Manchester United v Watford Betting Preview – Premier League 11th February 3.00pm
A good looking match up at Old Trafford for Saturday considering that the Hornets have upped their game in the league recently. They snapped a slump in form with a surprise win on the road at Arsenal recently and then followed that up with a victory over Burnley. Getting a win at Old Trafford against Manchester United though is going to be a tough thing, with the Red Devils on a long stretch of unbeaten form in the top flight at the moment. Mourinho’s men need the points to stay competitive in the race for a top four finish this season. Can Watford do what they did at the Emirates recently, at Old Trafford too?
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Manchester United v Watford Betting Tips
The Red Devils snapped themselves out of their three match drawing sequence in the top flight as they banked a comfortable 3-0 win out at Leicester last weekend. That was a nice boost for the Red Devils who stretched their form out to a fourteen match unbeaten streak in the Premier League. Impressive stuff from Jose Mourinho’s men then from a resilience point of view. At home this season Manchester United have posted a W5 D6 L1 record, which isn’t brilliant by their high standards and they have drawn six of their last nine there. It’s been strange stuff from them at times and with so many 1-1 correct scores having been churned up, in the Bet Victor correct score market a 1-1 return will fetch you a price of 10/1. The shortest priced option is a Manchester United 2-0 score for a quote of 9/2.
Manchester United have never lost at home in a league match against Watford (W7 D2) and they have won each of their three previous Premier League home fixtures against them. When the two met earlier in the season, the Hornets did pull off a surprise 3-1 victory at Vicarage Road over the Red Devils, so Mourinho will be out for a bit of revenge. There hasn’t been a tremendous amount of goals flowing from the Red Devils lately, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic was back on target against Leicester last weekend and he is a price of 4/7 in the anytime goalscorer market for the game, with other options like Marcus Rashford, Wayne Rooney and Anthony Martial around the even money mark. United have only banked two clean sheets in their last seven and are unappealing at 4/5 to win to nil, so it could be worth stretching your odds out to 5/4 at Bet Victor on both teams getting on the scoresheet in the game, even though Watford have stuck only once in their last four visits to Old Trafford.
Watford have come to life a bit lately and have netted exactly two goals in each of their last three Premier League Matches, which includes that 2-1 win at Arsenal recently. Suddenly from nowhere they have put together a four match unbeaten streak (after having lost four of their previous five) and things are looking up for the Hornets. Away from home they have only gone W3 D3 L6 all season and that victory at Arsenal was even more surprising because Watford had been on a seven match winless streak out on the road in the top fight (D2 L5). Watford have only ever won once at Old Trafford and that was in the 1978 League Cup. So they would be breaking new ground if they can land a league win there. Looking at the odds that is going to be a big stretch and in the anytime goalscorer market, they have Troy Deeney, MBaye Niang and Stefano Okaka all around the 4/1 mark.
Manchester United v Watford Betting Odds
Manchester 2/9, Draw 11/2, Watford
Manchester United v Watford Predictions
The Red Devils have kept a clean sheet in three of their last four at home against Watford and it’s worth backing them to win to nil in this one. Watford had a great evening out at Arsenal recently with a win, but United are much tougher at the back to get the better of and it could be a long afternoon for the visitors. United have winning form in the head to head, so roll with that and look for them to take another clean sheet victory over the Hornets.
