Brighton v Watford Betting Tips – Premier League 23rd December 3.00pm
This is a clash between two sides who are in need of a win. Brighton are starting to struggle badly at the moment with wins evading them. But they have to sense that there is a good chance of points in this one with Watford being so badly out of form. The Hornets have slumped to a three match losing streak in the league and are sliding back down towards the bottom half of the table. They need to quickly stop the rot.
Brighton News and Form
The Seagulls really need to get a win under their belt just to give themselves a little bit of a confidence boost as well as stability. They are just around the mid table mark but need points to stay around there. They have only collected the one point from their last twelve available in the top flight and they are finding goals really hard to come by. They have failed to score in any of their last three league matches and have just one goal in their last six games. They have been a pretty tough side to knock down at the Amex though this season where they have produced a W2 D5 L2 record and the only two sides to have gone there and won this season have been Liverpool and Man City. Brighton have drawn five of their last six at home (L1) so that suggests they could at least stick in there and avoid defeat. They are facing a Watford side who are out of form and a Brighton draw no bet at William Hill is an 8/11 price just in case they can’t find that winner. There’s a reasonable chance that the game will end up under 2.5 goals and that’s a quote of 13/20. Only 33% of games at the Amex have made it above the goal line. 78% of the goals that the Seagulls have managed at home have come in the second half of matches so a half time draw is worth a poke. Brighton have averaged a goal per game at home.
Watford News and Form
Watford really need a boost as well because they have managed a poor D1 L4 record in their last five league games. Their defence hasn’t been reliable at all recently and they have conceded twelve goals in their last five games played. So they need to fix that quickly before they slide down the table further. They have lost their last two games out on the road as well and overall now have picked up just a W1 L4 record in their last five road fixtures. Watford have scored in all but one of their away games this season and therefore both teams to score at William Hill isn’t going to be a bad option really. The Hornets have averaged 1.8 goals per game away from Vicarage Road this season, taking three clean sheets along the way. That is 89% of their away games this season in which they have scored, which is good. Each of those clean sheets coincided with an away win for the Hornets. Watford are W4 D1 L4 out on the road in the top flight this season. They do have some attacking quality in them Richarlison is at 9/4 while Andre Gray is at 2/1 and he gets a chance as Troy Deeney is suspended. In the correct score market the 1-1 draw is the shortest price available. Three of Watford’s four road defeats have been by a one goal margin and Brighton 1-0 is at 7/1.
Brighton v Watford Head to Head
The earlier meeting this season produced a 0-0 draw at Vicarage Road. That left Watford on a six match undefeated streak of form against Brighton with a W3 D3 record in that sequence of matches. The Hornets have also gone unbeaten in their last five trips to Brighton, winning three of those. The trend in recent meetings have been low scoring matches as each of the last five of them have finished under 2.5 goals.
Brighton v Watford Betting Odds
Brighton 6/4, Watford 19/10, Draw 2/1
Brighton v Watford Predictions
Draw: The draw may be decent appeal in this one because neither of these really look that capable of winning at a game that the moment. Brighton are going to have to rely on their defence to keep them in this one but Watford may just miss the boat again because they are struggling for a consistent 90 minutes.
