Chelsea vs Watford head-to-head
Chelsea10-season win rate48.1%347 games 167W 83D 97Lthrough 2026.09.18
Watford10-season win rate25.7%152 games 39W 31D 82Lthrough 2022.05.22Chelsea and Watford have met 8 times across all competitions between 2017-18 ~ 2021-22: Chelsea 7 wins, 0 draws, Watford 1 wins. At Chelsea's ground the home side is 4-0-0 (4 games); at Watford's it is 1-0-3 (4 games). The fixture averages 3.62 goals and both teams score in 75.0% of meetings (8 league).
Head-to-head7 · 0 · 1Chelsea W · D · Watford W
Goals per game3.623+ goals 100.0%
Both teams score75.0%8 games
First goal27.6 mingoals from 76' 34.5%
Yellows per game3.5reds 1 · pens 4
Top scorerR. Pereyra3 goals · since left
All results
- Chelsea2–1Watford
- Watford1–2Chelsea
- Chelsea3–0Watford
- Watford1–2Chelsea
- Chelsea3–0Watford
- Watford1–2Chelsea
- Watford4–1Chelsea
- Chelsea4–2Watford
top rows are fixtures still to be played (UK kick-off time) · green home win · red away win · league games since 2017-18 only · rows marked Preview open the pre-match data published for that game
Top scorers in this fixture
R. Pereyra 3 · E. Hazard 3 · M. Batshuayi 2 · Deulofeu 2 · R. Barkley 2
None of the players above are still at their club (squad as of 2026-09-21) — the list covers ten seasons. The records themselves are left as they are.
Compare by condition
Pick a condition and see how each club has done under it — kickoff time, weather, days of rest, formation. These are league records against everyone, not this head-to-head: Chelsea 347 and Watford 152 matches since 2017-18. Every win rate is shown with its W-D-L.
League win rate Chelsea 48.1% · Watford 25.7%
Home or away
- ChelseaWatford
- 51.4%173 games 89W 48D 36LLeague home30.3%76 games 23W 17D 36L
- 44.8%174 games 78W 35D 61LLeague away21.1%76 games 16W 14D 46L
At half time
- ChelseaWatford
- 77.3%132 games 102W 24D 6LLeading65.6%32 games 21W 4D 7L
- 38.4%146 games 56W 50D 40LLevel26.8%56 games 15W 19D 22L
- 13.0%69 games 9W 9D 51LTrailing4.7%64 games 3W 8D 53L
Possession
- ChelseaWatford
- 49.6%248 games 123W 58D 67LPossession 55%+20.0%25 games 5W 5D 15L
- 45.9%61 games 28W 18D 15LPossession 45–55%32.6%46 games 15W 12D 19L
- 42.1%38 games 16W 7D 15LPossession under 45%23.5%81 games 19W 14D 48L
Weather
- ChelseaWatford
- 46.3%54 games 25W 10D 19LClear13.3%15 games 2W 2D 11L
- 58.5%41 games 24W 4D 13LMostly clear23.5%17 games 4W 6D 7L
- 35.7%28 games 10W 9D 9LPartly cloudy37.5%8 games 3W 4D 1L · thin sample
- 46.9%160 games 75W 43D 42LOvercast29.3%75 games 22W 12D 41L
- 54.5%55 games 30W 12D 13LDrizzle25.0%28 games 7W 5D 16L
- 37.5%8 games 3W 4D 1L · thin sampleRain16.7%6 games 1W 2D 3L · thin sample
Temperature
- ChelseaWatford
