England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Watford and Southampton, taking place on Saturday, 09 December 2023, at Vicarage Road Stadium in Watford.
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Watford, Recent FormWatford will certainly have been pleased to secure 3 points from their most recent encounter, which saw them run out 2-1 winners in their away fixture against Hull City. They achieved 39% possession in that match and had 11 strikes at goal, with 5 hitting the target, up against Hull City's tally of 23 efforts at goal, 7 of which were on target.
While they have been strong in attack with 12 goals scored in their last 6 games, their defence has let them down slightly, by conceeding 7 at the other end which has led to points being dropped. They have only kept 2 clean sheets in their last 6 home games.
Unbeaten in 5 of their last 6 matches can be counted as a good run of form, particularly with 3 victories included.
Mileta Rajović will be aiming to add his name to the scoresheet again to extend his goal tally of 4 goals in the last 6 league outings for Watford.
Southampton, Recent FormSouthampton will be happy to have grabbed 3 points in their last match, where they clocked up a 2-0 win in their home outing against Cardiff City. In that game they had 63% possession and managed 18 attempts on goal, with 6 on target, compared to Cardiff City who had 10 attempts and 3 on target.
Manager Russell Martin will be pleased with his team's performances recently, having only conceded 3 in their last 6 games, while still managing to score a respectable 10 goals. Their goal scoring streak now stands at 12 games in a row.
Their strong run of form, both away and at home now gives them an unbeaten streak of 11 games in a row.
Adam Armstrong will be keen to add his name to the scoresheet and build on his current scoring record of 5 goals in the last 6 league games for Southampton.
The last time these sides were pitched against each other in the league, it ended in a 1-2 win for Watford.
The Saints will be looking to extend their current run of scoring against Watford having scored at least 1 goal in each of their previous 7 meetings.
In the league, Southampton has a good track record when they travel to Watford, getting the better of them to win their last 2 games.
With no real injury worries, Watford manager Valérien Ismaël will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
Russell Martin has a number of injury concerns in his Southampton squad to contend with: Juan Larios (Unknown), Jack Stephens (Calf) and Kamaldeen Sulemana (Hamstring)
Watford Playing at home | Southampton Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | Goals scored | 1.3 |
| 1 | Goals conceded | 1.4 |
| 30' | Time first goal scored | 38' |
| 21' | Time first goal conceded | 45' |
| 1.7 | Yellow cards | 2.2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4.9 | Subs used | 4.4 |
| 5-0 | Biggest victory | 2-1 |
| 3-2 | Biggest defeat | 5-0 |
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