Southampton vs Watford Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 6th February 2024

Watford travel to Southampton this coming Tuesday, when they pair of them go toe-to-toe at St. Mary's Stadium in a exciting FA Cup encounter.

Southampton and Watford have an away tie against Liverpool waiting in the next round for whoever emerges victorious at St. Mary's.

The Saints enter their next FA Cup match, averaging a decent 1.9 goals per game in their last ten matches, where they pulled off 19 goals, while also conceding 14 times. That amounts to an average of 1.4 per game, in which they kept their opponents from scoring one times.

Watford are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 13 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.3 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 23 goals, and while Watford claimed zero clean sheets, they conceded an average of 2.3 goals per match.

Southampton vs Watford Prediction

Southampton Form

In their last three matches, Southampton won 1-3 against Swansea, before settling for a point in a 1-1 draw against Watford. They were back on top last time out, defeating Rotherham 0-2. In their last six FA Cup home matches, Southampton have four wins, no draws and two defeats. They scored 13 and conceded nine goals.

Watford Form

Watford were only able to claim two points from their last three matches. They first drew 1-1 against Southampton, followed by another draw. This time it ended 0-0 against Sheffield Wednesday, before going down in a 0-1 defeat against Cardiff. Watford managed to win just once in their past six away games in the FA Cup. On top of winning once they also drew zero as well as losing five, while scoring 15 time and letting in three.

Southampton and Watford are both scoring more or less for fun right now, and a very entertaining game should be on the menu. More often than not, their matches against each other turn out high scoring affairs.

Southampton vs Watford Squads

Southampton Squad

Martin will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Watford from the players listed below:

McCarthy, Bazunu, Lumley, Stephens, Bree, Bednarek, Larios, Walker-Peters, Manning, Harwood-Bellis, Brooks, Downes, Aribo, Rothwell, Fraser, Amo-Ameyaw, Charles, Armstrong, Djalo, Smallbone, Armstrong, Adams, Sulemana, Stewart, Edozie, Mara.

Watford Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 48 year-old Watford manager Ismael will select his starting XI from these players:

Ben Hamer, Daniel Bachmann, Myles Roberts, Francisco Sierralta, Jamal Lewis, James Morris, Jeremy Ngakia, Matthew Pollock, Ryan Andrews, Ryan Porteous, Wesley Hoedt, Edo Kayembe, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Ismael Kone, Jake Livermore, Ken Sema, Thomas Ince, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Yaser Asprilla, Emmanuel Dennis, Matheus Martins, Mileta Rajovic, Vakoun Issouf Bayo.

Southampton vs Watford Team News

Southampton might be looking at five missing players for their upcoming assignment against Watford. There is no need for Joe Aribo to show up in the Southampton dressing room, as he is suspended.

James Bree, Ross Stewart, Kamaldeen Sulemana and Juan Larios take up space in the treatment room and won't be eligible to be called up for home side Southampton, when they face Watford on Tuesday.

It seems that Watford are limited to just two players being absent or injured as they prepare for their match this coming Tuesday.

Watford need to do without Edo Kayembe and Jeremy Ngakia, who are not fit enough to travel to St. Mary's Stadium.

Southampton vs Watford Lineups

Southampton vs Watford H2H

The most recent outing between Southampton and Watford failed to produce a winner, with the score reading 1-1 after the final whistle. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 10/3.

Southampton vs Watford Results

In two of the previous three matches between Southampton and Watford both teams scored.

Southampton vs Watford Betting Tips

Ryan Fraser found the target two times in his previous six matches, whereas Tom Dele-Bashiru just scored once in a similar number of matches.

St. Mary's Stadium witnessed Southampton winning nine times in their last 10 matches here, whilst drawing one and losing zero as well. Watford claimed five wins, four draw and one defeats in their last 10 games away. Southampton have been ready from the outset, scoring the opening goal no less than ten times in their previous 10 outings at St. Mary's Stadium. The visitors scored the first goal of the game in five of their last 10 games away from home.

In the last three encounters between Southampton and Watford over 2.5 goals came out one time, as Southampton averaged 1.33 goals a game. Watford scored an average of 0.66 goals in these, while both teams scored two times. Southampton saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 2.7 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Watford's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.3 goals in these matches.