Watford vs Blackburn prediction for Saturday’s Championship round 31 fixture at Vicarage Road in Watford. Follow on for our free predictions betting tips and preview.
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction One: Watford to Win or Draw and Under 3.5 Goals – 1.62
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction Two: Watford 0 Goal Handicap – 1.43
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction Three: Correct Score Group Bet 1-0 or 2-0 or 3-0 – 2.85
Watford to Win or Draw and Under 3.5 Goals
Watford are 50% favorites to win this match after winning seven of their 14 home games. Moreover, four of the last five matches of both teams ended in a draw. As for the goal stats, they are showing an 86% possibility for this game to produce under 3.5 goals.
Watford 0 Goal Handicap
Watford’s season statistics indicate that they won seven and drew three of their 14 home games in the Championship. Blackburn meanwhile lost nine and drew one of their 15 home matches. As a result, there is a 75% possibility for this bet to succeed.
Correct Score Group Bet 1-0 or 2-0 or 3-0
This group of scores is the most frequent in both Sunderland’s and Blackburn’s matches this season in the league. To point out, seven times Sunderland games ended with one of these scores while seven times Blackburn lost in their away games by one of the suggested scores.
Watford
Watford failed to win a game in their third attempt as they drew away with Reading 2-2 in round 30. The Hornets have drawn and lost their three league games and with 45 points are lying in the fifth position. Watford have won three of their last eight matches in the Championship.
Defensive issues in Watford’s recent games allowed manager Slaven Bilic’s side to concede 25.5% more goals than they usually do during the season. Watford concede an average of 1.10 goals per game, however, they let in 1.38 in the previous eight rounds.
Blackburn
Like their hosts, Blackburn are also on a three-match winless run after drawing 0-0 at home with Wigan. The Riversiders have lost four of their last eight league matches and with 44 points are sitting just outside the playoffs spot in seventh place.
Blackburn’s form dropped immensely in recent games as they dropped points and slipped down the table. Manager Tomasson’s attack has an average of 1.52 goals scored per game in the league but that number decreased to 1.00 goals per game in the previous eight rounds.
Both teams are aiming to finish in the top six and as the season passed halfway, all matches will be critical. We predict a close and tense match from both sides and as a result, we will back a home win or draw double chance combined with under 3.5 goals.
Watford are averaging 1.00 goals scored in their last eight matches and their last five home games and failed to score twice in the previous four home matches. With odds of 1.69 at 1xBet, we predict Watford to score under 1.5 goals in Saturday’s game.
Ismaila Sarr is continuing to shine for Watford as he was on the scoresheet in the Hornets’ last game. That was the Senegalese eighth goal in the Championship. Sarr can play in all of the attacking positions but has his best rating playing as an attacking midfielder with a score of 7.22.
Watford’s injury list includes Kabasele, Sierralta, Ferreira, Dele- Bashiru, Pedro, Kayembe, Hause, Gosling, Louza, and Cleverley.
Blackburn are without, Wharton, Mola, Hyam, Brittain, and Barnes.
Watford: Bachman; Gaspar, Porteous, Cathcart, Kamara; Bacuna, Choudhury, Martins, Sarr; Davies, Araujo;
Blackburn: Pears; Costello, Carter, Wharton, Pickering; Travis, Buckley; Thomas, Dack, Brereton; Vale;
This match will be played at Vicarage Road (Watford)
The starting whistle will sound on February 11th, 2023. 15:00 UTC.
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