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The English Championship match between Watford and Sheffield United will be played on Tuesday 2nd August,Kick off at 12:30am(IST) on Vicarage Road Stadium.
Form Summary
Watford: L L L D L L
Watford won’t want a repeat of their last result here following a 2-1 Premier League losing effort in their last game against Chelsea.
In that match, Watford had 28% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Watford was Dan Gosling (87'). For their opponents, Chelsea had 19 shots on goal with 8 on target. Kai Havertz (11') and Ross Barkley (91') scored for Chelsea.
It’s been a rare occasion in recent games that Watford haven’t conceded. The reality is that Watford have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 15 goals in the process.
Sheffield United: D W W W L W
Sheffield United will go into this encounter following on from a 1-2 Championship Play-offs win in the defeat of Nottingham Forest in their last match.
In that match, Sheffield United managed 52% possession and 20 shots on goal with 6 on target. For Sheffield United, the goals were scored by Morgan Gibbs-White (47') and John Fleck (75'). Nottingham Forest had 13 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Brennan Johnson (19') was the scorer for Nottingham Forest. Nottingham Forest won the match 2-3 in a dramatic penalty shootout.
Over the course of their previous 6 clashes, Sheffield United have helped themselves to the sum of 12 goals. Sheffield United have also not failed to score on each one of those occasions. In that time, their defenders have had 5 goals go into their own net. That kind of pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this next game, though.
Head to head
An examination of their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 15/08/2009 shows that Watford have won 3 of these and Sheffield United 1, with the number of drawn matches being 2.
A combined total of 11 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 8 of them for The Hornets and 3 being from The Blades. That’s an average goals per game of 1.83.
The previous league fixture featuring these sides was Premier League match day 19 on 26/12/2019 when it finished Sheffield United 1-1 Watford.
In that game, Sheffield United had 57% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Ollie Norwood (36').
At the other end, Watford got 5 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Gerard Deulofeu (27') was the scorer.
The referee was David Coote.
Team News: Watford
The Watford manager Rob Edwards has a full complement, with no fitness worries at all ahead of this game thanks to a fully injury-free squad available to choose from.
Watford's possible lineup could employ 4-3-3 formation for this match.
Team News: Sheffield United
Sheffield United manager Paul Heckingbottom has to currently contend with reduced team options. Jayden Bogle (Knee Problems), Jack O'Connell (Knee Surgery) and Oliver McBurnie (Foot Injury) miss out here.
Sheffield United's possible lineup could employ 3-5-2 formation for this match.
Watford Top Scorers
1)Emmanuel Dennis=10 Goals
2)Juan Camilo Hernandez=5 Goals
3)Joshua King=5 Goals
4)Ismaila Sarr=5 Goals
5)Joao Pedro=3 Goals
Sheffield United Top Scorers
1)Billy Sharp=14 Goals
2)Morgan Gibbs White =11 Goals
3)Iliman Ndiaye=7 Goals
4)Sander Berge= 5 Goals
5)Ben Osborn=3 Goals
Prediction
Sheffield United have the capability to get a goal against this Watford outfit, but it probably shouldn’t be as many as they will have scored against them.
We are anticipating a narrow 2-1 victory for Watford at full-time
Dream11 Team(probable Lineups)
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