Championship: Swansea vs Watford – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Championship game between Swansea and Watford who meet up on Tuesday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

Swansea hope to live up to their early billing as the Championship title favourites on Tuesday when they welcome Watford over to the Swansea.com Stadium for a round 4 match.

Swansea find themselves as number 3 in the league table with seven points from their first three matches this campaign. They are two points better off than Watford, who rank as number 9.

Form: Swansea vs Watford

Swansea Form

Swansea are unbeaten in their last three matches, first beating Stoke 1-2, and then drawing 0-0 with Sheffield United. They were back as winners when they defeated Derby 0-3. Swansea 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 eight and conceded eight goals.

Watford Form

Watford have been a tad mediocre in their last three matches where a win has failed to come their way. Against Wrexham, they gained a 1-1 draw, before coming up short against Peterborough, who ran out 1-5 winners. Lately, they finished even in a 1-1 draw with West Ham. Watford came through their last six away games in the Championship without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew one and lost five in which, they were outscored by 16 goals to four.

Betting stats and facts for Swansea and Watford

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Swansea and Watford. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

Players on top: Swansea vs Watford

It is the beginning of a new Championship campaign, and both Swansea and Watford will be looking for their main strikers this season. Accordingly, we have listed some of the in-form players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.

Popular markets: Swansea vs Watford

Full-time result

Swansea claimed all three points three times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing three along the way. They endured defeat in four of the games in this run. Watford won one of their last 10 games away, while drawing three and losing six in this series of matches. Swansea are without defeat in 6 matches on the spin. Amazingly, Watford failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 10 matches.

Both teams to score

Swansea scored the first goal of the match in four games from a possible ten. Watford scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games. Watford managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Swansea, who scored an average of 1.4 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten games for Watford, who scored 1.2 times on average in these matches. Watford conceded a goal in their last 10 matches.