The Championship tie at Vicarage Road Stadium on Friday will see home team Watford welcoming opponents Leeds United.
View all Watford v Leeds United tips, stats and our pre-match poll below - as well as the best betting odds.
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Form Guide
Watford
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Watford will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 0-1 Championship victory versus Birmingham City.
In that game, Watford had 48% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Watford was Emmanuel Dennis (44'). For their opponents, Birmingham City had 27 shots on goal with 5 on target.
Over their last 6 fixtures, Tom Cleverley's Watford have hit the target a total of 5 times, with that being an average number of goals scored per match equal to 0.83.
Taking a look at their past results, Watford:
- haven't won against Leeds United in their last 3 league matches.
- have not won at home in their last 9 league games. It's been disappointing.
Leeds United
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Leeds United will come into the encounter following on from a 2-0 Championship win as they beat Millwall in their most recent fixture.
In that match, Leeds United had 62% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. For Leeds United, the goalscorers were Wilfired Gnonto (33') and Daniel James (79'). Millwall had 11 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.
Over the course of their previous six clashes, Leeds United have amassed the sum of 11 goals. Leeds United have also scored on each one of those occasions. During those fixtures, their defenders have seen 5 goals go into their own net.
Ahead of this meeting, Leeds United are unbeaten in their last 6 away league matches.
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Head to head
If we look at their past head to head meetings dating back to 23/08/2014, there has been little between the sides with Watford winning 3 of those games, Leeds United 3 and 0 being drawn in normal time.
A combined sum of 18 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 8 of them for The Hornets and 10 netted by The Whites. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.
The previous league match between the two was Championship match day 8 on 23/09/2023 when it ended Leeds United 3-0 Watford.
On that occasion, Leeds United had 60% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 10 of them on target. The goals were scored by Joรซl Piroe (67'), Sam Byram (70') and Jaidon Anthony (89').
Watford got 4 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.
The referee was Jeremy Simpson.
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Team News: Watford
There is just the sole fitness concern for the Watford gaffer Tom Cleverley to be concerned about thanks to an otherwise robust group of players. Kwadwo Baah (Hamstring injury) misses out.
In all likelihood, The Hornets should use the 4-2-3-1 system for this game with Daniel Bachmann, Ryan Andrews, Ryan Porteous, Mattie Pollock, James Morris, Edo Kayembe, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Yaser Asprilla, Ismaรซl Konรฉ, Giorgi Chakvetadze and Emmanuel Dennis.
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Team News: Leeds United
Leeds United manager Daniel Farke has to choose a team with limited availability. Pascal Struijk (Groin injury) and Stuart Dallas (Femoral fracture) are names that wonโt be on the team sheet.
Itโs our belief that The Whites appear most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 lineup by sending out Illan Meslier, Archie Gray, Liam Cooper, Joe Rodon, Sam Byram, Ethan Ampadu, Glen Kamara, Daniel James, Joรซl Piroe, C. Summerville and Patrick Bamford.
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Prediction
Looking at these two teams, we feel that Watford have the firepower to find the net against this Leeds United side, but one goal may not quite be enough.
We are therefore anticipating a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 win for Leeds United after the 90. Letโs see what happens here.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura,
09:03 29/03/2024
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Watford
Formed: 1881
Stadium: Vicarage Road Stadium (22,200)
Captain: Daniel Bachmann
Chairman: Scott Duxbury
Manager: Tom Cleverley
Competitions: Championship position 13
โญ Key Player: Mileta Rajoviฤ
Normally played in the Striker position, Mileta Rajoviฤ was born in Denmark. Having made his senior debut playing for Nรฆstved in the 2022 - 2023 season, the skilful Forward has scored 9 league goals in the Championship 2023 - 2024 campaign so far in 34 appearances.