Watford vs Oxford United betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Championship match on November 08th, 2024

Watford and Oxford United will meet each other on November 08th, 2024, Friday at 20:00h (UTC), in a match counting for the Championship in England, check the Watford vs Oxford United betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Watford vs Oxford United will occur

The game will be played in the Vicarage Road (Watford) stadium, in the city of Watford.

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Introduction to the Watford vs Oxford United 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 2.46 goals per match played.

Watford last match

In the last match they played, Watford collected a win. The opposing team was Sheffield Wednesday, and the match - which ended with the result of 2-6 - was valid for Championship. Coach T. Cleverley's disposed his team in a 4-1-4-1 formation.

The underdog's win had odds of 4.33, which shows why we have witnessed an incredible surprise with this unexpected victory.

An eye-popping performance did not accompany the victory for Watford. Despite this, the good appearances of Kwadwo Baah deserve mentioning. The athlete left the field as the main responsible for the positive result of the team.

Oxford United 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, Oxford United, who used a 4-1-4-1 formation, faced the Swansea City team with a final score of 1-2.

Before the kick-off the home team's defeat had odds of 2.30, which explains why it was considered a fairly even match.

Watford vs Oxford United h2h

The last time these teams played against each other was in Carabao Cup, where Oxford United was at 1st place while Watford occupied 2nd place. Oxford United went in with a 4-2-3-1 formation while Watford opened their game with a 5-3-2 tactic.

The previous meeting between these two teams was in the 2020/2021 season of the Carabao Cup. The meeting took place on 15-09-2020 and ended with a 0-0 draw.

Curiosity about previous games

The two teams had very different results in their previous games. While Watford thrashed in a game that was not expected to be so easy, against Sheffield Wednesday, Oxford United lost in a match against Swansea City. Let's see how this previous result can interfere with the morale of the teams for this game.

It is important to note that much of this opposing scenario is due to the performance of Kwadwo Baah, who had a brilliant performance and was key in the impressive team victory.

Watford

Championship leaderboard now

The Watford team with 22 points currently occupies the 5th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion Play-off, with a campaign of 7 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses.

In the 15th round, the team holds an advantage of 1 point over the West Bromwich Albion team, which is in position 6 just below, and with 1 point less than that of the Burnley team that occupies the 4th place.

Watford analysis

At the end of round 14 Watford has a good ratio of goals made to goals conceded, with 22 goals to its credit against 21 conceded.

Watford average of shots on goal is certainly not the brightest, but that cannot be said about the accuracy of getting on goal. In fact, the team has shot 4.08 times on goal, but has a goal-scoring average of 1.69. Basically, for every 5 shots on goal, it scores 2 goals.

Being naturally stronger at home than as a visiting team, having won twice away from home. At home the team proves to be better, having positive results, with 5 wins against 0 losses, and 1 draw.

Watford is a more offensive team than Oxford United, having 1163 attacks vs. 1083 from Oxford United, having scored 22 times. In comparison, Oxford United converted into goal 16 times.

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 5 goals in this season.

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

Oxford United

Championship leaderboard now

Oxford United arrives in this game with 14 points, and in 19th place in the Championship, having won 3 games in total and lost 5 times, making a total of 5 draws.

Which means that in the 15th round, the team is ahead with the same number of points over Preston North End team who is in the 20th place.

Oxford United analysis

Oxford United counted 16 goals scored and 17 conceded at the end of Championship day number 14.

Best goalscorer from Oxford United

Mark Harris has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 4 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading Oxford United to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

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 Watford is Vakoun Issouf Bayo, who has already scored 5 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Oxford United is Mark Harris, he has scored in 4 opportunities.

Between 75-90 minutes is a good time to bet as some study have shown this to be the time where most goals occur.

Taking into consideration that Oxford United scores an average of 1.17 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.1.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One should consider that the combined number of corners of both teams will give an average of 3.77 corners per game if one would like to have good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.71 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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

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