Watford expected to fight losing battle when facing Manchester City

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Competition: England Premier League
Date: Sat 21.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Etihad Stadium (55097 seats)

It's still early in the Premier League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Manchester City - Watford preview!

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Manchester City form and stats

Only two Premier League home games for Manchester City so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

Manchester City lost their last game at Norwich City (placed 13th) after a 2-3 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Manchester City won a home game hosting Brighton & Hove Albion (4-0).

Manchester City are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Etihad Stadium with maximum points. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. 26 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Manchester City has won 23 times, drawn 1 and lost 2. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Manchester City has won by at least two goals 19 times when in this position.

At Etihad Stadium, Manchester City has the goal stats of 6-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Watford form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Premier League for Watford with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

Watford's last game was the home draw against Arsenal (2-2). Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Newcastle United.

Watford are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found five matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Of the defeats, 3 games were lost by at least two goals margin.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Swansea City in just three days.

Watford have the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 10 Manchester City victories, 0 draws and 0 Watford wins. 8 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

S. Agüero
7 goals / 1 assists
R. Sterling
5 goals
K. De Bruyne
1 goals / 5 assists

Manchester City missing players

Watford missing players

Manchester City Watford
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 0 2 5
3 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 3
16 6 4 Scored S 0 1 4
6 2 0 Conceded C 0 2 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 80%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 60%
100% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 40%
40% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 60%
40% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 40%
 
8.6 10.5 8 Corners For (avg) C F 0 6 6.4
2.2 1.5 1 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 5 4
1.6 1 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • All of Manchester City's matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • Manchester City have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Manchester City have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Manchester City have scored more than double the goals of Watford.
  • Manchester City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Manchester City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Watford have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Watford have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Watford have yet to win a game.
  • Watford haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Manchester City Last season Watford
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
32 18   Won W   6 14
2 0   Drew D   5 8
4 1   Lost L   8 16
95 57   Scored S   26 52
23 12   Conceded C   31 59
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
82% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 87%
61% 74%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 63%
39% 53%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 26%
18% 26%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 16%
45% 53%   BTTS BTTS   58% 61%
53% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 18%
5% 0%   Failed to Score F T   32% 26%
 
7.8 8.1   Corners For (avg) C F   4.5 4.7
2.2 2.1   Corners Against (avg) C A   6.2 5.5
1.2 0.9   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.1
1 0   Red Cards R C   1 4
Key stats last season:
  • Manchester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Watford have scored away.
  • Manchester City have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Manchester City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Manchester City
All Champions League Community Shield International Champions Cup Premier League Club Friendlies Premier League Asia Trophy Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
10-08-19 PL West Ham United 0 - 5 Manchester City
17-08-19 PL Manchester City 2 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur
25-08-19 PL AFC Bournemouth 1 - 3 Manchester City
31-08-19 PL Manchester City 4 - 0 Brighton & Hove Albion
14-09-19 PL Norwich City 3 - 2 Manchester City
18-09-19 CL Shakhtar Donetsk 19:00 Manchester City
21-09-19 PL Manchester City 14:00 Watford
24-09-19 CC Preston North End 18:45 Manchester City
28-09-19 PL Everton 16:30 Manchester City
01-10-19 CL Manchester City 19:00 Dinamo Zagreb
Watford
All Premier League Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
17-08-19 PL Everton 1 - 0 Watford
24-08-19 PL Watford 1 - 3 West Ham United
27-08-19 CC Watford 3 - 0 Coventry City
31-08-19 PL Newcastle United 1 - 1 Watford
15-09-19 PL Watford 2 - 2 Arsenal
21-09-19 PL Manchester City 14:00 Watford
24-09-19 CC Watford 18:45 Swansea City
28-09-19 PL Wolverhampton Wanderers 14:00 Watford
05-10-19 PL Watford 14:00 Sheffield United
19-10-19 PL Tottenham Hotspur 14:00 Watford

  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 5 5 0 0 15 4 3 3 0 0 10 3 2 2 0 0 5 1 11 15
2 Manchester City 5 3 1 1 16 6 2 1 1 0 6 2 3 2 0 1 10 4 10 10
3 Tottenham Hotspur 5 2 2 1 11 6 3 2 0 1 7 2 2 0 2 0 4 4 5 8
4 Manchester United 5 2 2 1 8 4 3 2 0 1 6 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 4 8
5 Leicester City 5 2 2 1 6 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 8
6 Chelsea 5 2 2 1 11 11 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 2 0 1 8 8 0 8
7 Arsenal 5 2 2 1 8 8 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 1 1 1 4 5 0 8
8 West Ham United 5 2 2 1 6 7 2 1 0 1 2 5 3 1 2 0 4 2 -1 8
9 AFC Bournemouth 5 2 1 2 8 9 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 7
10 Southampton 5 2 1 2 5 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 3 3 -1 7
11 Everton 5 2 1 2 5 7 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 0 1 2 1 5 -2 7
12 Crystal Palace 5 2 1 2 3 6 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 2 6 -3 7
13 Norwich City 5 2 0 3 9 12 3 2 0 1 8 6 2 0 0 2 1 6 -3 6
14 Burnley 5 1 2 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1 5
15 Sheffield United 5 1 2 2 5 6 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 -1 5
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 5 1 2 2 5 8 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 3 4 -3 5
17 Aston Villa 5 1 1 3 4 6 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 4
18 Newcastle United 5 1 1 3 4 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 3 6 -4 4
19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 0 3 2 6 10 3 0 2 1 4 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 -4 3
20 Watford 5 0 2 3 4 10 3 0 1 2 3 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 -6 2

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