othmane Maamma	attacker	10	5	0.5	40%
Mattie Pollock	defender	9	3	0.33	33%
Mamadou Doumbia	attacker	9	5	0.56	33%
Hector Kyprianou	midfielder	10	3	0.3	30%
Stephy Mavididi	attacker	4	1	0.25	25%
Edo Kayembe	midfielder	9	3	0.33	22%
Edoardo Bove	midfielder	7	1	0.14	14%
Martín Payero	midfielder	7	1	0.14	14%
Omar Traoré	defender	7	1	0.14	14%
Jordan Zemura	defender	7	1	0.14	14%
Kévin Keben	defender	10	0	0	0%
Federico Ravaglia	goalkeeper	9	0	0	0%
Albert Eames	defender	4	0	0	0%
Soumaïla Coulibaly	defender	3	0	0	0%
Branimir Mlacic	defender	2	0	0	0%
Michael Adu-Poku	attacker	2	0	0	0%
Kwadwo Baah	attacker	1	0	0	0%
Myron Boadu	attacker	1	0	0	0%
Daniel Bachmann	goalkeeper	1	0	0	0%
Leo Ramirez-Espain	midfielder	1	0	0	0%

Watford shots on target match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team shots on target	Opposition shots on target	Match total	Top player
18 Sep 2026	Championship	Bristol City	Away	1-0	2	7	9	Hector Kyprianou (1)
12 Sep 2026	Championship	Stoke City	Home	1-2	2	6	8	Luca Kjerrumgaard (1)
8 Sep 2026	Championship	Preston North End	Home	2-1	5	6	11	Edo Kayembe (2)
5 Sep 2026	Championship	West Bromwich Albion	Away	1-0	2	4	6	Othmane Maamma (1)
1 Sep 2026	Championship	Swansea City	Away	2-0	3	8	11	Hector Kyprianou (1)
29 Aug 2026	Championship	West Ham United	Home	1-1	5	1	6	Iker Bravo (2)
25 Aug 2026	Carabao Cup	Peterborough United	Home	1-5	5	10	15	Mamadou Doumbia (3)
22 Aug 2026	Championship	Wrexham	Away	1-1	6	2	8	Mattie Pollock (1)
16 Aug 2026	Championship	Southampton	Home	2-1	3	3	6	Othmane Maamma (1)
8 Aug 2026	Carabao Cup	Crawley Town	Home	1-0	11	3	14	Othmane Maamma (2)

Watford shots on target 2026/2027: last 10 games

Shots on target for per game: 4.4
Shots on target against per game: 5
Match total shots on target per game: 9.4
Games: 10
League rank for match shots on target: 15 of 24

Watford Shots on target for 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	6	5.17	83%	67%	67%	17%	17%
Away	4	3.25	50%	25%	25%	25%	0%
Overall	10	4.4	70%	50%	50%	20%	10%

Watford Shots on target against 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	6	4.83	83%	50%	50%	50%	17%
Away	4	5.25	75%	75%	50%	50%	50%
Overall	10	5	80%	60%	50%	50%	30%

Watford Match total 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %
Home	6	10	67%	67%	50%	50%	50%
Away	4	8.5	75%	75%	50%	25%	25%
Overall	10	9.4	70%	70%	50%	40%	40%

Watford Team shots on target 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target / match	4.4	5.17	3.25
Total shots / match	14.6	17.67	10
Share of shots on target	30%	29%	33%
Goals per shot on target	20%	26%	8%
Shots on target per goal	4.9	3.9	13
Shots on target over 2.5	70%	83%	50%
Shots on target over 3.5	50%	67%	25%
Shots on target over 4.5	50%	67%	25%
Shots on target over 5.5	20%	17%	25%
Shots on target over 6.5	10%	17%	0%

Watford Shots on target against 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Shots on target against	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target against / match	5	4.83	5.25
Shots on target against over 2.5	80%	83%	75%
Shots on target against over 3.5	60%	50%	75%
Shots on target against over 4.5	50%	50%	50%
Shots on target against over 5.5	50%	50%	50%
Shots on target against over 6.5	30%	17%	50%

Watford Match shots on target 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Match shots on target / match	9.4	10	8.5
Match shots on target over 6.5	70%	67%	75%
Match shots on target over 7.5	70%	67%	75%
Match shots on target over 8.5	50%	50%	50%
Match shots on target over 9.5	40%	50%	25%
Match shots on target over 10.5	40%	50%	25%

Watford 1st-half shots on target for 2026/2027 (from 4 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	3	4	100%	100%	33%
Away	1	4	100%	100%	100%
Overall	4	4	100%	100%	50%

Watford 1st-half shots on target against 2026/2027 (from 4 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	3	2.33	67%	67%	33%
Away	1	1	0%	0%	0%
Overall	4	2	50%	50%	25%

Watford 1st-half match total 2026/2027 (from 4 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %
Home	3	6.33	100%	67%	67%	67%
Away	1	5	100%	100%	100%	0%
Overall	4	6	100%	75%	75%	50%

