Premier League match preview and statistics: Watford fight Aston Villa

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 14.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vicarage Road (22200 seats)

It's the first game of the new season for Watford and Aston Villa. The canvas is blank, the possibilities endless.

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Watford form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Watford as they were promoted from Championship last season. Happy days that were secured through 27 wins, 10 draws and 9 losses from 46 games. The team scored 44 goals at home last season and conceded 12. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

Watford have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Watford scored 2 goals and let in 1 goal during these one game.

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Aston Villa form and stats

Let's have a look at how Aston Villa performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 7 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 55 and conceded 46 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 3 and lost 7 with 26/19 goals scored/conceded.

Aston Villa played one friendly in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In these one match Villa scored 4 and conceded 0 goals.

Head 2 Head

As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's three Watford victories, two draws and two Aston Villa wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Watford missing players

Aston Villa missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Watford Aston Villa
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Watford Last season Aston Villa
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   19 38
27 19   Won W   9 16
10 2   Drew D   3 7
9 2   Lost L   7 15
63 44   Scored S   26 55
30 12   Conceded C   19 46
89% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 89%
54% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 71%
28% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 58%
15% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 21%
13% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 11%
35% 35%   BTTS BTTS   47% 50%
50% 61%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 39%
26% 4%   Failed to Score F T   16% 21%
 
5.6 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5.6
4.5 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 5.1
1.8 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.9
2 0   Red cards R C   1 4
 
11.1 11.3   Shots (avg) S (   13.4 13.9
3.5 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 4.9
39% 49%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 29%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Aston Villa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Brentford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Burnley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Chelsea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Crystal Palace 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Everton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Leeds United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Leicester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Liverpool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Manchester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Manchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Newcastle United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Norwich City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Southampton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Tottenham Hotspur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Watford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 West Ham United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 46 29 10 7 75 36 23 14 6 3 39 15 23 15 4 4 36 21 39 97
2 Watford 46 27 10 9 63 30 23 19 2 2 44 12 23 8 8 7 19 18 33 91
3 Brentford 46 24 15 7 79 42 23 12 9 2 39 20 23 12 6 5 40 22 37 87
4 Swansea City 46 23 11 12 56 39 23 12 6 5 27 16 23 11 5 7 29 23 17 80
5 Barnsley 46 23 9 14 58 50 23 12 6 5 30 22 23 11 3 9 28 28 8 78
6 AFC Bournemouth 46 22 11 13 73 46 23 13 3 7 40 24 23 9 8 6 33 22 27 77
7 Reading 46 19 13 14 62 54 23 12 4 7 37 27 23 7 9 7 25 27 8 70
8 Cardiff City 46 18 14 14 66 49 23 8 6 9 37 26 23 10 8 5 29 23 17 68
9 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 11 16 57 55 23 11 4 8 32 27 23 8 7 8 25 28 2 68
10 Middlesbrough 46 18 10 18 55 53 23 11 4 8 30 25 23 7 6 10 25 28 2 64
11 Millwall 46 15 17 14 47 52 23 7 10 6 24 24 23 8 7 8 23 28 -5 62
12 Luton Town 46 17 11 18 41 52 23 8 9 6 25 23 23 9 2 12 16 29 -11 62
13 Preston North End 46 18 7 21 49 56 23 7 5 11 21 24 23 11 2 10 28 32 -7 61
14 Stoke City 46 15 15 16 50 52 23 9 5 9 29 28 23 6 10 7 21 24 -2 60
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 15 12 19 65 54 23 9 7 7 37 28 23 6 5 12 28 26 11 57
16 Coventry City 46 14 13 19 49 61 23 10 7 6 30 22 23 4 6 13 19 39 -12 55
17 Nottingham Forest 46 12 16 18 37 45 23 6 8 9 21 24 23 6 8 9 16 21 -8 52
18 Birmingham City 46 13 13 20 37 61 23 6 4 13 18 37 23 7 9 7 19 24 -24 52
19 Bristol City 46 15 6 25 46 68 23 7 3 13 18 30 23 8 3 12 28 38 -22 51
20 Huddersfield Town 46 12 13 21 50 71 23 8 7 8 28 23 23 4 6 13 22 48 -21 49
21 Derby County 46 11 11 24 36 58 23 6 7 10 20 26 23 5 4 14 16 32 -22 44
22 Wycombe Wanderers 46 11 10 25 39 69 23 7 5 11 17 28 23 4 5 14 22 41 -30 43
23 Rotherham United 46 11 9 26 44 60 23 5 4 14 26 35 23 6 5 12 18 25 -16 42
24 Sheffield Wednesday 46 12 11 23 40 61 23 8 8 7 22 17 23 4 3 16 18 44 -21 41
Last season 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 38 27 5 6 83 32 19 13 2 4 43 17 19 14 3 2 40 15 51 86
2 Manchester United 38 21 11 6 73 44 19 9 4 6 38 28 19 12 7 0 35 16 29 74
3 Liverpool 38 20 9 9 68 42 19 10 3 6 29 20 19 10 6 3 39 22 26 69
4 Chelsea 38 19 10 9 58 36 19 9 6 4 31 18 19 10 4 5 27 18 22 67
5 Leicester City 38 20 6 12 68 50 19 9 1 9 34 30 19 11 5 3 34 20 18 66
6 West Ham United 38 19 8 11 62 47 19 10 4 5 32 22 19 9 4 6 30 25 15 65
7 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 8 12 68 45 19 10 3 6 35 20 19 8 5 6 33 25 23 62
8 Arsenal 38 18 7 13 55 39 19 8 4 7 24 21 19 10 3 6 31 18 16 61
9 Leeds United 38 18 5 15 62 54 19 8 5 6 28 21 19 10 0 9 34 33 8 59
10 Everton 38 17 8 13 47 48 19 6 4 9 24 28 19 11 4 4 23 20 -1 59
11 Aston Villa 38 16 7 15 55 46 19 7 4 8 29 27 19 9 3 7 26 19 9 55
12 Newcastle United 38 12 9 17 46 62 19 6 5 8 26 33 19 6 4 9 20 29 -16 45
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 12 9 17 36 52 19 7 4 8 21 25 19 5 5 9 15 27 -16 45
14 Crystal Palace 38 12 8 18 41 66 19 6 5 8 20 32 19 6 3 10 21 34 -25 44
15 Southampton 38 12 7 19 47 68 19 8 3 8 28 25 19 4 4 11 19 43 -21 43
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 9 14 15 40 46 19 4 9 6 22 22 19 5 5 9 18 24 -6 41
17 Burnley 38 10 9 19 33 55 19 4 6 9 14 27 19 6 3 10 19 28 -22 39
18 Fulham 38 5 13 20 27 53 19 2 4 13 9 28 19 3 9 7 18 25 -26 28
19 West Bromwich Albion 38 5 11 22 35 76 19 3 6 10 15 39 19 2 5 12 20 37 -41 26
20 Sheffield United 38 7 2 29 20 63 19 5 1 13 12 27 19 2 1 16 8 36 -43 23

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

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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.