Chelsea supporters expect points in home game versus Watford

It's no vacation for neither Chelsea nor Watford as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Watford are struggling to avoid relegation.

Chelsea form and stats

9 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Chelsea have to build on here at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League. After failing to beat Manchester United here at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

A nice win for Chelsea last time playing, versus Watford. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Willian, Ross Barkley and Olivier Giroud scoring for the victors. Prior to that, an away loss at West Ham United.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Chelsea home games with this odds we find 15 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in ten wins, three draws and two defeats. Looking at the victories, seven matches were won by at least two goals.

Chelsea have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stamford Bridge with 27 goals in 17 league matches. From these home matches, Chelsea have conceded only 16 goals.

Watford form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Watford so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-11 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Watford as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Brighton & Hove Albion match. Recent form does not give Watford much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Chelsea will be a tough nut to crack.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Watford, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Chelsea (placed 4th). A loss against Southampton was the result prior to that, in a home game.

It's a bit worrying for Watford that their goalkeeper Ben Foster made six saves in the Chelsea game last time out, but still couldn''t prevent the loss.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Watford played away with similar odds. This revealed five games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected five times.

The attacking power of Watford when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 17 league matches away. In the opposite end, Watford have conceded 31 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Chelsea - Watford 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Chelsea seven wins, two draws and Watford one victory. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

K. Bakumo-Abraham 13 goals

W. Borges da Silva 9 goals

C. Pulisic 7 goals

Chelsea missing players

Watford missing players

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Liverpool	32	28	2	2	70	25	16	16	0	0	44	12	16	12	2	2	26	13	45	86
2	Manchester City	32	21	3	8	81	33	16	12	2	2	45	12	16	9	1	6	36	21	48	66
3	Leicester City	33	17	7	9	63	31	17	10	4	3	33	15	16	7	3	6	30	16	32	58
4	Chelsea	33	17	6	10	60	44	17	9	3	5	27	16	16	8	3	5	33	28	16	57
5	Manchester United	33	15	10	8	56	33	17	10	5	2	37	14	16	5	5	6	19	19	23	55
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	13	13	7	45	36	17	6	7	4	22	19	16	7	6	3	23	17	9	52
7	Arsenal	33	12	13	8	49	41	16	8	5	3	30	20	17	4	8	5	19	21	8	49
8	Sheffield United	32	12	11	9	33	32	16	8	3	5	20	14	16	4	8	4	13	18	1	47
9	Tottenham Hotspur	32	12	9	11	51	44	16	9	3	4	30	16	16	3	6	7	21	28	7	45
10	Burnley	32	13	6	13	36	45	16	8	2	6	21	19	16	5	4	7	15	26	-9	45
11	Everton	32	12	8	12	40	47	16	8	5	3	21	16	16	4	3	9	19	31	-7	44
12	Newcastle United	32	11	9	12	33	43	16	6	7	3	16	13	16	5	2	9	17	30	-10	42
13	Crystal Palace	33	11	9	13	28	40	16	6	4	6	12	14	17	5	5	7	16	26	-12	42
14	Southampton	32	12	4	16	41	55	16	4	2	10	16	33	16	8	2	6	25	22	-14	40
15	Brighton & Hove Albion	33	8	12	13	35	44	16	5	6	5	19	19	17	3	6	8	16	25	-9	36
16	West Ham United	32	8	6	18	38	56	16	5	3	8	26	30	16	3	3	10	12	26	-18	30
17	Watford	33	6	10	17	29	52	16	4	6	6	18	21	17	2	4	11	11	31	-23	28
18	Aston Villa	32	7	6	19	36	60	16	5	3	8	19	27	16	2	3	11	17	33	-24	27
19	AFC Bournemouth	33	7	6	20	32	59	16	4	5	7	18	27	17	3	1	13	14	32	-27	27
20	Norwich City	33	5	6	22	25	61	17	4	3	10	19	31	16	1	3	12	6	30	-36	21