Watford - Bristol City predictions

Though the home team can be called favourites, they can’t quite relax going into the match at Bristol City. Their advantage is quite narrow, and just a few mistakes could end up costing them the game.

The 3.10 away win betting odds indicate that Bristol City are the underdogs of this matchup. The difference is not huge, though, so both a victory for the visitors and are draw are still on the table.

Watford fans expected more of the team than they offered last week. Recording a draw in an away game seems decent on paper, but it’s important to remember that they were still seen as the favourites with most online bookmakers. To make matters worse, they had a lead at halftime, but their opponents Plymouth Argyle equalized before the final whistle.

The away team were the hosts in the previous round of the Championship, so the 0:1 loss was a disappointment for their home supporters. To be fair, though, their chances of winning against Burnley never looked all that great, and they ended up being behind at both halftime and the final whistle.

Interestingly, the hosts’ recent track record claims they’ve made over 5 goals in the latest 3 games they played as visitors. Playing at home presumably gives them an advantage, so Bristol City’s defenders will need to tread lightly.

team from Bristol have a very strong track record when it comes to scoring in away games – 7 goals in their previous 3 games, to be specific. An Over 4.5 Bet is not often a good idea, but it might be time to consider one.

We’ll have to go with last season’s results as a basis for head-to-head statistics and those were full of surprising results. Despite their current status as underdogs, team from Bristol won a match in the previous season with a considerable advantage.

Ayman Benarous, Mark Sykes, Jason Knight, George Tanner, Joe Williams, Ross McCrorie, Samuel Bell, Scott Twine have all been forced to stay out of this match due to various injuries. That’s one more disadvantage that the visitors will have to deal with on top of being the less likely team to win.

There’s nothing quite worse than losing a wager to a surprise draw, which is a distinct possibility in this matchup. Nonetheless, our solution is to simply go for a Draw No Bet market for a Home Win – an excellent chance of success, plus decent value with the odds set at 1.