Betting preview: Watford faced with a tough challenge when Tottenham Hotspur visits

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 01.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vicarage Road (22200 seats)

Running out at their own ground is relaxed and nice for Watford, but Tottenham Hotspur are fully motivated and able to win. What will the score be?

Insights:
  • Watford have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premier League
  • Tottenham Hotspur have won significantly less corners away then at home.

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 Tottenham Hotspur.

L L L L L

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 6 defeats. It's trouble wherever Watford are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

The Watford fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here at Vicarage Road: A 1-4 defeat against West Ham United (placed 5th). Midfielder King was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.23 (out of ten) in that game. King served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Prior to that, an away loss at Brentford.

Watford are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. Watford have conceded 21 goals in these home games, a significant number. When Watford hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Norwich City, Leeds United, Brentford, Everton, Newcastle United and Burnley), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.

D W W D L

Tottenham Hotspur form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Two points from the last two away games for Spurs, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Spurs has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Southampton for a Premier League game that ended a draw (1-1). Attacker Son got a player rating of 8.3 in the game. "Man of the match" Son hit two key passes.

That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Crystal Palace.

Spurs have another game away from home in just four nights, a Carabao Cup match against Chelsea. A rough timetable for the visiting team!

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Spurs have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams involved encountered each other previously this season: Tottenham Hotspur - Watford 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Watford victories, four draws and four Tottenham Hotspur wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

WatfordE. Dennis
E. Dennis
8 goals
Tottenham HotspurH. Son
H. Son
8 goals
WatfordI. Sarr
I. Sarr
5 goals

Watford missing players

Tottenham Hotspur missing players

Watford Tottenham Hotspur
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 9 4 Played P 2 7 17
4 2 0 Won W 1 2 9
1 1 0 Drew D 1 2 3
12 6 4 Lost L 0 3 5
22 11 3 Scored S 3 6 22
35 21 14 Conceded C 2 10 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 86% 94%
76% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 57% 71%
59% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 59%
47% 56% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 18%
35% 44% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 14% 6%
59% 67% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 35%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 41%
41% 33% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 29%
 
4.3 4.7 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.6 5.6
6.1 6 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4 5
2.1 2.3 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.5 12.1 11 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.3 12
4.1 4.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.4 4.7
31% 27% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 19% 28%
 
15 14.8 16.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 13.7 13.1
5.1 5.4 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 3.6 3.7
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Tottenham Hotspur have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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 have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Premier League
  • Watford have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premier League
  • 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 Manchester City 19 15 2 2 50 12 10 8 1 1 31 6 9 7 1 1 19 6 38 47
2 Liverpool 19 12 5 2 50 16 9 6 3 0 22 6 10 6 2 2 28 10 34 41
3 Chelsea 19 12 5 2 42 13 9 5 3 1 22 7 10 7 2 1 20 6 29 41
4 Arsenal 19 11 2 6 32 23 9 7 1 1 17 6 10 4 1 5 15 17 9 35
5 West Ham United 19 9 4 6 34 25 9 4 2 3 18 15 10 5 2 3 16 10 9 31
6 Tottenham Hotspur 17 9 3 5 22 20 10 7 1 2 16 10 7 2 2 3 6 10 2 30
7 Manchester United 17 8 4 5 27 25 8 4 1 3 14 13 9 4 3 2 13 12 2 28
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 18 7 4 7 13 14 9 3 2 4 5 7 9 4 2 3 8 7 -1 25
9 Leicester City 18 7 4 7 31 33 9 5 1 3 16 12 9 2 3 4 15 21 -2 25
10 Crystal Palace 19 5 8 6 27 27 10 4 5 1 18 9 9 1 3 5 9 18 0 23
11 Brighton & Hove Albion 17 5 8 4 16 17 9 3 3 3 8 9 8 2 5 1 8 8 -1 23
12 Aston Villa 18 7 1 10 24 28 9 4 1 4 15 14 9 3 0 6 9 14 -4 22
13 Southampton 19 4 9 6 20 29 9 2 6 1 9 8 10 2 3 5 11 21 -9 21
14 Brentford 17 5 5 7 21 24 8 3 1 4 10 10 9 2 4 3 11 14 -3 20
15 Everton 17 5 4 8 21 29 8 4 1 3 13 13 9 1 3 5 8 16 -8 19
16 Leeds United 18 3 7 8 18 36 9 2 4 3 10 15 9 1 3 5 8 21 -18 16
17 Watford 17 4 1 12 22 35 9 2 1 6 11 21 8 2 0 6 11 14 -13 13
18 Burnley 15 1 8 6 14 21 7 1 4 2 8 8 8 0 4 4 6 13 -7 11
19 Newcastle United 19 1 8 10 19 42 10 1 5 4 13 22 9 0 3 6 6 20 -23 11
20 Norwich City 19 2 4 13 8 42 10 1 2 7 5 19 9 1 2 6 3 23 -34 10

Watford:
Tottenham Hotspur:
Premier League:
England:

Read more about Premier League

The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.