Ace Football previews the Championship round 2 match between Wrexham and Watford and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.
Wrexham hope to live up to their early billing as the Championship title favourites this coming Saturday when they welcome Watford over to the SToK Cae Ras for a round 2 match.
A look at the Championship standings shows that two points and five places currently separate the two teams.
Form: Wrexham vs Watford
Wrexham Form
Wrexham failed to win any of their last three matches, though they managed to draw against Middlesbrough in a 2-2 match, before coming up short against Middlesbrough in a 1-0 defeat. Most recently, they settled for a 1-1 draw against Cardiff. Wrexham won three of their previous six matches at SToK Cae Ras in the Championship. They drew one and suffered two defeats, scoring ten goals to ten against.
Watford Form
In their last three matches, Watford lost against Coventry by 0-4, beat Crawley by 1-0 winning 2-1 against Southampton. Watford are winless in their last six away games in the Championship, in which they drew one and lost five. They conceded 16 goals while scoring four themselves.
Betting facts for Wrexham and Watford
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Wrexham and Watford played across all tournaments.
- Wrexham have lost the last 3 matches in a row and the sum of goals was under 1.5
- Wrexham have lost the last 3 matches in a row while scoring less than 0.5 goals
- In 5 of the last 6 Wrexham matches the sum of goals was under 1.5
- Wrexham have lost the last 3 matches in a row and the sum of goals was under 2.5
- Wrexham have lost the last 3 matches in a row while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Watford have lost the last 5 away matches in a row in the Championship while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Watford have lost 6 of the last 7 away matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Watford have lost 5 of the last 6 matches in the Championship while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In 8 of the last 10 Watford away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 7 of the last 9 Watford matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
Players on top: Wrexham vs Watford
Josh Windass found the target three times in his previous six matches, whereas Iker Bravo just scored once in a similar number of matches.
Popular markets: Wrexham vs Watford
Full-time result
Wrexham won five of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at SToK Cae Ras. They drew one and lost four as well, while Watford won one of their last 10 games away. They drew three and lost six. Watford conceded a goal in their last 8 matches.
Both teams to score
Wrexham scored first in six of their last ten home games. Curiously, Watford only scored the opening goal of the match in one of the last ten away games. Wrexham probably enjoy the prospect of scoring this coming Saturday, as Watford managed only two clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. The former claimed three clean sheets in their last 10 matches.
Total goals
Wrexham saw over 2.5 goals in three of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.9 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Watford, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of one time goals per game. Watford conceded a goal in their last 8 matches.
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