Watford vs Wigan Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Watford

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Watford will be looking for another win after the 3-0 Championship triumph against Birmingham City.

In that game, Watford managed 51% possession and 11 shots at goal with 5 on target. For Watford, the scorers were Imrân Louza (6'), Keinan Davis (16') and Britt Assombalonga (73'). On the other side, Birmingham City had 8 attempts on goal with 6 on target.

In their prior six fixtures, Chris Wilder's Watford have netted 7 times resulting in an average number of goals scored per match of 1.17.

Looking at their past form shows that Watford:

• have not been beaten in the league by Wigan Athletic in their last 3 games.
• have not been beaten in their last 6 league matches at home.

Wigan Athletic

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In their last game, Wigan drew 1-1 in the Championship match with Coventry City.

In that match, Wigan Athletic managed 48% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 5 on target. At the other end, Coventry City had 17 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Viktor Gyökeres (52') and Kyle McFadzean (83' Own goal) scored for Coventry City.

The numbers tell their own story, and Wigan have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 8 goals in total. Defensively, Wigan Athletic have not been doing too well. Previous results aside, time will tell if that trend might persist in this next game.

Ahead of this clash, Wigan Athletic are without an away win for the past 13 league games. They must be getting so desperate.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 21/02/2007 shows that Watford have won 4 of them & Wigan 1, with the number of drawn games being 1.

A total of 12 goals were produced between them in this period, with 8 from The Hornets and 4 belonging to The Latics. That is an average goals per game value of 2.

The last league match between the two was Championship match day 18 on 29/10/2022 and the score finished Wigan Athletic 0-1 Watford.

In that match, Wigan Athletic managed 47% possession and 8 shots on goal with 1 on target.

For their opponents, Watford had 13 attempts at goal with 2 on target. João Pedro (87') was the scorer.

The referee was Matt Donohue.

🗞️ Team News: Watford

The Watford boss Chris Wilder has a full complement, with no fitness worries at all ahead of this clash thanks to a fully healthy squad to pick from. Kortney Hause is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

We think that The Hornets may well line up in a 5-3-2 formation this time, handing starts to Daniel Bachmann, Jeremy Ngakia, Ryan Porteous, Craig Cathcart, Wesley Hoedt, Ken Sema, Ismaël Koné, Leandro Bacuna, Imran Louza, João Pedro and Keinan Davis.

📰 Team News: Wigan

Due to a mostly available squad, there’s only the lone fitness issue for the Wigan gaffer Shaun Maloney to contend with. Jason Kerr (Cruciate Ligament Injury) won’t be in action.

We’re of the thinking that The Latics might utilise a 3-5-2 lineup using Ben Amos, Charlie Hughes, Omar Rekik, Ryan Nyambe, Tendayi Darikwa, Max Power, Christ Tiehi, James McClean, Danel Sinani, Ashley Fletcher and Will Keane.

🔮 Prediction

We’re thinking that Wigan Athletic are certainly able to put one past this Watford lineup, however it is unlikely to be as many as the goals that they could concede.

Our selection here is for a close game with a 2-1 win for Watford after 90 minutes. Should be a good one.

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Lucas Pereira, 02:28 14/03/2023