Watford v Huddersfield Betting Tips – Premier League 16th December 3.00pm
Watford are a pretty frustrating side for punters at the moment. They are still playing well but are throwing games away. They blew a lead at Crystal Palace in midweek to end up losing right at the death and badly need to find their feet again. They may get a chance at a reset in this one as they face a Huddersfield side who are struggling for form and who have no away form to speak of recently.
Watford News and Form
Watford suffered a defeat against Crystal Palace in midweek and that is just the one point from the last twelve available to them that they have collected. If you look back a little further at their form then they have suffered six defeats in their last nine games (W2D1) so they’re struggling to piece things together consistently at the moment. Overall they have only collected the two home victories this season in the Premier League where they have a W2 D3 L3 record and have won just one of their last four there, a 2-0 victory over West Ham. In general though home and away Watford have been scoring pretty well this season and there is a tempting 6/1 price on a Watford 1-0 in the Paddy Power correct score market. The Hornets are 15/2 to win 2-0. They need to find that consistency and a way to see out games. They have taken a clean sheet in 25% of their games at Vicarage Road this season and it’s worth considering them to win to nil in the fixture. The Hornets have conceded at an average of two goals per game at Vicarage Road but shouldn’t be troubled too much by Huddersfield limited attack. This could be an important game in which they can get things going for themselves. Troy Deeney, Andre Gray and Richarlison are the joint 6/4 anytime goalscorer favourites.
Huddersfield News and Form
Huddersfield’s difficulties continued in midweek as they suffered a 3-1 home defeat against Chelsea. Not for the first time this season they looked really lightweight up front. Huddersfield have now gone W1 L5 in their last six games and they have scored just the four goals in that sequence as well. They have mustered up only the one away win all season and that was back in their very first away game of the season when they took a good win at Crystal Palace. The Terriers are on a five match losing streak on the road at the moment and they haven’t hit the back of the net in any of their last seven. They have the third worst away record in the top flight going this season. The Terriers have conceded an average of 2.25 per games on their travels, but they could be value to hang around for a half time draw with Paddy Power as 78% of their away goals have been conceded in the second half of matches. Huddersfield have shipped at least two goals in each of their last five road games. Both teams not to score has to be a decent banker for the weekend at a price of 4/5. They just are not at the races offensively right now.
Watford v Huddersfield Head to Head
The most recent history between these two in the head to head is from the Championship. In the last six games between them, Watford have pulled out a W4 L2 advantage against Huddersfield. Surprisingly though, five of those six games saw at least four goals in them, the other one going over 2.5 goals as well. Is there a surprise high-scoring fixture coming?
Watford v Huddersfield Betting Odds
Watford 7/10, Draw 11/4, Huddersfield 15/4
Watford v Huddersfield Predictions
Watford to win: This is the chance that Watford surely have to take to get their season up and running again. There will be big questions asked if they fail to beat a side who are on a five match losing streak in the division. Home win and to nil.
