Watford vs Coventry City betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Championship match on September 14th, 2024

Watford and Coventry City will on Saturday, September 14th, 2024 at 14:00h (UTC), play in a Championship football game in England, check the Watford vs Coventry City betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Watford vs Coventry City will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Vicarage Road stadium, in the city of Watford, with a capacity for 22200 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 Watford vs Coventry City betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the Championship has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.71 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.67 goals per game of the last championship.

Watford last match

In the last match they played, Watford collected a defeat. The opposing team was Sheffield United, and the match - which ended with the result of 1-0 - was valid for Championship. Coach T. Cleverley's disposed his team in a 3-4-2-1 formation.

The odds for them to win, of 4.10 left no room for doubt. The defeat was clear before the match started.

The defense certainly did not have an easy time in this match. The worst in the department is perhaps Francisco Sierralta, who was missing in the most important moments of the match. One of the worst on the field.

Coventry City 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, Coventry City, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Norwich City team with a final score of 0-1.

A defeat of the home team had odds of 3.60, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

Watford vs Coventry City h2h

The last time these teams played against each other was in Championship, where Watford was at 13th place while Coventry City occupied 8th place. Watford went in with a 4-3-3 formation while Coventry City opened their game with a 3-4-1-2 tactic.

The previous meeting between these two teams was in the 2023/2024 season of the Championship. The meeting took place on 09-03-2024 and ended with a 1-2 win for Coventry City.

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

The Watford team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 4 wins, compared to the Coventry City team, which won only 3 games.

The referee R. Madley has been chosen to officiate the match while B. Antrobus and D. Williams will support him from the sideline.

Watford

Championship leaderboard now

The Watford team with 9 points currently occupies the 3rd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion Play-off, with a campaign of 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.

In the 5th round, the team is having an 1 point advantage over the Leeds United team, which is placed just below in 4th place. It also has 1 point less than West Bromwich Albion team that is in the 2nd place.

Watford analysis

After 4 matches, Watford shows a positive goal difference: in fact, the team has scored 8 goals and conceded 4.

The Watford team comes from a defeat in the Championship, and its coach Tom Cleverley wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

Having a record of 2 wins versus 0 losses, and 0 draws in comparison to the 1 game they won as the visiting team, there’s no place like home for this team.

Watford has proven to be a formidable attacking force, with 396 attacks resulting in 8 goals. Coventry City, on the other hand, has only scored 4 times with 391 attacks.

Best goalscorer from Watford

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Edo Kayembe. With 3 goals on his own, the Midfielder has been instrumental in helping the Watford team achieving several victories this season.

Coventry City

Championship leaderboard now

Coventry City arrives in this game with 4 points, and in 17th place in the Championship, having won once in total and lost 2 times, making a total of 1 draw.

In the 5th round, the team has the same number of points when compared to Swansea City team who occupies position 16.

Coventry City analysis

After round 4 of Championship we count 4 goals scored by Coventry City and 5 conceded.

Recent performances have highlighted that Coventry City is having trouble generating goals, with a low number of goals for and a high number of failed to score matches. This suggests that the team is struggling to create quality chances and convert them into goals, indicating the need for improvement in their attacking play.

Coventry City average number of shots on goal is 4.25 per match, and this is another important indicator that tells us that the team certainly does not have an irresistible attack, and therefore scores little.

The team does not shine in attack, with a scoring average of 1 goals per game. With these statistics against it, it can hardly count on a good result in the next away game.

Best goalscorer from Coventry City

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Haji Wright. Coventry City owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 2 goals in this season.

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

Goals Top Betting Tips

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.

Since Coventry City has an average of 0.5 goals per game when playing away from home, and considering that they often do not concede goals away from home, the market with less than 2.5 goals it can also be an excellent alternative to consider.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One should consider that the combined number of corners of both teams will give an average of 5.5 corners per game if one would like to have good betting results.

Coventry City is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 7 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Coventry City in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Watford has an average of 2 yellow cards per game over the 4 rounds, while Coventry City has an average of 1.8. In other words, these teams together are averaging 4.75 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

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