Watford vs Norwich Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 15th October 2022

The Championship tie at Vicarage Road Stadium on on Saturday sees home team Watford up against Norwich. Watford hope to extend their grip on Norwich, whom they outclassed in their last two meetings, winning 1-0 and 1-0, respectively.

While Norwich are chasing the lead in the Championship after collecting 24 points in 13 rounds, Watford trail by 17 points after 13 rounds, leaving them as number 12 in the table.

With both Watford and Norwich coming off disappointing defeats in their previous outing, we could be in for a cautious battle. Both will be eager to get back to winning ways sooner rather than later.

Watford scored 14 goals, conceded 15 and fought their way to two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Norwich scored an average of 1.8 goals a game in the past ten matches. They scored 18 goals, let in nine for an average of 0.9 a game, and managed four clean sheets.

Watford vs Norwich Prediction

Watford form

Watford have been a bit bleak in their last three matches, although it opened with a 0-4 victory against Stoke. Unable to follow that up, they went down 1-2 against Swansea, before handing over all three points in a 3-1 defeat against Blackpool. In their last six Championship home matches, Watford have three wins, while they've drawn one and lost two. They scored nine and conceded eight goals.

Norwich Form

Judging by their last three matches, we can expect a bit of everything from Norwich at the moment. Against Blackpool, they came out on top in a 0-1 win, before drawing 1-1 against Reading. Most recently they were left reeling in a 2-3 defeat win against Preston. Norwich won three of a possible six away matches in the Championship, as well as playing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored six while also conceding five times.

Watford vs Norwich Team News

At the time of writing, Watford have five players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Norwich this coming Saturday.

Mario Gaspar, Joao Pedro, Jeremy Ngakia, Tom Cleverley and Rey Manaj are missing from the squad, Watford will field against Norwichon Saturday.

Norwich could have a whole host of players on the injured and absent players for their next match, as six players are nursing various problems. Grant Hanley is ineligible for selection in the Norwich squad, as he is suspended.

Todd Cantwell, Adam Idah, Sam McCallum, Jacob Lungi Soerensen, Isaac Hayden and Dimitrios Giannoulis all face a spell on the sidelines for Norwich due to various injuries.

Watford vs Norwich H2H

Watford hope to extend their grip on Norwich, whom they outclassed in their last two meetings, winning 1-0 and 1-0, respectively. Watford have been slightly more successful than Norwich in recent meetings. With a 5-2-3 advantage going into this match, betting on Watford has often proved the profitable way to go. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 2.60.

Watford vs Norwich Results

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the last ten matches between Watford and Norwich. Odds on under 2.5 goals are at 1.80 with bookies.

Watford vs Norwich Betting Tips

Vakoun Issouf Bayo found the back of the net two times in the previous six Championship games for Watford, who won't mind him striking again this coming Saturday. Punters will also be looking for Teemu Pukki to keep his current streak of four goals in his last six Championship games going for Norwich.

Watford claimed four wins, drew two and lost four of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Norwich won five, drew one and lost four of their last 10 games away. Watford managed two wins without conceding a single goal in the previous 10 matches at home.

Both teams to score was a winning bet five times in the ten encounters most recent outings between Watford and Norwich. More than two goals came out six times, as Watford scored 1.3 goals on average, with Norwich pulling off 1.5 goals on average. Watford scored an average of 1.3 goals in their last ten matches in which over 2.5 goals happened six times. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of the last ten matches Norwich played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 2.1 goals in these matches.