- 43.4%143 games 62W 35D 46LUnder 10°C26.1%69 games 18W 14D 37L
- 50.9%169 games 86W 40D 43L10–20°C23.9%67 games 16W 14D 37L
- 54.3%35 games 19W 8D 8LOver 20°C31.2%16 games 5W 3D 8L
Stadium size
- ChelseaWatford
- 62.3%53 games 33W 9D 11LUnder 30,00032.0%97 games 31W 22D 44L
- 49.6%232 games 115W 60D 57L30–50,00023.1%26 games 6W 4D 16L
- 25.0%56 games 14W 13D 29LOver 50,0004.2%24 games 1W 2D 21L
Days of rest
- ChelseaWatford
- 46.9%128 games 60W 35D 33L3 days21.1%19 games 4W 5D 10L
- 55.2%67 games 37W 11D 19L4 days15.4%26 games 4W 8D 14L
- 43.9%41 games 18W 14D 9L5 days44.4%9 games 4W 0D 5L · thin sample
- 55.6%27 games 15W 5D 7L6 days30.8%13 games 4W 2D 7L
- 26.3%19 games 5W 5D 9L7 days23.4%47 games 11W 10D 26L
- 49.0%51 games 25W 9D 17L8–14 days34.6%26 games 9W 2D 15L
- 53.8%13 games 7W 3D 3L15+ days20.0%10 games 2W 3D 5L
Previous match
- ChelseaWatford
- 49.2%199 games 98W 47D 54LAfter a league game26.0%131 games 34W 24D 73L
- 46.5%144 games 67W 34D 43LAfter a cup or European tie25.0%20 games 5W 6D 9L
Kickoff time
- ChelseaWatford
- 51.1%45 games 23W 13D 9LEarly afternoon33.3%12 games 4W 4D 4L
- 49.6%137 games 68W 29D 40LAfternoon27.4%95 games 26W 20D 49L
- 41.7%84 games 35W 25D 24LEvening30.0%20 games 6W 4D 10L
- 50.6%81 games 41W 16D 24LNight12.0%25 games 3W 3D 19L
Day of week
- ChelseaWatford
- 70.0%20 games 14W 2D 4LMon25.0%4 games 1W 1D 2L · thin sample
- 38.1%21 games 8W 7D 6LTue25.0%12 games 3W 1D 8L
- 36.7%30 games 11W 7D 12LWed10.0%10 games 1W 3D 6L
- 50.0%16 games 8W 3D 5LThu0.0%3 games 0W 1D 2L · thin sample
- 50.0%6 games 3W 1D 2L · thin sampleFri40.0%5 games 2W 0D 3L · thin sample
- 52.3%149 games 78W 33D 38LSat25.3%95 games 24W 24D 47L
- 42.9%105 games 45W 30D 30LSun34.8%23 games 8W 1D 14L
Month
- ChelseaWatford
- 32.4%37 games 12W 13D 12LJanuary20.0%15 games 3W 6D 6L
- 40.0%30 games 12W 9D 9LFebruary35.3%17 games 6W 4D 7L
- 56.0%25 games 14W 5D 6LMarch27.3%11 games 3W 1D 7L
- 37.8%37 games 14W 10D 13LApril14.3%14 games 2W 2D 10L
- 50.0%34 games 17W 7D 10LMay12.5%8 games 1W 1D 6L · thin sample
- 57.1%7 games 4W 0D 3L · thin sampleJuly33.3%6 games 2W 0D 4L · thin sample
- 57.1%28 games 16W 6D 6LAugust38.5%13 games 5W 3D 5L
- 41.9%31 games 13W 8D 10LSeptember28.6%14 games 4W 4D 6L
- 63.6%33 games 21W 7D 5LOctober30.8%13 games 4W 3D 6L
- 48.3%29 games 14W 9D 6LNovember28.6%14 games 4W 1D 9L
- 51.9%54 games 28W 9D 17LDecember20.8%24 games 5W 5D 14L
Own back line
- ChelseaWatford
- 50.0%126 games 63W 31D 32LBack 330.8%13 games 4W 2D 7L
- 47.3%220 games 104W 52D 64LBack 426.0%131 games 34W 26D 71L
- 0.0%1 games 0W 0D 1L · thin sampleBack 512.5%8 games 1W 3D 4L · thin sample
Own formation
- ChelseaWatford
- 43.5%124 games 54W 33D 37L4-2-3-128.6%42 games 12W 10D 20L
- 51.1%90 games 46W 18D 26L4-3-317.4%23 games 4W 6D 13L
