Championship: Watford vs Leeds – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Championship round 32 match between Watford and Leeds and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Struggling Watford are in for a tough assignment, when going up against Leeds this coming Tuesday at Vicarage Road Stadium. With a string of mediocre performances, at best, it would be astounding to see the former take anything from this encounter.

Leeds have taken the lead in the Championship after collecting 66 points from their initial 31 encounters. Watford trail them by 42 points after 31 rounds, leaving them as number 10 in the table.

Team form: Watford vs Leeds

Watford Form

In their last three matches, Watford lost 2-1 against Coventry, 0-1 against Norwich and drew 2-2 with Sunderland. Watford only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Championship matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew zero and lost four, as they scored seven and conceded nine goals.

Leeds Form

Despite losing their latest outing, results have generally been decent in the last three matches for Leeds. They first took out Cardiff by 7-0 before downing Coventry by 0-2. The winning streak came to an end against Millwall, who ran out 0-2 winners. Leeds managed a decent return of three wins in their last six Championship away matches, in which they scored nine while also conceding four times. They also experienced three draws and zero defeats.

Betting stats for Watford and Leeds

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Watford and Leeds. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

Players on top: Watford vs Leeds

It’s been a great season for Joel Piroe so far with 13 goals to his name across all tournaments this season. He also hit the target four times in his last six games, and no doubt Leeds want him to continue this productive spell against Watfordon Tuesday.

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Full-time result

Watford won five of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing one and losing four as well. Leeds won four from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew four and lost two in this run. Leeds struck a rich vein of form some weeks ago, as they are now without defeat in nothing less than 13 matches in a row. Leeds didn’t lose any of their 6 most recent away games. Watford have not lost to Leeds in 3 consecutive home meetings.

Both teams to score

Watford scored the first goal of the match in four games from a possible ten. Curiously, Leeds only scored the opening goal of the match in three of the last ten away games. Leeds have not conceded a goal in 5 consecutive games. Leeds have kept their opponents from scoring seven times in their previous 10 matches. Meanwhile, Watford have been able to keep a clean sheet in one of their last 10 games. Watford have scored in 5 consecutive home meetings with Leeds.

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 1.1 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in three of Leeds’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of two goals in these matches. Leeds didn’t concede a goal in their last 5 matches.