Watford – Manchester City SOCCER PICKS
Watford and Manchester City meet at Vicarage Road Stadium, in a match for the 15th round of the Premier League. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the visiting team, which records 3 wins in the last 3 matches. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium was on 09-16-2017, for the Premier League, which ended with Manchester City winning by (0-6). The goals of the match were scored by S. Agüero (27 ‘, 31’ and 81 ‘), Gabriel Jesus (37’), N. Otamendi (63 ‘) and R. Sterling (89’) for Manchester City. Despite being a match between 10th and 1st of the table, it is actually a match between the 6th ranked in home games and the 3rd as a visitor.
Watford:
The home team is currently in the 10 th position of the league, with 20 points won, after 6 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in a home match against Liverpool, by (0-3). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Leicester City, by (2-0). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 12 points in away matches, with 7 goals scored and 8 conceded, against 10 points and scored 11 points. For the league, Watford won 12 points out of 21 possible points, after 4 wins and 3 losses in the last 7 home matches. Defensive consistency has not been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 14 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 8 times and only managed 1 comeback. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 8 home matches for all competitions: they have suffered 4 of their 11 goals between minutes (31′-45 ‘).
The Watford is a club that has not yet managed to win in the Premier League, but that was already runner-up in the competition in the distant 1982/83 season, in addition to an FA Cup final in the 1983/84 season and a title in Ligue 1 (third national division). In the current season, the team has been doing an irregular campaign in the national championship, since it has won 20 of the 42 points played so far, thus being in the middle of the table, far from the first and the last classified. In the last five games that Watford played at home, for the national championship, they all scored more than 2.5 goals for the two teams. We believe that in this match, Watford will play a more open game, in which they will be able to score goals, but they will also have to avoid suffering goals.
Manchester City:
After 12 wins and 2 draws, the away team is currently in the 1 st position of the league, with 38 points won. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against West Ham United, by (0-4). In the last match, they won in a home match against AFC Bournemouth, by (3-1). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they have won 24 points, against only 14 in their away matches. In the last 6 away league matches Manchester City has a record of 4 wins and 2 draws, so they have won 14 points out of 18 possible.
For this competition, it registers a sequence of 6 victories in the last matches and did not lose any of the last 6 games as a visitor. Defensive consistency has been one of their best features, as they have only conceded goals in 3 of the last 10 matches, and their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. This is a team that usually scores many times first: opened the scoring in 12 of its last 14 matches for the Premier League, of these 12 came to the break in advantage in 10 and always managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘.
Manchester City is a club that has won five Premier League titles throughout its history, as well as having five FA Cup titles and one European Cup Winners’ Cup, won in 1969/70. In the current season, the team is again doing a very strong campaign, since it has won 38 of the 42 points played so far, thus being in the isolated leadership of the competition, five points ahead of the second classified. In the last five games that Manchester City played at home, for more than one competition, four of them scored more than 2.5 goals for the two teams. We believe that in this match Manchester City will play another game with several goals, since they can score goals, but they can also suffer goals.
