Premier League preview: Can Watford edge out victory against Brighton & Hove Albion?

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Competition: England Premier League
Date: lø 10.august
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vicarage Road Stadium (21577 seats)

Watford and Brighton & Hove Albion supporters have their finest supporter outfits for this first game week of a new Premier League season. Game on!

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Watford form and stats

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Watford handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W0-D1-L3.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Watford friendly games in pre-season: Watford played two friendlies, won 1, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Watford scored 2 goals and conceded 2 in these two games.

Last season, Watford's league statistics were 14 wins, 8 draws and 16 losses, resulting in a 11th position in the Premier League. Over these 38 matches they scored 52 goals and conceded 59. Playing at home last season Watford managed 8-3-8 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 28 conceded.

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Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats

We have checked recent matches where Brighton & Hove Albion have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were W2-D4-L4.

Just as the home team, Brighton & Hove Albion have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 2 Brighton & Hove Albion wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.

Let's have a look at how Brighton & Hove Albion performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 17th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 9 draws and 20 defeats. In total they scored 35 and conceded 60 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 4 and lost 12 with 16/32 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Watford, 4 draws and 2 wins for Brighton & Hove Albion. Over 2,5 goals: 1 time; under 2,5 goals: 9 games.

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Watford Brighton & Hove Albion
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Watford Last season Brighton & Hove Albion
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
38 19   Played   19 38
14 8   Won   3 9
8 3   Drew   4 9
16 8   Lost   12 20
52 26   Scored   16 35
59 28   Conceded   32 60
95% 95%   Over 0.5   95% 95%
87% 84%   Over 1.5   74% 68%
63% 68%   Over 2.5   53% 47%
26% 21%   Over 3.5   21% 26%
16% 16%   Over 4.5   5% 11%
61% 63%   BTTS   53% 53%
18% 21%   Clean Sheets   11% 18%
26% 21%   Failed To Score   42% 34%
 
4.7 4.8   Corners For (avg)   3.5 4.1
5.5 4.8   Corners Against (avg)   6.8 5.7
2.1 2.1   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.7 1.6
4 3   Red Cards   2 4
Key stats last season:
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Watford
All Premier League Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
05-05-19 PL Chelsea 3 - 0 Watford
12-05-19 PL Watford 1 - 4 West Ham United
18-05-19 FAC Manchester City 6 - 0 Watford
18-07-19 CF Ajax 2 - 1 Watford
27-07-19 CF Queens Park Rangers 0 - 1 Watford
10-08-19 PL Watford 14:00 Brighton & Hove Albion
17-08-19 PL Everton 14:00 Watford
24-08-19 PL Watford 14:00 West Ham United
31-08-19 PL Newcastle United 14:00 Watford
15-09-19 PL Watford 15:30 Arsenal
Brighton & Hove Albion
All Premier League Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
05-05-19 PL Arsenal 1 - 1 Brighton & Hove Albion
12-05-19 PL Brighton & Hove Albion 1 - 4 Manchester City
19-07-19 CF Crawley Town 0 - 1 Brighton & Hove Albion
20-07-19 CF Fulham 2 - 1 Brighton & Hove Albion
27-07-19 CF Birmingham City 0 - 4 Brighton & Hove Albion
10-08-19 PL Watford 14:00 Brighton & Hove Albion
17-08-19 PL Brighton & Hove Albion 14:00 West Ham United
24-08-19 PL Brighton & Hove Albion 14:00 Southampton
31-08-19 PL Manchester City 14:00 Brighton & Hove Albion
14-09-19 PL Brighton & Hove Albion 14:00 Burnley

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Manchester City 38 32 2 4 95 23 19 18 0 1 57 12 19 14 2 3 38 11 72 98
2 Liverpool 38 30 7 1 89 22 19 17 2 0 55 10 19 13 5 1 34 12 67 97
3 Chelsea 38 21 9 8 63 39 19 12 6 1 39 12 19 9 3 7 24 27 24 72
4 Tottenham Hotspur 38 23 2 13 67 39 19 12 2 5 34 16 19 11 0 8 33 23 28 71
5 Arsenal 38 21 7 10 73 51 19 14 3 2 42 16 19 7 4 8 31 35 22 70
6 Manchester United 38 19 9 10 65 54 19 10 6 3 33 25 19 9 3 7 32 29 11 66
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 16 9 13 47 46 19 10 4 5 28 21 19 6 5 8 19 25 1 57
8 Everton 38 15 9 14 54 46 19 10 4 5 30 21 19 5 5 9 24 25 8 54
9 Leicester City 38 15 7 16 51 48 19 8 3 8 24 20 19 7 4 8 27 28 3 52
10 West Ham United 38 15 7 16 52 55 19 9 4 6 32 27 19 6 3 10 20 28 -3 52
11 Watford 38 14 8 16 52 59 19 8 3 8 26 28 19 6 5 8 26 31 -7 50
12 Crystal Palace 38 14 7 17 51 53 19 5 5 9 19 23 19 9 2 8 32 30 -2 49
13 Newcastle United 38 12 9 17 42 48 19 8 1 10 24 25 19 4 8 7 18 23 -6 45
14 AFC Bournemouth 38 13 6 19 56 70 19 8 5 6 30 25 19 5 1 13 26 45 -14 45
15 Burnley 38 11 7 20 45 68 19 7 2 10 24 32 19 4 5 10 21 36 -23 40
16 Southampton 38 9 12 17 45 65 19 5 8 6 27 30 19 4 4 11 18 35 -20 39
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 9 9 20 35 60 19 6 5 8 19 28 19 3 4 12 16 32 -25 36
18 Cardiff City 38 10 4 24 34 69 19 6 2 11 21 38 19 4 2 13 13 31 -35 34
19 Fulham 38 7 5 26 34 81 19 6 3 10 22 36 19 1 2 16 12 45 -47 26
20 Huddersfield Town 38 3 7 28 22 76 19 2 3 14 10 31 19 1 4 14 12 45 -54 16

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