Watford vs Wigan – Prediction
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Last Updated: March 16, 2023
Watford welcome Wigan for a clash in the Championship at Vicarage Road Stadium this coming Saturday.
Watford vs Wigan Stats
- In 10 of the last 12 Watford matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 8 of the last 9 Watford home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In the last 3 Watford matches the sum of goals was under 1.5
- In 10 of the last 12 Watford matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 10 of the last 12 Watford home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Wigan have not won the last 14 away matches in a row
- In the last 12 Wigan matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Wigan have not won 23 of the last 25 matches
- In 19 of the last 21 Wigan away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Wigan have conceded in 15 of the last 17 away matches
Watford vs Wigan Squad lists
Watford Squad
The 55-year-old manager of Watford, Chris Wilder, will select the lineup against Wigan from the players listed below:
- Hamer, Bachmann, Okoye, Kabasele, Cathcart, Sierralta, Louza, Morris, Ngakia, Ferreira, Hause, Gaspar, Porteous, Hoedt, Gosling, Kayembe, Choudhury, Kamara, Kone, Davis, Sema, Bacuna, Cleverley, Dele-Bashiru, Asprilla, Assombalonga, Araujo, Sarr, Pedro, Martins, Kalu.
Wigan Squad
This is the full squad of players that the Wigan head coach Maloney will select from for his starting XI:
- Ben Amos, Jamie Jones, Matt Wonnacott, Sam Tickle, Curtis Tilt, Jack Whatmough, James Carragher, Jason Kerr, Jordan Cousins, Joseph Bennett, Martin Kelly, Omar Rekik, Ryan Nyambe, Steven Caulker, Tom Naylor, Tom Pearce, Anthony Scully, Danel Sinani, James McClean, Max Power, Scott Smith, Tendayi Darikwa, Thelo Aasgaard, Ashley Fletcher, Callum Lang, Charlie Wyke, Christ Tiehi, Josh Magennis, Miguel Azeez, Will Keane.
Watford vs Wigan Lineups
Watford vs Wigan Preview
A draw is the best Watford can show from their last three games, where they came up short in a 1-0 defeat against Sheffield United. A0-0 draw with Preston followed before they were defeated 1-0 by Queens P.R.. In their last six Championship home matches, Watford have three wins, while they’ve drawn three and remained without defeat. They scored ten and conceded four goals.
A draw is all that prevents Wigan from having nothing to show for their previous three games. They claimed a point in a 1-1 draw against Birmingham before getting trounced against West Bromwich by a 1-0 score. Last time out, more disappointment followed as Burnley ran out 3-0 winners. In their last six Championship away matches, Wigan failed to win even once. In stead, they’ve drawn three and lost three, scoring three while also conceding eight times.
Watford vs Wigan H2H
Wigan have only been able to win once in 8 of their most recent encounters against Watford. Watford go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 2-0 and 1-0 the last two times they played Wigan. Looking back over their last ten encounters serves to emphasize how equally paired the two teams usually are. Visitors Wigan claimed a win in two of the previous ten matches. Hosting side Watford won four of these, as the bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 1.67.
Current Championship standings
Ranked as number 10 in the Championship standings, Watford, have so far collected 54 points this season, while Wigan collected 33 points. This puts them up as number 23 after 37 rounds.
Full Time Betting
Vicarage Road Stadium witnessed Watford winning four times in their last 10 matches here, whilst drawing four and losing two as well. Wigan claimed zero wins, five draw and five defeats in their last 10 games away. We probably shouldn’t expect too many goals at Vicarage Road Stadium, since just two of the last 10 Championship matches here for Watford had over 2.5 goals. In four of the previous 10 league games away for Wigan the match had over 2.5 goals.
Both Teams to Score
Watford celebrated a 0-1 win in their most recent meeting with their upcoming opponent. Are we in for something similar at Vicarage Road Stadium on Saturday? Both teams found the back of the net four times in the past nine matches between home side Watford and Wigan. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 2.10. Watford scored at least once in 7 of their 8 most recent encounters in the Championship against Wigan. Both teams to score paid out four times in the previous nine matches between home side Watford and Wigan. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 2.10.
Over/Under Tips
Less than three came out three times in the past nine encounters between Wigan and Watford, as both teams not to score was a winning bet five times. Watford performed 1.1 goals on average, whereas Wigan averaged 0.77 goals. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of Watford’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.1 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in three of Wigan’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.5 goals in these matches.
