Premier League preview: Can Arsenal edge out victory against Watford?

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 26.July
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Emirates Stadium (60272 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Arsenal are in the 10th position while the guesting Watford worry at 18th.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

Arsenal are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Watford are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Arsenal form and stats

Arsenal have collected 33 points from their Premier League home games so far after 9-6-3.

In their previous game, the manager M. Arteta Amatriain led his Arsenal to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Aston Villa. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Emirates Stadium. Before that, Arsenal had a FA Cup home game versus Manchester City which ended with a victory 2-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Arsenal handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, one draw and one defeat.

Arsenal have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Emirates Stadium with 33 goals in 18 league matches. 22 goals have been conceded.

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Watford form and stats

There's been little loot from Watford's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 18 away games in the Premier League. Watford only have 2 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 4 draws. A depressing five defeats in a row for Watford in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Brighton & Hove Albion.

Watford might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Manchester City proved too strong as Watford slumped to a 0-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Vicarage Road. Prior to that match, the Watford manager H. Mullins faced defeat when travelling to West Ham United and losing 1-3.

Watford lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one. Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster had a great day against Manchester City, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided.

Watford are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and three defeats. From a total of five matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Watford as they have only managed to score 12 times from 18 away games in the league. Watford struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 34 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Watford - Arsenal 2-2 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (Arsenal wins - draws - Watford wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ArsenalP. Aubameyang
P. Aubameyang
20 goals
ArsenalA. Lacazette
A. Lacazette
10 goals
WatfordT. Deeney
T. Deeney
9 goals

Arsenal missing players

Watford missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Arsenal Watford
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 6 18 37
13 9 4 Won W 0 2 8
14 6 1 Drew D 3 4 10
10 3 1 Lost L 3 12 19
53 33 12 Scored S 4 12 34
46 22 6 Conceded C 7 34 61
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
81% 89% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 83% 81%
54% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 39% 54%
32% 39% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 19%
5% 11% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 5%
59% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 39% 43%
27% 28% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 24%
19% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 43%
 
6.1 6.9 9.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.3 4.3
6 5.6 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.8 5.3
2.3 2.3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.1
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
386 206 75 Total Shots T S 50 162 409
148 84 28 Shots on Target S O 17 52 116
36% 39% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 23% 29%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Arsenal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Arsenal have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Watford have scored away.
  • Arsenal haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Watford have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Watford haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 37 31 3 3 82 32 19 18 1 0 52 16 18 13 2 3 30 16 50 96
2 Manchester City 37 25 3 9 97 35 18 14 2 2 52 13 19 11 1 7 45 22 62 78
3 Manchester United 37 17 12 8 64 36 19 10 7 2 40 17 18 7 5 6 24 19 28 63
4 Chelsea 37 19 6 12 67 54 18 10 3 5 28 16 19 9 3 7 39 38 13 63
5 Leicester City 37 18 8 11 67 39 18 11 4 3 35 15 19 7 4 8 32 24 28 62
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 15 14 8 51 38 19 8 7 4 27 19 18 7 7 4 24 19 13 59
7 Tottenham Hotspur 37 16 10 11 60 46 19 12 3 4 36 17 18 4 7 7 24 29 14 58
8 Sheffield United 37 14 12 11 38 36 19 10 3 6 24 15 18 4 9 5 14 21 2 54
9 Burnley 37 15 9 13 42 48 18 8 4 6 23 21 19 7 5 7 19 27 -6 54
10 Arsenal 37 13 14 10 53 46 18 9 6 3 33 22 19 4 8 7 20 24 7 53
11 Everton 37 13 10 14 43 53 18 8 7 3 23 18 19 5 3 11 20 35 -10 49
12 Southampton 37 14 7 16 48 59 18 5 3 10 18 34 19 9 4 6 30 25 -11 49
13 Newcastle United 37 11 11 15 37 55 18 6 8 4 19 18 19 5 3 11 18 37 -18 44
14 Crystal Palace 37 11 9 17 30 49 18 6 4 8 14 19 19 5 5 9 16 30 -19 42
15 West Ham United 37 10 8 19 48 61 18 6 3 9 29 32 19 4 5 10 19 29 -13 38
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 37 8 14 15 37 53 19 5 7 7 20 27 18 3 7 8 17 26 -16 38
17 Aston Villa 37 9 7 21 40 66 19 7 3 9 22 30 18 2 4 12 18 36 -26 34
18 Watford 37 8 10 19 34 61 19 6 6 7 22 27 18 2 4 12 12 34 -27 34
19 AFC Bournemouth 37 8 7 22 37 64 19 5 6 8 22 30 18 3 1 14 15 34 -27 31
20 Norwich City 37 5 6 26 26 70 19 4 3 12 19 37 18 1 3 14 7 33 -44 21

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  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 37 31 3 3 82 32 19 18 1 0 52 16 18 13 2 3 30 16 50 96
2 Manchester City 37 25 3 9 97 35 18 14 2 2 52 13 19 11 1 7 45 22 62 78
3 Manchester United 37 17 12 8 64 36 19 10 7 2 40 17 18 7 5 6 24 19 28 63
4 Chelsea 37 19 6 12 67 54 18 10 3 5 28 16 19 9 3 7 39 38 13 63
5 Leicester City 37 18 8 11 67 39 18 11 4 3 35 15 19 7 4 8 32 24 28 62
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 15 14 8 51 38 19 8 7 4 27 19 18 7 7 4 24 19 13 59
7 Tottenham Hotspur 37 16 10 11 60 46 19 12 3 4 36 17 18 4 7 7 24 29 14 58
8 Sheffield United 37 14 12 11 38 36 19 10 3 6 24 15 18 4 9 5 14 21 2 54
9 Burnley 37 15 9 13 42 48 18 8 4 6 23 21 19 7 5 7 19 27 -6 54
10 Arsenal 37 13 14 10 53 46 18 9 6 3 33 22 19 4 8 7 20 24 7 53
11 Everton 37 13 10 14 43 53 18 8 7 3 23 18 19 5 3 11 20 35 -10 49
12 Southampton 37 14 7 16 48 59 18 5 3 10 18 34 19 9 4 6 30 25 -11 49
13 Newcastle United 37 11 11 15 37 55 18 6 8 4 19 18 19 5 3 11 18 37 -18 44
14 Crystal Palace 37 11 9 17 30 49 18 6 4 8 14 19 19 5 5 9 16 30 -19 42
15 West Ham United 37 10 8 19 48 61 18 6 3 9 29 32 19 4 5 10 19 29 -13 38
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 37 8 14 15 37 53 19 5 7 7 20 27 18 3 7 8 17 26 -16 38
17 Aston Villa 37 9 7 21 40 66 19 7 3 9 22 30 18 2 4 12 18 36 -26 34
18 Watford 37 8 10 19 34 61 19 6 6 7 22 27 18 2 4 12 12 34 -27 34
19 AFC Bournemouth 37 8 7 22 37 64 19 5 6 8 22 30 18 3 1 14 15 34 -27 31
20 Norwich City 37 5 6 26 26 70 19 4 3 12 19 37 18 1 3 14 7 33 -44 21

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