Watford vs Preston North End betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Championship match on January 21st, 2025

Watford and Preston North End will on Tuesday, January 21st, 2025 at 19:45h (UTC), play in a Championship football game in England, check the Watford vs Preston North End betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Watford vs Preston North End will occur

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

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 Watford vs Preston North End 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 2.47 goals per match played.

Watford last match

Watford comes from a draw in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Cardiff City, in a match valid for Championship, and the match ended 1-1. Coach T. Cleverley's team lined up with this formation: 5-3-2.

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.

Amid a performance below the average of Watford, one of the few athletes that achieved distinction was Kwadwo Baah. With a good appearance and a few great passes, his performance was important so that the team did not come out defeated.

Preston North End last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for FA Cup, Preston North End, who used a 3-1-4-2 formation, faced the Charlton Athletic team with a final score of 2-1.

The odds for the home team to win before the match were 2.10, so it was logical to expect a fairly even match.

Watford vs Preston North End h2h

Last time these teams faced each other, Preston North End occupied 22nd place in Championship and, team Watford the 8th place. Preston North End entered the field with the tactic 3-5-1-1, while Watford arranged their formation in a 3-4-2-1.

The last preceding match between these two teams was from 02-10-2024. The match was valid for the 2024/2025 season of the Championship, and it ended with a 3-0 win for Preston North End.

The performance of the Preston North End team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Watford team.

In this game, the referee T. Nield will be in charge, assisted by A. James and A. Dallison.

Watford

Championship leaderboard now

Considering the home team Watford, standing in 8th place with 38 points in the Championship competition in England. Their performance statistics have been such as 11 wins, 10 losses and, 5 draws.

This means that Bristol City team, in 9th place, is close behind in the 28th round with a disadvantage of 1 point.

Watford will try to utilize the home factor as an advantage to get a win. This, despite being situated in the middle of the league table in the England Championship and having no high aspirations or relegation concerns.

Watford analysis

After 27 rounds, Watford has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 37 goals so far and scored 36 times.

With an average of 3.96 shots on goal per match, Watford certainly cannot call itself a fearsome, or particularly prolific, attack, and this is another very good indicator to take into account in evaluations.

Playing at home shows more positive results for the team with 9 wins, 2 losses and, 2 draws compared to the 2 games they won as the visiting team.

In comparison to Preston North End 2317 attacks and 28 goals, Watford has had 2343 attacks and 36 goals.

Best goalscorer from Watford

Vakoun Issouf Bayo has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 10 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading Watford to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

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

Preston North End

Championship leaderboard now

Preston North End arrives in this game with 30 points, and in 15th place in the Championship, having won 6 games in total and lost 8 times, making a total of 12 draws.

With the same score that the Millwall who occupies position 14, the team will fight for a best position in this 28th round.

Preston North End analysis

The goal difference is on the negative side for Preston North End, which after 27 rounds has conceded 34 but has only scored 28.

Best goalscorer from Preston North End

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Emil Riis. He has scored 7 times in the current season and has helped Preston North End come out with a positive result on several occasions.

For punters some entries may be interesting for this game, namely:

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 10 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Preston North End is Emil Riis, he has scored in 7 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

The number of corners of both teams when combine gives an average of 4.68 corners per game, something to explore to gain good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Watford has an average of 2.1 yellow cards per game over the 27 rounds, while Preston North End has an average of 2.8. In other words, these teams together are averaging 5.04 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

On the Preston North End side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 4 time this season, very different from Watford who only saw the red card once. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

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