Early betting lines indicate Chelsea advantage hosting Watford at Stamford Bridge

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 04.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stamford Bridge (41798 seats)

The league table in Premier League tells a story about these teams so far, with Chelsea leading Watford by 29 points. Match preview to follow:

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.

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Chelsea form and stats

Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Chelsea are 9-3-5 (wins-draw-losses). Ever since the Manchester United game Chelsea has been unbeatable here at Stamford Bridge producing four straight wins.

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 was the away defeat visiting West Ham United (2-3).

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.

A decent goal production from Chelsea in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 17 league matches. Chelsea have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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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. Three has not been a lucky number for Watford as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Leicester City match.

Watford play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Chelsea (placed 4th). A 1-3 loss hosting Southampton before that.

Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster had a great day against Chelsea, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided.

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 visitors have scored 11 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Watford's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 31 goals from these trips.

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. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Chelsea, two draws and one win for Watford. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

ChelseaK. Bakumo-Abraham
K. Bakumo-Abraham
13 goals
ChelseaW. Borges da Silva
W. Borges da Silva
9 goals
ChelseaC. Pulisic
C. Pulisic
7 goals

Chelsea missing players

Watford missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Chelsea Watford
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 17 5 Played P 5 17 33
17 9 2 Won W 0 2 6
6 3 0 Drew D 0 4 10
10 5 3 Lost L 5 11 17
60 27 4 Scored S 0 11 29
44 16 5 Conceded C 17 31 52
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
88% 82% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 79%
67% 53% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 35% 48%
36% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 6% 15%
15% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 6%
61% 41% 20% BTTS BTTS 0% 35% 39%
21% 35% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 27%
18% 24% 60% Failed to Score F T 100% 53% 45%
 
6.7 7.4 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.4 4.5
3.4 3.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 5.6 5.2
1.7 1.5 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 2 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
548 294 97 Total Shots T S 38 148 367
194 106 33 Shots on Target S O 13 49 104
31% 25% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 28%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Chelsea have scored more than double the goals of Watford.
  • Chelsea have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Chelsea haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 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

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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 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

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.