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Watford vs Swansea City Live Stream, Predictions
The Championship fixture at Vicarage Road Stadium on Wednesday sees home team Watford fighting it out with opponents Swansea City.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Watford v Swansea City game - as well as up-to-date odds.
📏 Form Guide
Watford
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Watford will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 1-0 Championship loss in their previous game against Millwall.
In that match, Watford managed 66% possession and 12 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Millwall had 6 shots at goal with 2 on target. Zian Flemming (3') was the scorer for Millwall.
It’s been seldom in recent times where Watford have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Watford have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 12 goals in the process.
Coming into this meeting, Watford are without a win at home for the past 7 matches in the league. Fans are getting restless.
Swansea City
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Swansea City will come into the meeting after a 2-1 Championship win with the downing of Blackburn Rovers in their last fixture.
In that match, Swansea City had 52% possession and 7 shots on goal with 4 on target. For Swansea City, the goalscorers were Joe Allen (7') and Jamie Paterson (19'). For their opponents, Blackburn Rovers had 10 shots on goal with 5 on target. Sammie Szmodics (67') was the scorer for Blackburn Rovers.
Looking at their form, and Swansea City have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 11 goals in total. In defence, Swansea City just haven’t been too solid at all. That pattern won’t necessarily follow through into this match, however.
Ahead of this clash, Swansea City haven't been defeated in their previous 2 away league matches.
👥 Head to head
If we look at their past head to head meetings going back to 24/09/2019, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Watford winning 3 of those games, Swansea City 3 and 0 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.
A combined sum of 16 goals were produced between them in this period, with 7 for The Hornets and 9 for The Swans. The average goals per game has been 2.67.
The previous league meeting between the two was Championship match day 13 on 24/10/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Swansea City 0-1 Watford.
That day, Swansea City managed 59% possession and 9 shots on goal with 3 on target.
At the other end, Watford had 12 shots at goal with 5 on target. Ken Sema (82') scored.
The referee was Andrew Kitchen.
🗞️ Team News: Watford
Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just a single fitness concern for the Watford manager Valérien Ismaël to be concerned with due to a largely intact group. Kwadwo Baah (Hamstring injury) is sidelined.
🗞️ Team News: Swansea City
Due to a completely healthy squad available to choose from, the Swansea City manager Luke Williams does not have any fitness concerns to speak of before this game.
✨ Prediction
We’re of the view that Swansea City will surely be able to put one past this Watford side, although that might not quite be enough to avoid a loss.
We’re going for both teams to score in a 2-1 winning score for Watford when all is said and done. Definitely a tough call.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 19:02 06/03/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Watford
Formed: 1881
Stadium: Vicarage Road Stadium (22,200)
Captain: Daniel Bachmann
Chairman: Scott Duxbury
Manager: Valérien Ismaël
Competitions: Championship position 11
🔑 Key Player: Yaser Asprilla
Customarily playing in the Centre Midfield position, Yaser Asprilla was born in Bajo Baudó, Colombia. After having played his first senior match for Envigado in the 2019 season, the dangerous Midfielder has scored a sum of 6 league goals in this Championship 2023 - 2024 campaign to date in a total of 32 appearances.
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36 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 81 | WLLLW |
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36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 78 | WWWWW |
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36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 76 | WWWDW |
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35 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 70 | LWLLW |
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35 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 59 | WLWDW |
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36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 57 | WWDDD |
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35 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 55 | DWWDW |
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36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 54 | DWLLW |
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35 | 15 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 53 | WWDWD |
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36 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 47 | LLLLL |
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35 | 14 | 5 | 16 | -8 | 47 | LLDWW |
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35 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 44 | LLWLL |
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36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | -2 | 44 | WLLLL |
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34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | -4 | 44 | LLWLL |
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35 | 11 | 9 | 15 | -11 | 42 | WLLWW |
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36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 40 | LLWLL |
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36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | -13 | 40 | DDDLD |
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36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | -13 | 40 | LLWWD |
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35 | 10 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 39 | WWLLD |
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35 | 10 | 8 | 17 | -12 | 38 | DLWWW |
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35 | 8 | 14 | 13 | -15 | 38 | LWLWD |
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36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | -16 | 38 | WLLWL |
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36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | -23 | 38 | LWWWW |
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36 | 3 | 10 | 23 | -42 | 19 | LLLLL |
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Goals scored | 1.6 |
Goals conceded | 1.4 |
Time first goal scored | 38 |
Time first goal conceded | 31 |
Yellow cards | 2 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.8 |
Biggest victory | 5-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
Goals scored | 1.5 |
Goals conceded | 1.8 |
Time first goal scored | 35 |
Time first goal conceded | 40 |
Yellow cards | 2.5 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.4 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 5-0 |
Mileta Rajović | 9 |
Yaser Asprilla | 6 |
Vakoun Issouf Bayo | 5 |
Matheus Martins | 5 |
Edo Kayembe | 4 |
Jamal Lowe | 7 |
Jerry Yates | 7 |
Liam Cullen | 6 |
Jamie Paterson | 6 |
Harry Darling | 3 |
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