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Watford vs Coventry City Live Stream, Predictions
Coventry City are the guests at Vicarage Road Stadium on Saturday for the Championship game with hosts Watford.
All Watford v Coventry City game predictions, stats and user poll are shown below - as well as the best betting odds.
📊 Form Guide
Watford
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Watford head into this fixture coming off the back of a 1-1 Championship drawn result versus Swansea City.
In that match, Watford managed 37% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For Watford, the goals were scored by Ryan Andrews (18' Own goal) and Wesley Hoedt (57'). At the other end, Swansea City had 11 attempts on goal with 2 on target.
It’s not been often in recent games that Watford have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Watford have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 12 goals in the process. That being said, it remains to be seen if that trend shall be maintained in this next game or not.
Their previous form shows that Watford:
- are unbeaten in the league by Coventry City in their last 2 matches.
- have not beaten Coventry City in their previous 4 league matches.
Coventry City
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Coventry City will come into the match following on from a 5-0 Championship win versus Rotherham United in their most recent fixture.
In that match, Coventry City had 53% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Coventry City, the goalscorers were Ellis Simms (5', 27', 37'), Joël Latibeaudiere (23') and Fabio Tavares (91'). Rotherham United had 7 attempts on goal with 1 on target.
Proving their predisposition for fruitful matches, goals have been celebrated 21 times in the prior 6 games in which Coventry City have sent out their troops, giving an average of 3.5 goals each clash. Opposing teams have managed 7 of these goals.
👥 Head to head
Looking at their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 27/08/2019 shows us that Watford have won 2 of them & Coventry City 1, with the tally of draws being 3.
An aggregate of 19 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 11 for The Hornets and 8 netted by The Sky Blues. That is an average goals per game value of 3.17.
The last league game between the two was Championship match day 5 on 02/09/2023 which ended up with the score at Coventry City 3-3 Watford.
In that game, Coventry City had 53% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. The goals were scored by Milan van Ewijk (41') and Matt Godden (87').
For their opponents, Watford got 14 shots on goal with 5 on target. Mileta Rajović (35', 79'), Matheus Martins (52') and Wesley Hoedt (64' Own goal) scored.
The referee was David Webb.
📰 Team News: Watford
There aren’t many personnel worries, with just the sole fitness concern for the Watford manager Valérien Ismaël to be concerned with from an otherwise complete set of players. Kwadwo Baah (Hamstring injury) is out of contention.
In our view, The Hornets could use a 4-2-3-1 formation for this one and select Daniel Bachmann, Ryan Andrews, Ryan Porteous, Wesley Hoedt, Jamal Lewis, Ismaël Koné, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Emmanuel Dennis, Yaser Asprilla, Giorgi Chakvetadze and Mileta Rajovic.
📋 Team News: Coventry City
In an otherwise full-strength group, there’s only the one fitness problem for the Coventry City boss Mark Robins to contend with. Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Back injury) won’t be in action.
From our viewpoint, The Sky Blues will likely make use of a 3-5-2 lineup, starting the game with Brad Collins, Bobby Thomas, Joel Latibeaudiere, Liam Kitching, Josh Eccles, Liam Kelly, Victor Torp, Kasey Palmer, Jake Bidwell, Ellis Simms and Haji Wright.
⚡ Prediction
We’re of the opinion that Coventry City and Watford might both not be able to do quite enough to get on the scoresheet here.
A draw is a real possibility, as a clear-cut winner doesn’t appear to be obvious. We’re therefore tipping a 0-0 draw at full-time.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 14:01 09/03/2024
Predicted Lineups
🏟️ Team Focus:
Watford
Formed: 1881
Stadium: Vicarage Road Stadium (22,200)
Captain: Daniel Bachmann
Chairman: Scott Duxbury
Manager: Valérien Ismaël
Competitions: Championship position 12
⭐ Key Player: Vakoun Issouf Bayo
Generally taking up the Striker position, Vakoun Issouf Bayo was born in Daloa, Ivory Coast. Having played his first senior match for Étoile du Sahel in the 2015 - 2016 season, the talented Forward has scored a sum of 5 league goals in this Championship 2023 - 2024 season to date in a total of 28 appearances.
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36 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 81 | WLLLW |
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37 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 79 | WWDWW |
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37 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 78 | WWWWL |
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35 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 70 | LWLLW |
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36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 60 | LWDWD |
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36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 57 | WWDDD |
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36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 55 | WWDWL |
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36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 54 | DWLLW |
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35 | 15 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 53 | WWDWD |
10 |
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37 | 16 | 5 | 16 | -6 | 53 | DWWWW |
11 |
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36 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 47 | LLLLL |
12 |
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35 | 14 | 5 | 16 | -2 | 47 | LWLLW |
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36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 45 | LWLLD |
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36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | -2 | 44 | WLLLL |
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36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | -11 | 43 | LLWWD |
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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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36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 39 | LWWWD |
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35 | 10 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 39 | WWLLD |
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36 | 8 | 14 | 14 | -16 | 38 | WLWDL |
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36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | -16 | 38 | WLLWL |
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37 | 11 | 5 | 21 | -25 | 38 | WWWWL |
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36 | 3 | 10 | 23 | -42 | 19 | LLLLL |
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Goals scored | 1.6 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 39 |
Time first goal conceded | 30 |
Yellow cards | 2.1 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.7 |
Biggest victory | 5-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
Goals scored | 1.6 |
Goals conceded | 1.4 |
Time first goal scored | 49 |
Time first goal conceded | 48 |
Yellow cards | 2.4 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.5 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Mileta Rajović | 9 |
Yaser Asprilla | 6 |
Vakoun Issouf Bayo | 5 |
Matheus Martins | 5 |
Edo Kayembe | 4 |
Haji Wright | 13 |
Ellis Simms | 9 |
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto | 7 |
Matt Godden | 6 |
Callum O'Hare | 6 |
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