Watford are putting faith in their home following to assist them when playing this game with Brighton & Hove Albion. Who wins at Vicarage Road?
- Watford have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premier League
- Brighton & Hove Albion have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Premier League
The hosts Watford saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premier League. That game was an away game at West Ham United, so at least Watford are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Watford form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Watford have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses from their games here at Vicarage Road. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts.
Watford haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 272 minutes ago. Pedro scored that one.
Watford faced defeat in their previous match, away at West Ham United (0-1). Defender Cathcart got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.63/10. Cathcart won 3 of 4 duels.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Burnley that finished 0-0.Watford are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (25 from 11 played).
Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats
The visitors are W3-D7-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. With three draws in a row for Brighton & Hove Albion the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Bissouma got a match rating of 8.11 in that game, top player of the team. Bissouma scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 6 of 7 times and had 65 successful passes (of 71 total).
A 1-1 draw at Leicester City's stadium before that.Brighton & Hove Albion have another fixture away in just three days, a Premier League game versus Manchester United. A strenuous schedule for them!
Brighton are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 11 games (in the league). 12 goals have been conceded by Brighton & Hove Albion in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have met before this season: Brighton & Hove Albion - Watford 2-0. Watford-Brighton & Hove Albion H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Watford three wins, Brighton & Hove Albion three wins, four draws. one of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Dennis 8 goals |   N. Maupay 7 goals |  I. Sarr 5 goals |
Watford missing players
Brighton & Hove Albion missing players
| Watford | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 23 |
| 41 | 25 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 91% | 86% |
| 68% | 82% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 82% | 77% |
| 50% | 64% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 27% | 23% |
| 36% | 45% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 18% | 14% |
| 27% | 36% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 9% | 9% |
| 50% | 55% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 73% | 59% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 18% | 27% |
| 50% | 45% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 18% | 27% |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.9 | 5.4 |
| 5.7 | 5.6 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.3 | 5.5 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.5 | 11.9 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.2 | 12.3 |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
| 26% | 22% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 29% | 28% |
| 14.4 | 14.5 | 14.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 12.4 | 12 |
| 4.7 | 5.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4 |
- Brighton & Hove Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Premier League
- Watford have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Watford have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Watford have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Premier League
- Watford have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premier League
- Watford have the fewest points (7) at home in Premier League
- Watford have the most conceded goals (25) at home in Premier League
- Watford have the the worst goal difference (-14) at home in Premier League
- Watford haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 41 | 57 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 58 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 39 | 48 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 48 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 30 | 47 |
| 4 | West Ham United | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 40 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 39 |
| 6 | Arsenal | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 36 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 36 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 34 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 30 |
| 10 | Leicester City | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 21 | -3 | 26 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | Southampton | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -8 | 25 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -3 | 24 |
| 14 | Brentford | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -12 | 23 |
| 15 | Leeds United | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 23 | -16 | 22 |
| 16 | Everton | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -13 | 19 |
| 17 | Newcastle United | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | -20 | 18 |
| 18 | Norwich City | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 25 | -32 | 16 |
| 19 | Watford | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 16 | -18 | 15 |
| 20 | Burnley | 20 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 14 |
- Watford
- Watford Observer - (local newspaper)
- Brighton & Hove Albion
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