Ace Football previews the Championship game between Watford and Birmingham who meet up on Thursday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Watford enjoy home advantage, when visitors Birmingham swing by this coming Thursday for a clash in the Championship. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.
Watford approach the next Championship round as number 6 in the table, having claimed 38 points this season so far. With 24 games behind them, Birmingham amassed 31 points, placing them as number 15 before their next fixture.
Form: Watford vs Birmingham
Watford Form
In their last three outings, Watford won 1-0 against Stoke, beat Leicester by 1-2 and hammered Norwich 0-1. Watford claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Championship. They also drew three but remained undefeated, as they scored ten and conceded five goals.
Birmingham Form
Birmingham only managed two draws in their last three matches. They started by losing 3-0 at the hands of Sheffield United, before drawing 1-1 with Derby. They secured another draw in their latest encounter against Southampton resulting 1-1. Birmingham are winless in their last six away games in the Championship, in which they drew one and lost five. They conceded 12 goals while scoring four themselves.
Betting stats for Watford and Birmingham
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 Birmingham played across all tournaments.
- In 20 of the last 22 Watford home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 17 of the last 19 Watford home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Watford home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Watford home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 5 of the last 7 Watford matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 21 of the last 23 Birmingham away matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 13 of the last 14 Birmingham away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Birmingham have lost 5 of the last 6 away matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Birmingham have lost 5 of the last 6 away matches in the Championship while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Birmingham have lost the last 3 away matches in a row and the sum of goals was over 2.5
In-form players: Watford vs Birmingham
Luca Kjerrumgaard found the target three times in his previous six matches, whereas Jack Robinson just scored once in a similar number of matches.
Popular markets: Watford vs Birmingham
Full-time result
In their last 10 matches at Vicarage Road Stadium across all tournaments Watford won six times, drew three and lost one times. Birmingham claimed one wins, two draw and seven defeats in their last 10 games away. Watford didn’t lose any of their previous 6 matches. Watford are on a fine streak of 9 matches without defeat at home. Somehow Birmingham failed to keep a clean sheet in their previous 10 matches. Watford have beaten Birmingham in 6 consecutive home league meetings
Both teams to score
Surprisingly, Watford only scored the first goal of the match in three out of their last ten games. Curiously, Birmingham only scored the opening goal of the match in one of the last ten away games. Watford will be optimistic of getting on the scoresheet this coming Thursday, as Birmingham have been unable to keep a single clean sheet in their last 10 games. The former fought their way to two clean sheets in their last 10 games. Watford have scored in 7 consecutive home meetings with Birmingham.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Watford’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.6 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Birmingham, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.3 times goals per game. Watford scored at least one goal in their last 14 matches. Birmingham conceded a goal in their last 10 matches.
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