Watford vs Swansea Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 5th October 2022

The Championship clash at Vicarage Road Stadium on Wednesday sees home team Watford battling it out for the win against Swansea. Watford won 2-0 against Swansea, whereas Swansea claimed a 2-1 win in their most recent matches.

Watford approach round 13 as number seven in the Championship table with 17 points on their account so far. With 11 rounds behind them, Swansea have amassed 15 points, placing them as number 11 in the standings.

The last time Watford played Swansea, they booked three points to their account and look well primed to secure another win on Wednesday.

Watford only average a modest 1.4 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 14 goals. They also conceded 11 for an average of 1.1 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring three times.

Swansea managed a bearable 12 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.2 goals per game. They conceded 13 goals in total, and while claiming three clean sheets, they conceded 1.3 goals an average per game.

Watford vs Swansea Prediction

In their last three matches, Watford lost 2-0 against Blackburn, drew 2-2 against Sunderland, before winning 0-4 against Stoke. Watford won four of their last six Championship matches on home soil, while drawing once and losing once. They conceded six and scored ten goals.

Ambitions are high for Watford, and winning the title is still very much a possibility.

In their last three matches, Swansea lost against Sheffield United by 0-1, beat Hull by 3-0 winning 2-3 against West Bromwich. Swansea, meanwhile, won twice, while they've drawn two and lost two in their last six away in the Championship.

They were regarded as contenders for a medal, but to achieve that Swansea will have to raise their level.

Having considered the match from different angles, be it form, strength in squad and match history, Watford get our vote here. They should have enough to see them through a most likely tricky opponent in Swansea.

Watford took nine points from their last five encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Championship table. This amounts to two wins after scoring eight times and conceding three. Swansea claimed one win and four points from their last five encounters with teams in the top half of the Championship, while scoring two goals to seven against.

Watford vs Swansea Team News

At the time of writing, Watford have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Swansea on Wednesday.

Jeremy Ngakia, Tom Cleverley, Rey Manaj and Tom Dele-Bashiru are missing from the squad, Watford will field against Swanseathis coming Wednesday.

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

Names like Liam Cullen and Liam Walsh most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Watford.

Watford vs Swansea H2H

Swansea lost 2-0 against Watford in their latest encounter. This served as pay back for the 2-1 defeat, Swansea handed out in the match before. Trying to pick a winner from their h2h is a tough task as neither side have been able to fully dominate their coming opponent. Swansea won three of the previous ten encounters, whereas Watford claimed three points five times in these ten matches. The bookies have Swansea to win this match at best price odds of 4.20.

Watford vs Swansea Results

Both teams found the back of the net five times in the past eight matches between home side Watford and Swansea. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 1.83.

Watford vs Swansea Betting Tips

Vakoun Issouf Bayo has three strikes in six Championship matches for Watford, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with Swansea. The visitors are looking to Joel Piroe, who has provided his team with four Championship goals.

In their last 10 matches at Vicarage Road Stadium across all tournaments Watford won four times, drew three and lost three times. Swansea claimed three wins, four draw and three defeats in their last 10 games away. Watford claimed a less than impressive three wins in 10 league matches, with Swansea winning four of theirs.

Over 2.5 goals happened three times in the past eight encounters between Watford and Swansea, with Watford scoring 1.26 goals on average per game. Swansea averaged 1.4 goals, while both teams scored five times. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Watford’s last ten matches across the tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.3 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of the last ten matches Swansea played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.7 goals in these matches.