Watford vs Sunderland Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Watford

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Watford will play in this fixture following on from a 0-0 Championship drawn game versus Hull City.

In that match, Watford managed 48% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Hull City got 13 shots at goal with 6 of them on target.

Tom Cleverley's Watford have seen rewards for their attempts on goal 6 times in their prior 6 outings. The corresponding number of goals that they have conceded in that time is 7.

Their past results show that Watford:

• have not registered a win against Sunderland in their previous 3 matches in the league.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 league matches at home.
• are without a win at home for the past 12 matches in the league. It's been disappointing.

Sunderland

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Millwall in Championship action, Sunderland and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Sunderland had 68% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. For their opponents, Millwall got 4 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. Duncan Watmore (71') scored for Millwall.

The forward players for Sunderland have had real problems scoring goals in their past six games, recording the poor return of only 4. In those matches, The Black Cats have also seen the collective goal aggregate of their opponents equal 6.

Looking at their past form shows that Sunderland:

• have not registered a win against Watford when they've played them away from home in the last 5 matches in the league. Not the best of away records.
• are undefeated in their previous 3 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 15/05/2016 shows us that Watford have won 1 of them and Sunderland 2, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 3.

A total of 16 goals were produced between them in these games, with 7 from The Hornets and 9 netted by The Black Cats. The average goals per game has been 2.67.

The last league clash between these clubs was Championship match day 10 on 04/10/2023 and the score finished Sunderland 2-0 Watford.

That day, Sunderland managed 58% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Goals were scored by Niall Huggins (43') and Abdoullah Ba (62').

On the other side, Watford had 11 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.

The referee was Andy Davies.

📋 Team News: Watford

Looking at personnel, there is just the lone fitness concern for the Watford boss Tom Cleverley to contend with thanks to an otherwise robust squad. Kwadwo Baah (Hamstring injury) won’t play.

We are thinking that The Hornets should go for a 3-4-3 system this time, beginning the first half with Daniel Bachmann, Ryan Porteous, Francisco Sierralta, Wesley Hoedt, Ryan Andrews, Ismaël Koné, Edo Kayembe, Jamal Lewis, Vakoun Issouf Bayo, Yaser Asprilla and Emmanuel Dennis.

ℹ️ Team News: Sunderland

Sunderland boss Mike Dodds has multiple availability issues to deal with. Corry Evans (Cruciate ligament injury), Patrick Roberts (Thigh problems), Bradley Dack (Thigh problems), Nazariy Rusyn (Calf injury) and Niall Huggins (Knee surgery) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

It’s our belief that The Black Cats seem likely to play in a 3-4-3 formation, choosing Anthony Patterson, Luke O'Nien, Daniel Ballard, Aji Alese, Timothée Pembélé, Pierre Ekwah, Jobe Bellingham, Callum Styles, Romaine Mundle, Luis Semedo and Jack Clarke.

✨ Prediction

We feel that in this game, Sunderland have the ability to put a goal past this Watford side, but it may not quite prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We think that it’s going to be a narrow 2-1 advantage for Watford by the conclusion of the game. We’ll have to see what happens.

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Lucas Pereira, 23:01 26/04/2024