Watford vs Sheffield Utd Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 1st August 2022

Sheffield Utd face a daunting first assignment in the Championship when they visit the title favourites Watford on the opening day of the new campaign. Watford had an excellent reading on Sheffield Utd, the last three times they faced each other in the Championship. They won them all of them without conceding and the scoreboard reading 3-0, 1-0 and 3-0. No doubt, they are rubbing their hands at the prospect of their upcoming encounter.

Watford only average a modest 1.5 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 15 goals. They also conceded five for an average of 0.5 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring six times.

Sheffield Utd travel to their next away match this coming Monday having performed a tolerable average of 1.6 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 16 goals, whilst shipping 11 goals against. An average of 1.1 goals against a game. They hung on to four clean sheets in this streak.

Watford vs Sheffield Utd Preview

In their previous three outings, Watford drew 0-0 with Everton, before losing 1-5 against Leicester and 2-1 against Chelsea. Watford are understandable the favorites to win the Championship this season and nothing but the titel will be consider a failure for the ambitious club. Watford have been nothing short of fabulous at their home ground in the six most recent Championship matches here. They quite simply claimed a maximum 18 points, scoring ten while conceding zero goals. Naturally, this is the best points total in the Championship across the last six games.

Results have been up and down for Sheffield Utd, who beat Fulham by 4-0. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 1-2 against Nottingham F., before claiming three points in a 1-2 win against Nottingham F.. Watford are understandable the favorites to win the Championship this season and nothing but the titel will be consider a failure for the ambitious club. Sheffield Utd managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Championship. On top of winning once they also drew three as well as losing two, while scoring 11 time and letting in nine.

Watford showed very little mercy in their last zero games against teams from the bottom six. They claimed zero points and zero wins after scoring zero goals and conceding zero. No other side in the Championship claimed as many points against teams from the bottom. Sheffield Utd claimed zero wins from zero goals scored and zero conceded from their past zero matches against teams placed in the bottom six. This handed them zero points to their account.

Sheffield Utd and Watford seem to find it tough getting their defensively lines in order, as they both concede too many goals. We hope the trend continues on Monday, as we aim for both teams to score.

Watford vs Sheffield Utd Stats

Watford vs Sheffield Utd Team News

Watford are as close to an entire squad as they can with only one player unavailable for the side which faces Sheffield Utd.

Sidelined with an injury, Watford can't field Imran Louza this coming Monday against Sheffield Utd.

Apparently, Sheffield Utd have just two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match this coming Monday.

Sheffield Utd need to do without Jayden Bogle and Jack O'Connell, who are not fit enough to travel to Vicarage Road Stadium.

Watford vs Sheffield Utd H2H

The last time these two teams faced off against each other, Watford came away as 3-0 winners. Sheffield Utd look back on four wins in their previous matches against their next opponent in the shape of Watford. The home side has a 50% win rate in these encounter for a total record of 5-1-4. No doubt worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

In the past ten matches between home side Watford and Sheffield Utd both teams found the back of the net four times. Best priced odds on both teams to score with the bookies are at 1.83.

Watford vs Sheffield Utd Betting Tips

Ismaila Sarr has three strikes in six Championship matches for Watford, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with Sheffield Utd. The visitors are looking to Morgan Gibbs-White, who has provided his team with three Championship goals.

One win at Vicarage Road Stadium is a poor outcome for Watford from 10 attempts to claim a win here. They drew three and lost six in this streak.
Sheffield Utd won five of their 10 most recent games away, drew two and lost three. It would seem we shouldn't expect goals from both teams in this encounter on Monday. Both teams to score happened only two times in the last 10 home league matches for Watford. Both teams scored in five of the previous 10 league games away for Sheffield Utd.

There were over 2.5 goals five times in the last ten encounters between Watford and Sheffield Utd. Watford managed an average of 1.6 goals, while the latter scored 1.1 goals on average. Both teams to score was a winning bet four times in this run. Watford witnessed over 2.5 goals in five of their previous ten matches across all tournaments in which they averaged 0.8 goals a game. Over 2.5 goals happened in nine of the visitor's last ten games. Sheffield Utd managed to hit the net 2.3 times on average in these games.