Sunderland vs Watford betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Championship match on February 08th, 2025

Sunderland will be playing against Watford in a Championship football match scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 08th, 2025, at 12:30h (UTC), in England, check the Sunderland vs Watford betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Sunderland vs Watford will occur

The game takes place in the well-known Stadium of Light stadium, in the city of Sunderland, with a capacity for 49000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Sunderland 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 2.49 goals per match played.

Sunderland last match

Sunderland in its last official match won (2-3) against Middlesbrough, in a match valid for Championship. Coach R. Le Bris' lined up a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The forecast was that the match between the two teams would be quite close, hence the home win had odds of 2.60.

With a fantastic performance, Enzo Le Fée was the big name in the team's victory. Responsible for his best moments, the midfield was a real executioner of the rival in the duel, including, with assistance for goal.

Watford last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for Championship, Watford, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Norwich City team with a final score of 0-1.

The match between the two teams was expected to be quite close, as evidenced by the fact that the home team's defeat had odds of 2.50.

Sunderland vs Watford h2h

Sunderland occupied 2nd place when they went against Watford, who was in 9th place, in their last match at Championship. Sunderland first went in with a 4-3-3 formation, which was engaged by Watford with a 3-4-2-1 deployment.

The most recent precedent between these two clubs was in 28-09-2024, in the 2024/2025 season of the Championship, which ended with a 2-1 win for Watford.

The last match between these two clubs was a seesaw battle to the end.

Sunderland

Championship leaderboard now

The Sunderland team with 58 points currently occupies the 4th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion Play-off, with a campaign of 16 wins, 10 draws and 4 losses.

In the 31st round, the team suffers a small disadvantage of 3 points compared to Sheffield United who occupies position 3.

Sunderland analysis

After 30 rounds, Sunderland has a positive ratio of goals scored and goals against. The team sums 45 goals for and 26 conceded.

his ball possession percentage is 48.3% in this tournament, which is why the team shows rather a waiting game than an offensive one. Fans fear that this could pose a problem in scoring in the next match against Watford and would like a more aggressive attitude with more goals from their favorites.

While they’ve won 7 games as the visiting team, this team proves that there is such a thing as a home-court advantage with their record of 9 wins, 0 losses, and 5 draws.

While Watford has only managed to convert 40 of their 2667 attacks into goals, Sunderland has been much more successful with 2812 attacks and 45 goals.

Best goalscorer from Sunderland

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Wilson Isidor. The Attacker has scored 10 times in this competition and helped Sunderland avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

Watford

Championship leaderboard now

Watford arrives in this game with 41 points, and in 12th place in the Championship, having won 12 games in total and lost 13 times, making a total of 5 draws.

Watford analysis

After 30 rounds, Watford has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 42 goals so far and scored 40 times.

Best goalscorer from Watford

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Vakoun Issouf Bayo so far in the competition. With 10 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team Watford to achieve victorious results this season.

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

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

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

Some study shows us that between 75-90 minutes is where most goals occur, this can be a good bet for those who follow the live game.

Corners Top Betting Tips

A good thing to note for those wanting to get sports betting results is that there is an average of 5.24 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.43 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

On the Sunderland side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 3 times this season, very different from Watford who only saw the red card twice. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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