- 51.2%82 games 42W 19D 21L3-4-2-142.9%7 games 3W 2D 2L · thin sample
- 50.0%4 games 2W 1D 1L · thin sample4-2-2-236.8%38 games 14W 8D 16L
- 72.7%11 games 8W 2D 1L3-4-325.0%4 games 1W 0D 3L · thin sample
- 100.0%1 games 1W 0D 0L · thin sample4-1-4-121.4%14 games 3W 0D 11L
- 46.2%13 games 6W 4D 3L3-5-1-1—No record
- 25.0%8 games 2W 3D 3L · thin sample3-5-20.0%2 games 0W 0D 2L · thin sample
- 30.0%10 games 3W 3D 4L3-4-1-2—No record
- 100.0%1 games 1W 0D 0L · thin sample4-4-212.5%8 games 1W 2D 5L · thin sample
- —No record5-3-216.7%6 games 1W 3D 2L · thin sample
Opponent back line
- ChelseaWatford
- 46.9%81 games 38W 22D 21LOpponent back 331.0%29 games 9W 4D 16L
- 46.7%229 games 107W 54D 68LOpponent back 425.0%120 games 30W 24D 66L
- 59.5%37 games 22W 7D 8LOpponent back 50.0%3 games 0W 3D 0L · thin sample
Opponent formation
- ChelseaWatford
- 45.5%88 games 40W 18D 30L4-2-3-123.7%38 games 9W 8D 21L
- 39.0%59 games 23W 16D 20L4-3-320.6%34 games 7W 5D 22L
- 53.6%28 games 15W 5D 8L4-4-222.7%22 games 5W 5D 12L
- 37.8%37 games 14W 11D 12L3-4-2-127.3%11 games 3W 2D 6L
- 57.1%14 games 8W 2D 4L4-4-1-153.3%15 games 8W 2D 5L
- 52.2%23 games 12W 5D 6L5-4-10.0%3 games 0W 3D 0L · thin sample
- 44.4%18 games 8W 7D 3L3-5-216.7%6 games 1W 2D 3L · thin sample
- 33.3%15 games 5W 9D 1L4-1-4-114.3%7 games 1W 2D 4L · thin sample
- 87.5%8 games 7W 0D 1L · thin sample3-4-340.0%10 games 4W 0D 6L
- 71.4%14 games 10W 2D 2L5-3-2—No record
- 45.5%11 games 5W 3D 3L4-3-1-20.0%2 games 0W 1D 1L · thin sample
- 66.7%9 games 6W 1D 2L · thin sample4-5-10.0%1 games 0W 1D 0L · thin sample
- 66.7%9 games 6W 1D 2L · thin sample3-4-1-2—No record
Referee
- ChelseaWatford
- 47.2%36 games 17W 11D 8LAnthony Taylor27.3%11 games 3W 2D 6L
- 37.5%32 games 12W 9D 11LMichael Oliver9.1%11 games 1W 3D 7L
- 60.0%20 games 12W 3D 5LCraig Pawson9.1%11 games 1W 2D 8L
- 68.4%19 games 13W 2D 4LPaul Tierney27.3%11 games 3W 1D 7L
- 54.5%22 games 12W 3D 7LChris Kavanagh33.3%6 games 2W 2D 2L · thin sample
- 56.2%16 games 9W 2D 5LJonathan Moss30.0%10 games 3W 1D 6L
- 50.0%12 games 6W 4D 2LMike Dean30.8%13 games 4W 3D 6L
- 46.7%15 games 7W 2D 6LMartin Atkinson0.0%10 games 0W 3D 7L
- 40.0%15 games 6W 3D 6LAndre Marriner37.5%8 games 3W 1D 4L · thin sample
- 60.0%15 games 9W 5D 1LKevin Friend0.0%6 games 0W 3D 3L · thin sample
- 55.6%9 games 5W 0D 4L · thin sampleSimon Hooper25.0%8 games 2W 2D 4L · thin sample
- 66.7%6 games 4W 1D 1L · thin sampleGraham Scott20.0%10 games 2W 2D 6L
- 60.0%5 games 3W 2D 0L · thin sampleLee Mason50.0%8 games 4W 0D 4L · thin sample
League matches only, from 2017-18. Each row is that club's own record under the condition, not a head-to-head split. A dimmed figure sits on fewer than 10 matches.