Watford vs Cardiff Prediction & Betting Tips - Championship

Prediction published on 03/02/2024, 01:14  by Daniel Ngulu in Championship Predictions

Watford have the chance to strengthen their top-six quest when they play host to Cardiff City. separated by four points, both sides will be targeting the three on offer here. Watford have so far garnered 41 points, in ninth place and have their promotion hopes rocking but intact. A win here could take them level on points with the sixth placed side. They must, however, improve on their recent run. A 0-0 outcome with Sheffield Wednesday in the last game marked a third straight draw for Watford. They are however unbeaten in their last seven matches. Only two of those games have ended in wins for Watford, who have lost just once in 10. While Watford come into this game with a good scoring run, they haven't managed many clean sheets. In their last 10 matches, the draw with Sheffield Wednesday presented their first clean sheet. Away from home, things haven't been great for Watford; they are on one win in six games. Both sides also scored in all of their last seven matches.

In the first meeting between these two sides this season, Cardiff failed to take advantage of Mark McGuinness’ first half goal. Youssouf Bayo’s equalizer denied them a second straight win over Watford but they’ll want to make it three unbeaten here. In their last four meetings with Watford as well, they failed to keep a clean sheet, with both teams scoring. Coming into this game, there is however a lot to improve on, firstly, stopping a three-match losing run. Right ahead of this game they once again let a 1-0 lead against Plymouth Argyle slide, and they lost 3-1. That marked the third straight time they conceded three or more goals, and they have no clean sheet in five matches. Three wins only in 10 league matches doesn’t place them well to go three unbeaten against Watford. However, they can bank on Watford’s inconsistent run coming to this game. Their major challenge is in defence, having failed to keep a clean sheet in six games, both sides scoring in four. Both sides have also scored in their last three away league matches.