Championship: Watford vs West Ham – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Championship round 3 match between Watford and West Ham and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Watford hope to live up to their early billing as the Championship title favourites on Saturday when they welcome West Ham over to the Vicarage Road Stadium for a round 3 match.

The current difference in the Championship standings between the two teams clashing at Vicarage Road Stadium on Saturday is three points.

Form: Watford vs West Ham

Watford Form

Judging by their last three matches, we can expect a bit of everything from Watford at the moment. Against Southampton, they came out on top in a 2-1 win, before drawing 1-1 against Wrexham. Most recently, they were left reeling in a 1-5 defeat against Peterborough. Watford managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Championship. In the remaining four, they drew two and lost two, as they scored six and conceded nine goals.

West Ham Form

In their last three matches, West Ham drew 2-2 with Burnley, lost 1-2 against Charlton and beat Southampton 1-4. West Ham claimed a remarkable four wins from six away matches in the Championship, going undefeated as they also drew twice. They also banged in 13 goals, whilst conceding five.

Betting facts for Watford and West Ham

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 Watford and West Ham played across all tournaments.

In-form players: Watford vs West Ham

Despite scoring just once in six Championship games, Watford hope Iker Bravo adds to his collection of goals sooner rather than later. Meanwhile, The Hammers put their faith in Joel Piroe to handle the home side defence and double up on his recent strike rate of one goal in six Championship games.

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Full-time result

Watford claimed a modest four wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing four. West Ham won two of their last 10 games away, drew five and lost three of the games in this run. Good luck taking on West Ham currently, as they look back on an excellent streak of 11 away games without defeat. West Ham have beaten Watford in 5 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Watford scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. West Ham scored the opening goal in four of a possible ten games. Watford managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments. West Ham have scored in 3 consecutive meetings with Watford when playing at away ground.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Watford, who scored an average of 1.2 goals along the way. Of the last ten games for West Ham, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 2.1 times goals per game. Somehow Watford failed to keep a clean sheet in their previous 9 matches. West Ham are on a fine streak of scoring at least one goal in their last 19 matches.