Pick of the stats: Wrexham v Watford

[BBC] Wrexham will hope to bounce back from the disappointment of conceding a stoppage-time equaliser at Cardiff on Monday when they host Watford on Saturday (15:00 BST). Watford raised a few eyebrows on the opening weekend by beating Southampton 2-1. Wrexham have won just one of their past 11 Football League games against Watford (D3 L7), a 3-1 home win in the third tier in April 1997. Watford have lost only one of their past five away league matches against Wrexham (W2 D2), drawing their past two: 1-1 in 1997-98 and 2-2 last season. On the opening weekend in the Championship, no side attempted more shots on target than Wrexham (7), while they hit the woodwork three times – their most since against Notts County in February 2024 in League Two (also three). Watford have won their opening away game of a league season just once in the last seven campaigns (D2 L4), a 3-2 success over Millwall in 2024. Wrexham's Phil Parkinson has won only one of his six managerial meetings with Watford across all competitions (D1 L4), triumphing 2-1 in August 2012 in the second round of the League Cup with Bradford City.