England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Watford and Rotherham United, taking place on Saturday, 21 January 2023, at Vicarage Road Stadium in Watford.
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Watford, Recent FormLast time out, Watford went away feeling content with a 2-0 home win against Blackpool During that encounter they had 52% possession and had 11 attempts on goal with 5 on target, while their opponents hit 2 of their 6 shots on goal.
It seems pretty certain that Slaven Bilić will be quite pleased with his squad's ability to score goals in recent matches, having managed 5 goals in their past 6 outings. In contrast, however, he will be concerned that their defensive qualities look a little more fragile, with 6 goals conceded in those matches and some crucial points dropped. Finding the net at home is becoming a problem for them, having been unable to score in 3 of their last 6 matches. With 4 clean sheets in their last 6 matches, they are proving that they are not easy to defeat.
Goalscorer João Pedro will be planning to get himself on the scoresheet once more, having notched up 4 goals in his last 6 league matches for Watford.
Rotherham United, Recent FormAfter an eye catching 4-0 home win in their last match against Blackburn Rovers, the Rotherham United players will be in buoyant mood ahead of this fixture. They achieved 23% possession in that match and had 8 strikes at goal, with 4 hitting the target, up against Blackburn Rovers' tally of 9 efforts at goal, 3 of which were on target.
Matt Taylor, their chief, will be doing some careful analysis of his defence, who have seen their goal breached 13 times in their last 6 games while somehow managing to pick up some points along the way with 7 goals scored. They will need to tighten up at the back, having failed to keep a clean sheet in all but 1 of their last 6 away games. After failing to get on the scoresheet in 8 away games out of 14 this season, Taylor will be looking for a bit more consistency from his forwards.
They will be looking to try and improve on a largely bad set of recent results that have seen them defeated in 4 of their last 6 league matches, with just a single victory recorded. It's fair to say they'll need a serious change of form if they want to start moving up the table.
Ben Wiles has scored 2 goals in the last 6 away games and will be looking to add more in this fixture against Watford.
In the previous encounter between these sides, both teams grabbed goals, with the match finishing in a 1-1 draw.
Watford will be looking to extend their current run of 4 clean sheets against The Millers at Vicarage Road Stadium. Watford will be feeling confident about extending their scoring record against The Millers, having notched up at least 1 goal in the previous 6 meetings between the two. Rotherham have struggled to break down The Hornets defence in their past encounters having only managed to find the back of the net 2 times in their last 5 meetings.
Playing at home, Watford have won the last 2 and are unbeaten in the last 4 times they have faced Rotherham in the league.
Watford manager Slaven Bilić has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Leandro Bacuna (Hamstring), Tom Cleverley (Achilles tendon), Keinan Davis (Illness), Tom Dele-Bashiru (Ligament), Dan Gosling (Achilles tendon), Kortney Hause (Knee), Edo Kayembe (Calf), Imrân Louza (Broken leg) and João Pedro (Ankle) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Matt Taylor has a number of injury concerns in his Rotherham squad to contend with: Tom Eaves (Calf), Grant Hall (Hamstring), Georgie Kelly (Calf) and Ben Wiles (Ankle)
Watford Playing at home | Rotherham United Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | Goals scored | 0.6 |
| 0.9 | Goals conceded | 1.6 |
| 33' | Time first goal scored | 21' |
| 34' | Time first goal conceded | 44' |
| 2.1 | Yellow cards | 2.9 |
| 0.2 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 3.5 | Subs used | 4.2 |
| 4-0 | Biggest victory | 1-0 |
| 2-0 | Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
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