Chelsea are huge odds-on favourites to win home game vs Watford

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 22.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stamford Bridge (41798 seats)

Three points is the only outcome that will suffice for the Chelsea club members in this Stamford Bridge duel with Watford, seeing as they have a healthy lead on the away team in the Premier League table.

Insights:
  • Chelsea have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Watford have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Premier League

Chelsea are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Watford it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

Chelsea have less rest than Watford in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Leicester City, was also a home game here at Stamford Bridge. The away team is better rested.

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Chelsea form and stats

8 victories, 7 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Chelsea have to build on here at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League. Two draws in a row at home now for Chelsea.

Chelsea drew their last game, also a home match. Leicester City (placed 9th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. James (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.13/10. James served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 88 successful passes (of 95 total).

Chelsea have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stamford Bridge with 35 goals in 18 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Chelsea have conceded 21 goals.

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Watford form and stats

There's been little loot from Watford's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 18 away games in the Premier League. Watford only have 4 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 3 draws. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Watford are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Watford might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Leicester City proved too strong as Watford slumped to a 1-5 defeat in front of their own fans at Vicarage Road. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Leicester City was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind. The attacker Sema got a match rating of 7.61 in that game. Sema hit four key passes.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Everton.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Watford as they have only managed to score 16 times from 18 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Watford have conceded 29 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Watford - Chelsea 1-2 was the outcome when these sides previously did battle, also in this season. Chelsea-Watford H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Chelsea eight wins, Watford one win, one draw. nine of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ChelseaM. Mount
M. Mount
11 goals
WatfordE. Dennis
E. Dennis
10 goals
ChelseaR. Lukaku Menama
R. Lukaku Menama
8 goals

Chelsea missing players

Watford missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Chelsea Watford
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 5 18 37
20 8 4 Won W 0 4 6
11 7 2 Drew D 1 3 5
6 3 0 Lost L 4 11 26
74 35 18 Scored S 1 16 33
32 21 5 Conceded C 9 29 75
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 89% 92%
78% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 56% 70%
51% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 39% 54%
32% 39% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 28% 35%
16% 22% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 17% 27%
49% 61% 67% BTTS BTTS 20% 39% 49%
43% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 17% 11%
11% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 80% 56% 49%
 
6.4 7.5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.2 4.3
4 3.7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.6 6.7 6.2
1.7 1.8 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.6 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
15.7 17.3 20.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 9.7 10.6
5.5 5.8 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.6 3.1 3.4
37% 34% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 29% 27%
 
8.9 8.8 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 18.4 15.5 14.7
3.2 3.3 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 4.4 4.9
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Chelsea have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • 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 at home.
  • Watford have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Watford have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Premier League
  • Watford have the most conceded goals in the first half (36) in Premier League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 37 28 6 3 96 24 18 14 2 2 55 13 19 14 4 1 41 11 72 90
2 Liverpool 37 27 8 2 91 25 18 14 4 0 46 8 19 13 4 2 45 17 66 89
3 Chelsea 37 20 11 6 74 32 18 8 7 3 35 21 19 12 4 3 39 11 42 71
4 Tottenham Hotspur 37 21 5 11 64 40 19 13 1 5 38 19 18 8 4 6 26 21 24 68
5 Arsenal 37 21 3 13 56 47 18 12 2 4 30 16 19 9 1 9 26 31 9 66
6 Manchester United 37 16 10 11 57 56 19 10 5 4 32 22 18 6 5 7 25 34 1 58
7 West Ham United 37 16 8 13 59 48 19 9 5 5 33 26 18 7 3 8 26 22 11 56
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 15 6 16 37 40 19 7 3 9 20 25 18 8 3 7 17 15 -3 51
9 Leicester City 37 13 10 14 58 58 18 9 4 5 30 22 19 4 6 9 28 36 0 49
10 Brighton & Hove Albion 37 11 15 11 39 43 18 4 7 7 16 22 19 7 8 4 23 21 -4 48
11 Brentford 37 13 7 17 47 54 18 7 3 8 21 19 19 6 4 9 26 35 -7 46
12 Newcastle United 37 12 10 15 42 61 19 8 6 5 26 27 18 4 4 10 16 34 -19 46
13 Crystal Palace 37 10 15 12 49 46 18 6 8 4 26 17 19 4 7 8 23 29 3 45
14 Aston Villa 37 13 6 18 50 51 19 6 5 8 29 29 18 7 1 10 21 22 -1 45
15 Southampton 37 9 13 15 42 63 19 6 7 6 23 24 18 3 6 9 19 39 -21 40
16 Everton 37 11 6 20 42 61 19 9 2 8 27 25 18 2 4 12 15 36 -19 39
17 Burnley 37 7 14 16 33 51 18 5 6 7 17 23 19 2 8 9 16 28 -18 35
18 Leeds United 37 8 11 18 40 78 19 4 6 9 19 38 18 4 5 9 21 40 -38 35
19 Watford 37 6 5 26 33 75 19 2 2 15 17 46 18 4 3 11 16 29 -42 23
20 Norwich City 37 5 7 25 23 79 18 3 3 12 12 38 19 2 4 13 11 41 -56 22

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 37 28 6 3 96 24 18 14 2 2 55 13 19 14 4 1 41 11 72 90
2 Liverpool 37 27 8 2 91 25 18 14 4 0 46 8 19 13 4 2 45 17 66 89
3 Chelsea 37 20 11 6 74 32 18 8 7 3 35 21 19 12 4 3 39 11 42 71
4 Tottenham Hotspur 37 21 5 11 64 40 19 13 1 5 38 19 18 8 4 6 26 21 24 68
5 Arsenal 37 21 3 13 56 47 18 12 2 4 30 16 19 9 1 9 26 31 9 66
6 Manchester United 37 16 10 11 57 56 19 10 5 4 32 22 18 6 5 7 25 34 1 58
7 West Ham United 37 16 8 13 59 48 19 9 5 5 33 26 18 7 3 8 26 22 11 56
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 15 6 16 37 40 19 7 3 9 20 25 18 8 3 7 17 15 -3 51
9 Leicester City 37 13 10 14 58 58 18 9 4 5 30 22 19 4 6 9 28 36 0 49
10 Brighton & Hove Albion 37 11 15 11 39 43 18 4 7 7 16 22 19 7 8 4 23 21 -4 48
11 Brentford 37 13 7 17 47 54 18 7 3 8 21 19 19 6 4 9 26 35 -7 46
12 Newcastle United 37 12 10 15 42 61 19 8 6 5 26 27 18 4 4 10 16 34 -19 46
13 Crystal Palace 37 10 15 12 49 46 18 6 8 4 26 17 19 4 7 8 23 29 3 45
14 Aston Villa 37 13 6 18 50 51 19 6 5 8 29 29 18 7 1 10 21 22 -1 45
15 Southampton 37 9 13 15 42 63 19 6 7 6 23 24 18 3 6 9 19 39 -21 40
16 Everton 37 11 6 20 42 61 19 9 2 8 27 25 18 2 4 12 15 36 -19 39
17 Burnley 37 7 14 16 33 51 18 5 6 7 17 23 19 2 8 9 16 28 -18 35
18 Leeds United 37 8 11 18 40 78 19 4 6 9 19 38 18 4 5 9 21 40 -38 35
19 Watford 37 6 5 26 33 75 19 2 2 15 17 46 18 4 3 11 16 29 -42 23
20 Norwich City 37 5 7 25 23 79 18 3 3 12 12 38 19 2 4 13 11 41 -56 22

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