Watford v Southampton Betting Tips – Premier League 13th January 3.00pm
Southampton go into the weekend in a spot of bother as they are just one place above the drop zone now. They are well out of winning touch at the moment and are really struggling to find the goals to pull them to a bit of safety. But then Watford’s form has dived so much that they are now in real danger of getting sucked into the combative bottom half of the table. There are a big three points on offer here.
Watford News and Form
Watford really needs to find a reset button to hit. After such a promising start to the season they are now W1 D1 L7 in their last nine top-flight games and the disappointments keep stacking up for them, especially at the back. They haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their last nine games now. Their home record for the season is W3 D3 L5 for the season and they are W2 D2 L2 in their last six at Vicarage Road. Their defence has been torn up recently though with them having shipped eleven goals in their last four home games and therefore both teams to score at William Hill returns a price of 7/10* (Betting Odds were taken January 10th, 2018 at 8.39pm). Going forward, the Hornets have averaged 1.3 goals per game, which is nothing special, and certainly isn’t helping cover up their defence which has conceded at a rate of 2.09 per home game. 64% of their home games this season have gone over 2.5 goals though and even though the struggling Saints are the visitors, this one is 19/20 to go over the goal line with William Hill* (Betting Odds were taken January 10th, 2018 at 8.47pm). The top scorer for Watford at Vicarage Road is Abdoulaye Doucoure with three goals.
Southampton News and Form
The Saints are sweating a bit at the moment as they are just out of the relegation zone on goal difference only over Stoke. It is a nine-match streak in the Premier League for them now without a win. They are just not producing enough and out on the road they have been stuck on just the one win in part of a W1 D4 L5 record on their travels this term and have lost two of their last three out on the road, failing to score in two of their last three road games too. Add that up and there is probably going to be some decent appeal on backing Watford to win to nil at William Hill for the fixture. Southampton have collected only the seven away goals in the Premier League this season and they failed to score in 40% of their away fixtures. They have been leaky at the back with an average of 1.5 goals conceded per game away from St Marys. 71% of Southampton’s away goals this season have cropped up in the second half of matches and that means the half-time draw may not be a bad option. Just twice this season have Southampton scored the opening goal in an away game. Another misfire this weekend and they could find themselves in the relegation zone.
Watford v Southampton Head to Head
There have been just the five previous Premier League meetings between these two sides and from that, it is Southampton who holds a narrow lead with a W2 D2 L1 record. They did win this corresponding fixture last season, a 4-3 thriller but they have already lost at home to the Hornets this term. Both teams have scored in just two of the last seven meetings and Watford are actually winless in their last four on home soil against the Saints.
Watford v Southampton Betting Odds*
Watford 7/5, Southampton 19/10, Draw 23/10* (Betting Odds were taken January 9th, 2018 at 11.54pm)
Watford v Southampton Predictions
Watford to win: There may not be much to choose between these at the end of the day but on home soil, the Hornets will be expected to find a way to win this. They badly need a win to shake off the funk that they have been in, and the Saints may not offer up quite enough resistance.
