Stoke City vs. Watford Free Predictions, Odds & Tips
Stoke City vs. Watford Match Preview
Welcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Stoke City and Watford, taking place on Saturday, 19 August 2023, at Bet365 Stadium in Stoke-on-Trent.
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There will be a feeling of disappointment amongst the Stoke City players having failed to take any points away from their recent 2-0 away defeat at the hands of Ipswich Town. In that game they had 56% possession and managed 9 attempts on goal, with 2 on target, compared to Ipswich Town who had 22 attempts and 10 on target.
It's fair to say that manager Alex Neil will be pretty happy with his squad's ability to find the net of late, having scored 5 goals in their last 6 matches. That said, he will also be aware there is still work to do at the back, where they have shipped 8 goals in those same matches as well as some valuable points. They have failed to score in 4 of their last 6 games, and they have only kept 1 clean sheet in their last 6 games at home.
Results have been poor for Stoke recently, with 4 losses and only 1 win from their last 6 league games their current form is not going to help them move up the table.
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With a 0-0 draw in their last match against Plymouth Argyle, Watford had to settle for a share of the points. Their share of possession in that meeting was 64%, while racking up 20 shots along the way, 3 of which were on target. Plymouth Argyle had 13 shots on goal with 5 on target.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 9 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 6, and leading to valuable points being dropped. They're currenlty on a run of 3 consecutive clean sheets.
Their recent poor run of form away from home has left them without an away win in 9 games.
Stoke City vs. Watford Head to head
The last league encounter between these two sides concluded with a 2-0 win for Watford.
In their previous 4 encounters with The Hornets, Stoke have shipped at least one goal in those matches. In their last 2 league meetings with The Hornets, Stoke have not been on scoring form, not managing a single goal. The Potters have struggled to keep Watford at bay when these two teams have met at Bet365 Stadium, during the last 3 times they have hosted Watford in the league, they have conceded a total of 6 goals. The Potters have struggled for goals when Watford comes to visit Bet365 Stadium, having scored just 1 goal in their last 3 meetings.
Watford will be looking to continue their winning streak against Stoke, having won each of the last 4 times they have met in the league and being unbeaten in their last 5 meetings.
There is only really one injury concern for the Stoke manager Alex Neil ahead of this clash, with Tyrese Campbell (Muscle) missing out, which gives Neil a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
Watford Injury News
Watford manager Valérien Ismaël has no real injury worries ahead of this clash.
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