Pre-match info: 19 points are the diference between the sides so far, Manchester City having done best. Will Watford strike back?
- Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Manchester City is in the best form (5-0-1) in Premier League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Watford and Manchester City.
Watford form and stats
Watford's results here at Vicarage Road in the Premier League have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
The Watford fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here at Vicarage Road: A 1-2 defeat against Chelsea (placed 1st). Midfielder Emmanuel Dennis was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.81 (out of ten) in that game. Dennis scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Leicester City.The Watford fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. Watford are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (14 from 7 played). When Watford hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Southampton, Norwich City, Leeds United, Everton, Newcastle United and Burnley), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Manchester City form and stats
Manchester City's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Manchester City collect 16 points from their 7 away matches in the Premier League. 5 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat). The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. City hope to make it five in this match.
Two travels in a row for Manchester City, whose manager J. Guardiola i Sala could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Aston Villa. The attacker Gabriel Jesus got a match rating of 7.84 in that game. Jesus served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times and had 24 successful passes (of 27 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against West Ham United.Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with City given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 13 matches with 13 wins as expected, zero draws and zero surprise home wins. The favourites won ten of these games by at least two goals.
The schedule is very tough for Manchester City now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Champions League game at RB Leipzig is waiting in only three days.
City has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. It's not easy to score on City as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - zero - ten (Watford wins - draws - Manchester City wins). As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Dennis 6 goals |  I. Sarr 5 goals |  J. King 5 goals |
Watford missing players
Manchester City missing players
| Watford | Manchester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 12 | 29 |
| 26 | 14 | 9 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 93% |
| 71% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 71% |
| 50% | 57% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 43% | 43% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 36% | 43% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 50% | 57% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 57% |
| 50% | 43% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8.7 | 8.4 |
| 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.9 | 2.9 |
| 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.7 | 12 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 17.9 | 17.9 |
| 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.3 | 6.4 |
| 32% | 27% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 32% |
| 14.4 | 13.4 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7.9 | 6.6 |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 5.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Premier League
- Manchester City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Manchester City is in the best form (5-0-1) in Premier League
- Watford have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Watford haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chelsea | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 27 | 33 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 32 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 31 | 31 |
| 4 | West Ham United | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 21 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Leicester City | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -3 | 19 |
| 9 | Tottenham Hotspur | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 19 |
| 10 | Manchester United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 11 | Brentford | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 16 |
| 14 | Everton | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 15 | Leeds United | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 | Southampton | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 15 |
| 17 | Watford | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 13 |
| 18 | Burnley | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 10 |
| 19 | Norwich City | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17 | -20 | 10 |
| 20 | Newcastle United | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -14 | 7 |
- Watford
- Watford Observer - (local newspaper)
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- Manchester Evening News - (local newspaper)