Derby County vs Watford betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Championship match on January 18th, 2025

Derby County and Watford will play on Saturday, January 18th, 2025, at 15:00h (UTC), in a Championship game to be held in England, check the Derby County vs Watford betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Derby County vs Watford will occur

The game takes place in the Pride Park Stadium stadium, in the city of Derby, with a capacity for 33597 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Derby County vs Watford betting tip 2024/2025

The Championship has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.67 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.48 goals per match played.

Derby County last match

Derby County in its last official match drew (1-1) against Leyton Orient, in a match valid for FA Cup. Coach P. Warne's lined up a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The game had to be decided in penalty kicks, after a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes and another in overtime.

In the previous analysis the draw was among the logical results of this match, especially because it was expected a fairly even game between both teams and had odds around 3.30.

Watford last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Championship, Watford, who used a 5-3-2 formation, faced the Cardiff City team with a final score of 1-1.

Prior to the match, there were signs indicating that the game would be evenly matched between the two teams. As a result, a draw with odds around 3.30 seemed like a plausible and expected outcome.

Derby County vs Watford h2h

The last time these teams faced off against each other in Championship, Derby County was in 13th place while Watford was in the 3rd place. Derby County opened with a 4-2-3-1 arrangement while Watford charged with a 3-4-2-1 formation.

These two clubs faced each other for the last time in a match of the 2024/2025 Championship season. The match, played on 24-08-2024, recorded the 2-1 win for Watford.

The last encounter between these two it was a close fight.

The Derby County team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 1 win, compared to the Watford team, which has no wins recently.

Derby County

Championship leaderboard now

Ranking in 18th place in the Championship, Derby County enters this match with 27 points, 7 wins, 13 losses, 6 draws. What’s more, it is saddled with a negative balance.

Which means that the team, with the same number of points, in the 27th round is followed by the Stoke City team in 19th place.

Derby County analysis

Derby County at the end of round 26 in Championship had 31 goals scored and 35 conceded.

Derby County team comes to this game with a sequence of 3 losses in the Championship that has been affecting the team's morale.

Over the course of the tournament, Derby County recorded an average ball possession of 43.58%. This indicates that the team usually does not impose its schemes, but adopts more guarded and defensive tactics. For the next game that Derby County will play against Watford, fans would like to see more aggressive soccer from their team, and especially a few more goals.

The team proves to be better playing in their own base, having 6 wins versus 4 losses, and 2 draws. They won 1 game playing as the visiting team.

Best goalscorer from Derby County

Jerry Yates has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 6 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading Derby County to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

Watford

Championship leaderboard now

Watford arrives in this game with 38 points, and in 8th place in the Championship, having won 11 games in total and lost 10 times, making a total of 5 draws.

Watford analysis

We have reached matchday 26 in Championship and at the moment Watford has made 36 goals and conceded 37.

The average number of shots towards goal for Watford is not among the best, with only 3.96 a match. This is a good indicator that the team does not have a very good scoring average, and does not engage the opposing goalkeepers too much.

Watford is a more offensive team than Derby County, having 2343 attacks vs. 2184 from Derby County, having scored 36 times, in comparison, Derby County converted into goal 31 times.

Navigating a hectic schedule with multiple games in a short period of time could prove to be a daunting task for Watford. Despite the odds suggesting a tight matchup, the team's busy schedule could be a critical factor in determining the eventual winner between Derby County and Watford.

Best goalscorer from Watford

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Vakoun Issouf Bayo. Watford owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 10 goals in this season.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Derby County is Jerry Yates, who has already scored 6 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Watford is Vakoun Issouf Bayo, he has scored in 10 opportunities.

A good time to bet for those watching the live game is in the 75-90 minute period where most goals happen.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Something to explore in order to get favorable betting results is noting the average of 5.24 corners per game which one can get by combining the number of corners of both teams.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.27 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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