Soccer betting preview: Watford U21 welcomes Peterborough United U21 in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Professional Development League
Competition: Fri 01.Sep
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vicarage Road (22200 seats)

This looks to be yet another exciting clash at Vicarage Road in the Professional Development League. Watford U21 is in 7th place and receive Peterborough United U21 in 11th spot. Read about the match here!

Insights:
  • Peterborough United U21 have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Professional Development League

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Professional Development League.

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Watford U21 form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Professional Development League game of the season here at Vicarage Road. Last season these fans witnessed 2 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses from Watford U21's 14 home games.

Watford U21 are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Sheffield Wednesday U21.

Before that game, the home loss against Fleetwood Town U21 with the scoreline 1-3.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Watford have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 0, drawn 0 and lost 4.

Early season league goal statistics from Watford U21's 1 home game: {1 goals}, 3 conceded.

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Peterborough United U21 form and stats

Peterborough United U21 have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Professional Development League were 4 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats from 14 fixtures.

Peterborough United U21 failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Queens Park Rangers U21 (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 1-7. Peterborough lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-7 beating and focus on this one.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against AFC Bournemouth U21 wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Peterborough United U21 have the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

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Watford U21 missing players

Peterborough United U21 missing players

Watford U21 Peterborough United U21
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
3 1 0 Scored S 0 0 1
7 3 0 Conceded C 0 1 11
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 67%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 67%
67% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 67%
 
2 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 9 6.7
6.7 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 3
2.3 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.3 14 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 20 14.3
5 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 9 6.3
20% 14% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 5%
 
12.3 12 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12 15.7
5 6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 6
Key stats in Professional Development League this season:
  • Peterborough United U21 have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Professional Development League
Watford U21 Last season Peterborough United U21
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   14 28
6 2   Won W   4 10
3 2   Drew D   3 7
19 10   Lost L   7 11
31 17   Scored S   20 52
66 29   Conceded C   30 55
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
86% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 96%
61% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 75%
43% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   43% 50%
36% 36%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   36% 39%
43% 50%   BTTS BTTS   71% 75%
11% 14%   Clean Sheets C S   14% 14%
46% 36%   Failed to Score F T   14% 11%
 
4.2 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4
5.5 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 5.7
1.4 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.5
2 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
6.6 7.4   Shots (avg) S (   9.3 9.6
3.1 3.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 4.5
36% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 42%
 
12.3 12.2   Shots against (avg) S A   10.5 10.2
5.5 5.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5 4.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Queens Park Rangers U21 3 3 0 0 14 5 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 10 3 9 9
2 Millwall U21 3 2 1 0 8 5 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 5 4 3 7
3 Colchester United U21 3 2 0 1 6 6 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 6
4 AFC Bournemouth U21 3 2 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 6
5 Swansea City U21 3 1 0 2 8 9 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 4 8 -1 3
6 Cardiff City U21 3 0 2 1 6 9 1 0 1 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 3 6 -3 2
7 Watford U21 3 0 1 2 3 7 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 4 -4 1
8 Charlton Athletic U21 3 0 1 2 4 9 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 7 -5 1
9 Bristol City U21 3 0 1 2 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 1 1 1 4 -7 1
10 Ipswich Town U21 3 0 0 3 1 9 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 7 -8 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Millwall U21 28 18 7 3 70 32 14 10 4 0 43 12 14 8 3 3 27 20 38 61
2 Bristol City U21 28 16 5 7 47 26 14 7 3 4 28 14 14 9 2 3 19 12 21 53
3 Swansea City U21 28 16 4 8 80 46 14 12 1 1 52 16 14 4 3 7 28 30 34 52
4 Cardiff City U21 28 13 3 12 47 57 14 9 1 4 33 26 14 4 2 8 14 31 -10 42
5 Reading U21 28 12 5 11 44 40 14 8 2 4 23 15 14 4 3 7 21 25 4 41
6 Ipswich Town U21 28 11 6 11 60 61 14 7 3 4 28 27 14 4 3 7 32 34 -1 39
7 Queens Park Rangers U21 28 10 8 10 54 52 14 6 2 6 27 27 14 4 6 4 27 25 2 38
8 Charlton Athletic U21 28 10 7 11 56 59 14 6 4 4 34 30 14 4 3 7 22 29 -3 37
9 Colchester United U21 28 7 7 14 46 63 14 3 5 6 23 23 14 4 2 8 23 40 -17 28
10 Watford U21 28 6 3 19 31 66 14 2 2 10 17 29 14 4 1 9 14 37 -35 21