Match preview Premier League: Watford - Sheffield United at Vicarage Road Stadium

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Competition: England Premier League
Date: Sat 05.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vicarage Road Stadium (21577 seats)

Season ticket holders at Vicarage Road Stadium haven't seen too many victories this season, with Watford languishing in the 20th position so far. The guesting Sheffield United will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Watford form and stats

Three Premier League home games done for Watford, who are not happy collecting 1 point from these matches.

The fans are hoping that Watford will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Premier League game against Wolverhampton Wanderers (placed 13th). Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Swansea City.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Watford handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W0-D1-L4.

The Watford fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 3 in 3 matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Watford have allowed the opposition to score 8 goals here at Vicarage Road Stadium.

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Sheffield United form and stats

Things could have gone better for Sheffield United in their Premier League away matches, but 5 points from 3 games is all right. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Swansea City game have they lost an away game, meaning Sheffield United has taken points from twelve away matches in a row.

Sheffield United failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Liverpool (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-1. A 0-1 loss hosting Sunderland before that.

Sheffield United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of four matches.

The travelling fans enjoy Sheffield United's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away. 3 goals have been conceded by Sheffield United in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Watford 4 wins, 1 draw and Sheffield United 5 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

T. Cleverley
1 goals
W. Hughes
1 goals / 1 assists
R. Pereyra
1 goals

Watford missing players

Sheffield United missing players

Watford Sheffield United
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 1 3 7
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 2
5 2 0 Lost L 0 0 3
4 3 0 Scored S 2 5 7
20 8 0 Conceded C 0 3 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 57%
57% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 29%
43% 67% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 14%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 43%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 29%
57% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 29%
 
6 6.7 0 Corners For (avg) C F 3 3.7 6.3
3.7 3.3 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 12 6 5.3
1.9 1.3 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 1.7 1.6
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
Key stats This season:
  • All of Sheffield United's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Watford's home matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Sheffield United have not yet lost a game away.
  • Sheffield United have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Sheffield United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sheffield United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Watford have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Watford have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Watford have yet to win a game.
  • Watford haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Watford
All Premier League Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
31-08-19 PL Newcastle United 1 - 1 Watford
15-09-19 PL Watford 2 - 2 Arsenal
21-09-19 PL Manchester City 8 - 0 Watford
24-09-19 CC Watford 2 - 1 Swansea City
28-09-19 PL Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 0 Watford
05-10-19 PL Watford 14:00 Sheffield United
19-10-19 PL Tottenham Hotspur 14:00 Watford
26-10-19 PL Watford 14:00 AFC Bournemouth
29-10-19 CC Everton - Watford
02-11-19 PL Watford 17:30 Chelsea
Sheffield United
All Championship Premier League Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
31-08-19 PL Chelsea 2 - 2 Sheffield United
14-09-19 PL Sheffield United 0 - 1 Southampton
21-09-19 PL Everton 0 - 2 Sheffield United
25-09-19 CC Sheffield United 0 - 1 Sunderland
28-09-19 PL Sheffield United 0 - 1 Liverpool
05-10-19 PL Watford 14:00 Sheffield United
21-10-19 PL Sheffield United 19:00 Arsenal
26-10-19 PL West Ham United 14:00 Sheffield United
02-11-19 PL Sheffield United 15:00 Burnley
09-11-19 PL Tottenham Hotspur 15:00 Sheffield United

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 7 7 0 0 18 5 3 3 0 0 10 3 4 4 0 0 8 2 13 21
2 Manchester City 7 5 1 1 27 7 3 2 1 0 14 2 4 3 0 1 13 5 20 16
3 Leicester City 7 4 2 1 13 5 4 3 1 0 10 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 8 14
4 Arsenal 7 3 3 1 12 11 3 2 1 0 7 5 4 1 2 1 5 6 1 12
5 West Ham United 7 3 3 1 10 9 3 2 0 1 4 5 4 1 3 0 6 4 1 12
6 Tottenham Hotspur 7 3 2 2 14 9 4 3 0 1 9 3 3 0 2 1 5 6 5 11
7 Chelsea 7 3 2 2 14 13 4 1 2 1 6 5 3 2 0 1 8 8 1 11
8 AFC Bournemouth 7 3 2 2 13 12 4 1 2 1 7 7 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 11
9 Crystal Palace 7 3 2 2 6 7 4 2 2 0 4 1 3 1 0 2 2 6 -1 11
10 Manchester United 7 2 3 2 9 7 4 2 1 1 7 3 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 9
11 Burnley 7 2 3 2 10 9 3 2 0 1 5 3 4 0 3 1 5 6 1 9
12 Sheffield United 7 2 2 3 7 7 4 1 0 3 2 4 3 1 2 0 5 3 0 8
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 7 1 4 2 9 11 4 1 2 1 6 7 3 0 2 1 3 4 -2 7
14 Southampton 7 2 1 4 7 11 3 0 1 2 3 6 4 2 0 2 4 5 -4 7
15 Everton 7 2 1 4 6 12 4 2 0 2 5 7 3 0 1 2 1 5 -6 7
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 7 1 3 3 5 10 3 0 2 1 2 4 4 1 1 2 3 6 -5 6
17 Norwich City 7 2 0 5 9 16 3 2 0 1 8 6 4 0 0 4 1 10 -7 6
18 Aston Villa 7 1 2 4 8 11 4 1 2 1 5 4 3 0 0 3 3 7 -3 5
19 Newcastle United 7 1 2 4 4 13 3 0 2 1 1 2 4 1 0 3 3 11 -9 5
20 Watford 7 0 2 5 4 20 3 0 1 2 3 8 4 0 1 3 1 12 -16 2

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