An important duel in the bottom section of the Premier League, with both Watford and Norwich City experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 17th and the visitors in 20th place.
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 Norwich City.
Relegation threatens Watford who should definitely be looking for some points here. Norwich are struggling to avoid relegation.
Watford form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Watford have managed 4 wins, 6 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 16 games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Watford to get some points in this home game.
No payout for Watford in their previous match, an away game at Chelsea that ended in defeat 0-3. Ahead of that match, Watford lost 1-3 at home to Southampton.
Watford's goalkeeper Ben Foster was extremely busy against Chelsea, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Watford's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won four matches, drawn two and lost zero.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Newcastle United are coming to town in four days.
The Watford fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 16 matches. On the other hand, Watford have conceded 21 goals.
Norwich City form and stats
There's been little loot from Norwich City's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 16 away games in the Premier League. Norwich City, who have the most conceded goals (61) in Premier League, only have 1 win to counter their 12 defeats and 3 draws. With the Norwich City losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Norwich City's last three away games as they have all been lost.
J. Lewis was the last player to score for the away team. Norwich haven't scored a league goal in the last 470 minutes.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Brighton & Hove Albion with 0-1 on the scoreboard. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Arsenal wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Norwich playing away, we found three games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and two home wins.
A new game in only four days for Norwich, the Premier League home match versus West Ham United. Busy days.
Goals are few and far between in Norwich's away league games. Only 6 goals from 16 travels. Norwich City's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 30 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Norwich City - Watford 0-2 played earlier this season. Watford-Norwich City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Watford four wins, Norwich City five wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Pukki 11 goals |   T. Deeney 6 goals |  T. Cantwell 6 goals |
Watford missing players
Norwich City missing players
| Watford | Norwich City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 33 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 29 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 25 |
| 52 | 21 | 9 | Conceded | C | 7 | 30 | 61 |
| 88% | 75% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | 94% |
| 79% | 75% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 75% | 73% |
| 48% | 62% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 38% | 48% |
| 15% | 25% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 19% | 30% |
| 6% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 12% |
| 39% | 44% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 25% | 42% |
| 27% | 44% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 19% | 15% |
| 45% | 38% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 80% | 69% | 48% |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 5.2 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 7.1 | 7 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 367 | 219 | 68 | Total Shots | T S | 54 | 166 | 367 |
| 104 | 55 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 45 | 110 |
| 28% | 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 13% | 23% |