Premier League preview: Can Wolverhampton Wanderers edge out victory against Watford?

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Thu 10.March
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Molineux Stadium (30852 seats)

The home followers await a victory in this fixture, as the home advantage could be decisive versus a struggling visitor. Wolverhampton Wanderers are in 8th position while the guesting Watford stress at 19th.

Insights:
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Premier League

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only four days ago.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers form and stats

Wolverhampton Wanderers have collected 17 points from their Premier League home games so far after 5-2-6. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Wolverhampton Wanderers to get some points in this home game.

Wolverhampton Wanderers are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 260 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Hee-Chan).

The Wolves crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Crystal Palace here at Molineux Stadium.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting West Ham United (0-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Wolverhampton Wanderers handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, two draws and two defeats.

Wolves are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Everton awaits in three days.

Wolverhampton Wanderers aren't scoring a lot here at Molineux Stadium in the league, with only 10 goals from 13 games. Wolves have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Watford form and stats

Watford have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 3-3-7 (13 played).

The manager Hodgson was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Vicarage Road. Watford suffered a 2-3 loss to Arsenal (placed 4th). The attacker Hernández got a match rating of 8.52 in that game. Hernández scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Manchester United that ended 0-0.

Watford are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and one defeat. From a total of four matches.

The schedule is very tough for Watford now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Southampton is waiting in only three days.

16 goals have been conceded by Watford in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams faced each other earlier this match year: Watford - Wolves 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wolverhampton Wanderers four wins, two draws and Watford four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

WatfordE. Dennis
E. Dennis
9 goals
WolvesR. Jiménez Rodríguez
R. Jiménez Rodríguez
5 goals
Wolverhampton WanderersH. Hwang
H. Hwang
5 goals

Wolverhampton Wanderers missing players

Watford missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wolverhampton Wanderers Watford
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
12 5 2 Won W 1 3 5
4 2 1 Drew D 0 3 4
11 6 1 Lost L 3 7 18
24 10 4 Scored S 3 13 27
23 12 4 Conceded C 7 16 50
89% 85% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 93%
48% 46% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 46% 67%
26% 31% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 31% 48%
7% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 23% 37%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 15% 30%
30% 31% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 38% 48%
33% 23% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 23% 11%
48% 62% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 54% 48%
 
4.6 4.5 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.5 4.4
5.8 5.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8.8 5.9 5.7
1.7 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.5 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.5 11.9 11 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 10.7 11.2
3.5 3.7 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.5 3.9
26% 21% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 28% 26%
 
13.1 11.3 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 15.5 14.6
4.6 4.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.8 4.6
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premier League
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Premier League

  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 28 22 3 3 68 18 14 11 1 2 40 10 14 11 2 1 28 8 50 69
2 Liverpool 27 19 6 2 71 20 14 11 3 0 37 7 13 8 3 2 34 13 51 63
3 Chelsea 26 15 8 3 53 18 12 6 5 1 27 10 14 9 3 2 26 8 35 53
4 Arsenal 25 15 3 7 41 29 13 9 2 2 22 10 12 6 1 5 19 19 12 48
5 Manchester United 28 13 8 7 45 38 14 7 3 4 21 16 14 6 5 3 24 22 7 47
6 West Ham United 28 13 6 9 46 35 14 7 3 4 25 19 14 6 3 5 21 16 11 45
7 Tottenham Hotspur 25 13 3 9 35 32 12 7 1 4 18 15 13 6 2 5 17 17 3 42
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 12 4 11 24 23 13 5 2 6 10 12 14 7 2 5 14 11 1 40
9 Southampton 27 8 11 8 34 41 13 5 7 1 18 10 14 3 4 7 16 31 -7 35
10 Crystal Palace 28 7 12 9 39 38 14 4 6 4 22 17 14 3 6 5 17 21 1 33
11 Aston Villa 26 10 3 13 37 37 13 5 3 5 24 20 13 5 0 8 13 17 0 33
12 Leicester City 25 9 6 10 40 43 13 6 3 4 22 18 12 3 3 6 18 25 -3 33
13 Brighton & Hove Albion 27 7 12 8 26 32 13 3 5 5 10 16 14 4 7 3 16 16 -6 33
14 Newcastle United 26 6 10 10 30 46 14 4 6 4 20 25 12 2 4 6 10 21 -16 28
15 Brentford 28 7 6 15 30 45 14 4 2 8 14 19 14 3 4 7 16 26 -15 27
16 Leeds United 27 5 8 14 29 61 13 3 4 6 15 25 14 2 4 8 14 36 -32 23
17 Everton 24 6 4 14 28 41 12 5 1 6 18 18 12 1 3 8 10 23 -13 22
18 Burnley 26 3 12 11 22 36 13 2 6 5 10 16 13 1 6 6 12 20 -14 21
19 Watford 27 5 4 18 27 50 14 2 1 11 14 34 13 3 3 7 13 16 -23 19
20 Norwich City 27 4 5 18 16 58 14 2 3 9 9 28 13 2 2 9 7 30 -42 17

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Table
  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 28 22 3 3 68 18 14 11 1 2 40 10 14 11 2 1 28 8 50 69
2 Liverpool 27 19 6 2 71 20 14 11 3 0 37 7 13 8 3 2 34 13 51 63
3 Chelsea 26 15 8 3 53 18 12 6 5 1 27 10 14 9 3 2 26 8 35 53
4 Arsenal 25 15 3 7 41 29 13 9 2 2 22 10 12 6 1 5 19 19 12 48
5 Manchester United 28 13 8 7 45 38 14 7 3 4 21 16 14 6 5 3 24 22 7 47
6 West Ham United 28 13 6 9 46 35 14 7 3 4 25 19 14 6 3 5 21 16 11 45
7 Tottenham Hotspur 25 13 3 9 35 32 12 7 1 4 18 15 13 6 2 5 17 17 3 42
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 12 4 11 24 23 13 5 2 6 10 12 14 7 2 5 14 11 1 40
9 Southampton 27 8 11 8 34 41 13 5 7 1 18 10 14 3 4 7 16 31 -7 35
10 Crystal Palace 28 7 12 9 39 38 14 4 6 4 22 17 14 3 6 5 17 21 1 33
11 Aston Villa 26 10 3 13 37 37 13 5 3 5 24 20 13 5 0 8 13 17 0 33
12 Leicester City 25 9 6 10 40 43 13 6 3 4 22 18 12 3 3 6 18 25 -3 33
13 Brighton & Hove Albion 27 7 12 8 26 32 13 3 5 5 10 16 14 4 7 3 16 16 -6 33
14 Newcastle United 26 6 10 10 30 46 14 4 6 4 20 25 12 2 4 6 10 21 -16 28
15 Brentford 28 7 6 15 30 45 14 4 2 8 14 19 14 3 4 7 16 26 -15 27
16 Leeds United 27 5 8 14 29 61 13 3 4 6 15 25 14 2 4 8 14 36 -32 23
17 Everton 24 6 4 14 28 41 12 5 1 6 18 18 12 1 3 8 10 23 -13 22
18 Burnley 26 3 12 11 22 36 13 2 6 5 10 16 13 1 6 6 12 20 -14 21
19 Watford 27 5 4 18 27 50 14 2 1 11 14 34 13 3 3 7 13 16 -23 19
20 Norwich City 27 4 5 18 16 58 14 2 3 9 9 28 13 2 2 9 7 30 -42 17

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