Watford vs Aston Villa Prediction & Betting Tips - Premier League

Prediction published on 26/12/2019, 20:24  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 26/12/2019 at 20:25 in Premier League Predictions

Watford plays host to Aston Villa on Saturday in one of the matches lined up this busy Christmas period. Going to the game, Watford are placed 19th with 13 points as Aston Villa go to the game in 18th place on 18 points. Watford have not had the best of runs this season but their last two matches have signified improvement. They have avoided defeat in the last two matches, beating Manchester United and drawing with Sheffield United. They will go to this game seeking to extend this run as they look to rise. In the last 15 matches, Watford have three wins and seven losses and they have failed to score in eight while only four of their last 15 matches have produced over 2.5 goals. They have only five clean sheets in the last 15 matches but they go to this match on two straight clean sheets. They three clean sheets in the last five home matches, which is not a bad place to start their recovery. In their last nine matches, Watford have three wins and two losses. They have scored three goals in their last six home matches and will need to really improve on this. They have the least wins in the season – just two and they have scored the least goals in the league as well – 12 but they have two straight wins over Aston Villa in their most recent meetings.

Aston Villa on the other hand, have two wins and three losses in their last five matches. They beat Norwich in their last game, and after posting two wins in the last three matches, they will be looking to build on that. Aston Villa have five losses and four wins in their last 10 matches but have managed just three clean sheets in the last 15 matches. 12 of their last 15 matches have produced over 2.5 goals and they have scored two or more goals in eight of their last 15 matches. Their away record is not so good though; Villa have three wins and seven losses in the last 11 away matches. They have no clean sheet in the 11 away matches and conceded two or more in seven of them. In their 10 Premier League matches this season, they have seven losses and two clean sheets. However, they have scored two or more goals in their last five matches against Watford. Their chances could be further boosted by the fact they have scored the joint most goals among the sides in the bottom 11 of the table – 25.