Watford vs Hull City Preview 11/12/2022

Watford vs Hull Metropolis – 11/12/2022

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The EFL Championship returns this weekend following the World Cup break. On Sunday, Watford welcome Hull Metropolis to Vicarage Street.

With 21 video games within the books, Hull discover themselves fifth from backside within the Championship desk – one level outdoors the relegation zone.

On the reverse finish of the standings, Watford sit fourth – 9 factors away from Hull and 5 factors shy of the automated promotion locations.

Watford have misplaced simply six of their 21 Championship encounters this season, securing 9 wins and 6 attracts within the course of.

The Hornets boast among the finest defensive information within the division, as solely three sides have conceded fewer targets this time period.

Watford have solely suffered one defeat of their earlier six Championship outings, choosing up 4 victories and one draw alongside the best way.

Higher nonetheless, they’ve stored 4 clear sheets throughout their previous six video games – highlighting their defensive solidity. Can they obtain one other shutout this weekend?

In the meantime, Hull have solely managed to win seven of their 21 league video games this season – recording three attracts and 11 defeats.

No crew within the division has suffered extra losses than Hull this time period, whereas solely two sides have registered fewer attracts.

The Tigers have the worst defensive document within the Championship, having conceded a whopping 39 targets this season (1.9 targets towards per sport).

Not solely have Hull misplaced three of their final 5 league video games, however they’ve additionally misplaced 5 of their earlier 9. If you have a look at the larger image, they’ve misplaced ten of their previous 15.

Head-to-head: There has solely been one draw throughout the earlier 13 conferences between Watford and Hull, so we should always get a winner on Sunday.

Seven of the previous 12 conferences have produced underneath 2.5 targets, that means the upcoming encounter isn’t prone to be a high-scoring affair.

Workforce information: Watford’s prolonged damage record options Daniel Bachmann, Imran Louza, Jeremy Ngaki, Tom Cleverly and Rey Manaj.

As for Hull, they appear set to be with out the injured quartet of Harvey Vale, Vaughn Covil, Benjamin Tetteh and Allahyar Sayyadmanesh this weekend.

Given the nine-point hole between these two sides, promotion-chasing Watford shouldn’t wrestle to get the higher of relegation-threatened Hull.

Forebet predicts that Watford will rating over 1.5 targets on their option to victory, with the hosts additionally prone to hold a clear sheet.