Watford vs Stoke Prediction & Betting Tips - Carabao Cup

Prediction published on 19/09/2021, 12:46  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 19/09/2021 at 12:47 in Carabao Cup Predictions

Watford got back to winning ways in their last game, beating Norwich City 3-1 in the Premier League and now they hope to advance in the League Cup as they host Stoke City. A key area of improvement for Watford will be in defence, having managed just one clean sheet in their six matches this season. They have lost three and failed to score in three while they have three wins in the six matches. A key man for Watford this season has been Ismaila Sarr, who has so far netted three goals. Against Norwich in the last game, he scored two and he also has a good run against Stoke City. Last season as Watford claimed a double over Stoke in the Championship, Sarr scored in both games.

Stoke City have had a strong start to the season but lately they haven’t posted very good results, winning just one of their last four matches. They have no clean sheet in their last four matches and have conceded two or more in two of them. Ahead of this game, they lost 2-1 to Derby County but with a run of six wins and just two losses in 10, they will be confident of ending their recent poor run. In their opening 10 matches of the season, Stoke have kept three clean sheets only but they’ve failed to score in just two. Six of their last 10 matches have produced over 2.5 goals and they go to this game with two straight away losses, having also conceded five goals in the two games.