Watford – Stoke City Prediction & Preview and Betting Tips (28.10.2017)

Watford and Stoke City are leveling up at Vicarage Road Stadium in a match for the 10th round of the Premier League. The record of direct matches of the last 3 years is favorable to the visiting team, who in the last 4 games won 3 and lost 1. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 03-01-2017, ended with the victory of Stoke City for (2-0). The home / off condition deserves particular attention, since despite this being a match between 5th and 18th of the league table, it is actually a clash between the 16th ranked in home games and the 19th as a visitor.

Watford :

After 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, the home team is currently in 5th place with 15 points won. In his last game, he lost to Chelsea outside (4-2), after in the previous game to have won by (2-1) at home, in a match against Arsenal. Curiously, this is a team that has conquered more positive results than in its stadium, since it conquered 10 points as a visitor and only 5 in its stadium. For the championship, the Watford won 5 points in 12 possible, after 1 victory, 2 draws and 1 defeat in the last 4 matches that played in his stadium. His attack has marked regularly, since he scored goals in 7 of the last 9 games for this competition. In 9 games in this competition, only got 1 comeback in all 4 matches in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 7 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period highlighted: he scored 3 of his 7 goals in the minutes (76′-90 ‘).

The Watford have been making a good and surprising campaign in the English championship, but saw their series of 3 games undefeated finish in the last day and now is looking for a recovery to continue at the top of the qualifying table. The team is characterized by a good quality attack, which scored 15 goals and is the sixth best of the Premier League, while the defense, on the other hand, suffered 17 goals and is the fourth weakest, showing an imbalance between the offensive and defensive sectors. Playing at home, as in this match, the Watford has been finding some difficulty to beat, much for the low defensive performance in this type of situation, since it is the team that more goals suffered in this condition, besides that in 2 of his 4 matches before his fans failed to score. For the confrontation with the Stoke, the trainer Marco Silva does not have problems with the equipment that acted in the last day and must repeat the initial eleven.

Stoke City :

After 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses, the home team is currently in 18th place with 8 points. In his last game, he lost to AFC Bournemouth at home for (1-2), after in the previous game having lost out in a match against Manchester City by (7-2). This is a team that is usually more competitive at home, having won 1 point out and 7 in their stadium, with 4 goals scored and 11 suffered as a visitor, against 6 goals scored and 9 suffered at home. In his last 4 games as a visitor to the championship, Stoke City are 1 draw and 3 defeats, so he won 1 point in 12 chances.

For this competition, he did not win any of the last 4 away games. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 8 of the last 9 games, reason why it has not presented great solidity defensive, But its attack has marked regularly, since it marked goals in 7 of the last 9 matches for this competition. In 9 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 6 times and never got the comeback.

Stoke City are having a poor performance in the English league, having lost 4 of the last 5 games and need to recover to try to leave the drop zone. The visiting team has a reasonable attack, which scored 10 goals and is the ninth best of the national championship, while the defense, on the other hand, suffered 20 goals and is the weakest. It is important to note that he suffered 9 goals in the last 2 games for the competition. The Stoke is one of the 4 teams of the Premier League that have not yet won and the most worrying thing is that it is the third team that more goals suffered in the condition of visitor. For the match against Watford, coach Mark Hughes has the important return of midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri, recovered from an injury.