Watford shots on target match by match 2026/2027

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
18 Sep	Championship	Bristol City (A)	1-0	2	7	9	-
12 Sep	Championship	Stoke (H)	1-2	2	6	8	-
8 Sep	Championship	Preston (H)	2-1	5	6	11	-
5 Sep	Championship	WBA (A)	1-0	2	4	6	-
1 Sep	Championship	Swansea (A)	2-0	3	8	11	-
29 Aug	Championship	West Ham (H)	1-1	5	1	6	-
25 Aug	Carabao Cup	Peterborough (H)	1-5	5	10	15	7
22 Aug	Championship	Wrexham (A)	1-1	6	2	8	5
16 Aug	Championship	S'oton (H)	2-1	3	3	6	3
8 Aug	Carabao Cup	Crawley (H)	1-0	11	3	14	9

Championship shots on target table 2026/2027: every team's shots on target per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
1	Cardiff City	8	6.63	4.88	11.5	88%
2	Bolton Wanderers	8	4.75	5.75	10.5	88%
3	West Ham United	8	5.88	4	9.88	63%
4	Norwich City	8	5.5	4.38	9.88	88%
5	Middlesbrough	8	5.13	4.13	9.25	75%
6	Derby County	8	3.63	5.63	9.25	38%
7	Portsmouth	7	4.57	4.43	9	57%
8	Southampton	8	4.88	3.88	8.75	50%
9	Stoke City	8	4	4.63	8.63	38%
10	Queens Park Rangers	8	5.38	3.13	8.5	50%
11	Burnley	8	3.63	4.88	8.5	50%
12	Birmingham City	8	4.25	4.13	8.38	50%
13	Millwall	8	4.13	4.13	8.25	63%
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	7	4.57	3.57	8.14	43%
15	Watford	8	3.5	4.63	8.13	38%
16	Sheffield United	8	3.13	5	8.13	50%
17	Preston North End	8	3.13	5	8.13	50%
18	Wrexham	8	3.38	4.5	7.88	50%
19	Swansea City	8	5	2.75	7.75	38%
20	Blackburn Rovers	8	4.13	3.63	7.75	25%
21	West Bromwich Albion	8	3.75	3.88	7.63	38%
22	Lincoln City	8	3	4.63	7.63	38%
23	Bristol City	8	4.63	2.75	7.38	38%
24	Charlton Athletic	8	2.63	4.75	7.38	38%

Watford shots on target against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026/2027

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
Vs top six	15	3.73	4.47	8.2	40%
Vs top half	29	4.21	4	8.21	41%
Vs bottom half	25	4.4	4.36	8.76	44%
Vs bottom six	13	4.69	4.31	9	62%

Watford shots on target per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
Championship	2026/2027	8	3.5	4.63	8.13	38%
Carabao Cup	2026/2027	2	8	6.5	14.5	100%
Championship	2025/2026	46	4.43	4.09	8.52	43%
Carabao Cup	2025/2026	1	2	6	8	0%
FA Cup	2025/2026	1	1	7	8	0%
Championship	2024/2025	46	3.72	4.39	8.11	43%
Carabao Cup	2024/2025	3	6.67	4	10.67	100%
FA Cup	2024/2025	1	2	8	10	100%

Watford next three opponents: shots on target per game this season

Kick-off	Opponent	Their match total	Their shots on target for	Their shots on target against	Match total at that venue	For at that venue	Against at that venue
Sat 10 Oct 14:00	Burnley (home)	8.5	3.63	4.88	10.5	4.25	6.25
Tue 13 Oct 18:45	Cardiff (away)	11.5	6.63	4.88	11.5	7	4.5
Sat 17 Oct 11:30	Charlton (home)	7.38	2.63	4.75	10	3	7

Watford players with the most games of 1+ shots on target 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Iker Bravo	attacker	6	9	67%
2	Rocco Vata	attacker	5	9	56%
3	Amin Nabizada	attacker	5	10	50%
4	Othmane Maamma	attacker	4	10	40%
5	Luca Kjerrumgaard	attacker	3	8	38%

Watford players with the most games of 2+ shots on target 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Iker Bravo	attacker	1	9	11%
2	Edo Kayembe	midfielder	1	10	10%
3	Mamadou Doumbia	attacker	1	10	10%
4	Othmane Maamma	attacker	1	10	10%

Watford players with the most games of 3+ shots on target 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Mamadou Doumbia	attacker	1	10	10%

Burnley shots on target match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
19 Sep	Championship	Derby (H)	1-1	2	6	8	-
12 Sep	Championship	Swansea (A)	3-1	6	7	13	-
8 Sep	Championship	Wrexham (A)	1-1	4	5	9	-
5 Sep	Championship	Bristol City (H)	1-2	2	4	6	-
2 Sep	Championship	M'Boro (H)	1-1	3	2	5	-
29 Aug	Championship	Norwich (A)	4-1	4	6	10	-
26 Aug	Carabao Cup	Bradford (A)	0-0	6	4	10	-
23 Aug	Championship	WBA (A)	3-1	3	7	10	4
16 Aug	Championship	West Ham (H)	2-2	5	2	7	2
8 Aug	Carabao Cup	Notts County (H)	1-1	4	2	6	3