Ace Football previews the Championship round 13 match between Norwich and Watford and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.
Watford go up against Norwich on Saturday for a Championship meeting at Carrow Road.
Norwich are number 20 in the table on 12 points after 12 matches. Watford rank as number 21 with 11 points after 12 matches played.
Team form: Norwich vs Watford
Norwich Form
Norwich suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches, as they were run over by Southampton in a 0-1 defeat. Portsmouth also proved too hard to handle, as they won 0-1, before Norwich were able to strike back last time out in a 1-3 win against Charlton. Norwich managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Championship. In the remaining four, they drew zero and lost four, as they scored ten and conceded ten goals.
Watford Form
In their previous three outings, Watford lost 5-1 against Cardiff, beat Charlton 2-0 and lost 1-0 against Wolverhampton. Watford are winless in their last six away games in the Championship, in which they drew one and lost five. They conceded 11 goals while scoring two themselves.
Betting stats for Norwich and Watford
Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Norwich and Watford. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.
- In 18 of the last 20 Norwich home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Norwich have lost the last 3 matches in a row while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Norwich have lost the last 3 matches in a row in the Championship while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In 6 of the last 8 Norwich matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Norwich have lost the last 3 matches in a row and the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Watford have lost 9 of the last 10 away matches in the Championship while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Watford have lost 10 of the last 12 away matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Watford have lost 6 of the last 8 matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Watford have lost 6 of the last 8 matches in the Championship while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In 9 of the last 11 Watford matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
In-form players: Norwich vs Watford
Mohamed Toure found the target one times in his previous six matches, whereas Jordan Zemura just scored once in a similar number of matches.
Betting markets: Norwich vs Watford
Full-time result
Norwich won three of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Carrow Road. They drew two and lost five as well, while Watford won zero of their last 10 games away. They drew two and lost eight.
Both teams to score
Norwich scored the first goal of the match in five of their previous ten games. Interestingly, Watford scored the opening goal of the match in just two of their last ten games. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Norwich managed to keep a clean sheet in zero of the last 10 games, Watford kept their opponent from scoring in one of their last 10 matches. Watford have scored in 8 consecutive meetings with Norwich when playing at away ground.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Norwich, who scored an average of 1.5 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Watford, who managed to score 0.7 times in those matches. Astonishingly, Norwich conceded a goal in their last 19 matches.
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