Southampton vs Watford Betting Tips & Match Predictions
Southampton vs Watford Intro
Southampton has been one of the Championship season’s best clubs while Watford will be hoping to finish their campaign with a run of positive results. For Southampton this could prove to be a season defining matchup on Saturday April 13, 2024. Season hopes will be on the line with kickoff at St. Mary’s Stadium scheduled for 2:00 PM. As Championship warms up for round 43, Russell Martin has done a superb job of leading the home team to the 4th position with 78 points. The visiting team, fronted by Tom Cleverley, have taken 52 points and are currently the 14th. As we head deeper into the Championship season, there’s a gap between Southampton and Watford in the table. There’s a difference of 26 points and 10 places between the sides.
Southampton vs Watford Form
Southampton have struggled a little in the last few games, but beating Coventry brought in another 3 points to make it eight in the last five games. In the meantime, Watford remain undefeated thanks to a draw with Ipswich that makes it 7 points from a possible 15. Southampton needs to be more convincing at home if they plan to add to the 7 points they have already managed from the five games so far. Watford have gathered 8 points from the five away games played in Championship.
Southampton vs Watford H2H
Historically, Southampton has a much better record in this fixture. They have 11 victories out of the total of 28 matches, compared to Saturday’s guests’ 8. 9 have ended up drawn. Things are fairly even between Southampton and Watford in the most recent meetings between the two. Southampton has the very slight advantage of winning one more.
Southampton vs Watford Analysis
In their last game, Southampton got the win and earned three points. Coventry was the opponent of Russell Martin’s men. After 90 minutes, the score was 2-1. This week Southampton will be thinking about one thing only, Watford. Against Coventry, Southampton had a ball possession of 60%. In terms of shots on goal, Southampton struck a total of 9 shots in attack while in defence conceding 5 shots to Coventry. Meanwhile, Watford drew its previous game. Tom Cleverley’s team played Ipswich. The fulltime scoreline for that match was 0-0. Against Ipswich, Watford had a ball possession of 43%. In terms of shots on goal, Watford struck a total of 6 shots in attack while in defence conceding 8 shots.
Southampton vs Watford Odds
Southampton is the favourite to win this match between Southampton and Watford according to the bookmakers.
