Watford face Lincoln City at Vicarage Road in round 14 of the Championship. The odds bookmakers offered on this match give Watford a 39% win probability and Lincoln City a 33% probability, with little between the sides.
Current Form - Watford
Watford are 21st with 11 points from 13 matches, recording three wins, two draws and eight losses with a 12-23 goal record. Their last five matches brought one win and four losses, while their last league match ended in a 3-2 loss away to Norwich. Across that recent window, Watford scored 1.0 goal per match compared with 0.9 across the season, and conceded 2.6 compared with 1.8.
Current Form - Lincoln City
Lincoln City sit 16th on 15 points, with four wins, three draws and six losses from 13 matches and a 14-23 goal record. Their last five matches produced one win, one draw and three losses; their last league match was a 1-3 home loss to Birmingham. Their recent scoring rate was 1.4 goals per match, against 1.1 for the season, while their goals conceded rose to 3.0 per match from 1.8.
Head-to-Head Record
This will be the first-ever meeting between these two teams.
Key Players to Watch and Missing Players
For Watford, forward Iker Bravo has one goal and three assists. Forward Myron Boadu has two goals from six games played, all scored in his latest match, while defender Matthew Pollock has one assist. Soumaila Coulibaly is unavailable with a hamstring injury, as is Edoardo Bove with a knee injury.
Lincoln City's leading scorer is forward Mikkel Ladefoged, with three goals and one assist from seven games played. Forward Ben House has two goals and two assists from 11 games played, while defender Andrei Coubis has one goal and two assists from 10 games played. Defender Tendayi Darikwa is unavailable with a knee injury.
Key Numbers
↔️ Shot accuracy: Watford 34% vs Lincoln City 27%
Watford
➖ Expected goals (xG): 1.06 per match (5th worst, league average 1.45)
➖ Touches in opposition box: 17.2 per match (worst in the league, league average 23.8)
➖ Expected goals conceded (xGA): 1.82 per match (4th worst, league average 1.45)
Lincoln City
➖ Through passes: 0.1 per match (worst in the league, league average 0.8)
➖ Shots on target conceded: 5.5 per match (3rd worst, league average 4.3)
➖ Red cards: 3 (most in the league, league average 0.8)
Match Notes
Watford forward Iker Bravo has received four yellow cards in his 10 appearances across the last 10 matches. Lincoln City defender Deji Elerewe has received one red card, with that dismissal coming three matches ago.
Betting Insights
The odds give a 50% probability to over 2.5 goals, while the probability for both teams to score is 55%.
Goals implied by the odds: 2.7
These figures come from the odds bookmakers offered on this match, read two days before kickoff.
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