Watford vs Oxford United Prediction

The EFL Championship season continues on Friday 8th November 2024 with what is sure to be an interesting fixture between Watford and Oxford United.

Watford vs Oxford United Key Stats

• Watford have won two of the last three games
• Oxford United have only won one of their last nine matches
• Watford have scored ten goals in six
• Oxford United have conceded nine in their last seven

Watford vs Oxford United Team Previews, Form and Standout Players

Watford and Oxford UNited take each other on in what is sure to be an interesting game. Watford look to continue their good form and further strengthen their place in the top six. This while Oxford United look to push on further and potentially - temporarily - move into the top eight of the table.

Watford Preview

Watford Predicted Lineup - Daniel Bachmann; Matthew Pollock, Kevin Keban, Francisco Sierralta; Edo Kayembe, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Tom Ince, Pierre Dwomoh, Yasser Larouci; Vakoun Bayo, Kwadwo Baah

As it stands, Watford are sat 5th place in the league on 22 points from their opening 14 games. A win here will take them up into 4th even if temporarily putting them one step closer to automatic promotion places.

Watford score a lot of goals. They have scored 22 this season so far which is the joint second most goals from any team in the division. Their issue comes from conceding goals as they have also conceded 22. This the 5th most.

Oxford United Preview

Oxford United Predicted Lineup - Jamie Cumming; Petr Kioso, Elliott Moore, Benjamin Nelson, Ciaron Brown; Owen Dale, Ruben Rodrigues, Josh Mceachran, Louie Sibley, Tyler Goodrham; Mark Harris

Oxford United haven’t had a bad start to life in the EFL Championship. Right now they sit 14th on 17 points from 14 games. A win here could take them up to 8th even if temporarily before other teams have played.

In those games they have also scored 17 and conceded 17 as well. For a newly promoted team this isn’t awful but if they continue to concede they may be in a slightly bad place. Things still need to improve for them and this could be a chance to do it.

Head To Head Stats: Watford vs Oxford United

This match is set to be the 40th match between Watford and Oxford United in their histories.

Watford hold the advantage having won 18 of those games. This while Oxford United have won just seven games. There have also been 14 draws in that time.

Believe it or not Watford have avoided defeat in the last six games against Oxford United. The last time we saw an Oxford win was back in May 1993. Will things go differently in this game?

15th September 2020 - Oxford United 1-1 Watford - EFL Cup

13th March 1999 - Oxford United 0-0 Watford - League Division 1

7th November 1998 - Watford 2-0 Oxford United - League Division 1

21st January 1997 - Watford 2-0 Oxford United - FA Cup

5th March 1994 - Watford 2-1 Oxford United - League Division 1

Betting Tips For Watford vs Oxford United

This is bound to be an interesting fixture however Watford have a clear advantage being a much stronger team to Oxford United. Tom Cleverley’s side should win this game.

We are backing odds of 17/20 for Watford To Win in this game. These odds mean that £10 has the potential to return up to £18.50.

(Odds subject to change)

Final Prediction: Watford vs Oxford United

Watford 2-0 Oxford United

This should be a comfortable win for the hosts with Watford being a much stronger side in comparison to Oxford United.

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