Watford hosts Middlesbrough in round 1 of the English Championship. The match will be played on Friday, September 11th at Vicarage Road (Watford)
Watford played in the Premier League last season. As you can see, it played badly. The team took the penultimate place and conceded 64 goals in 38 rounds. And only nine matches ended with clean sheets. In the preparatory period before the season, the Hornets played only one test match against Tottenham. Oddly enough, they won but conceded once again.
| 2 x £10 Free Bet | Review | |||
| 100$-500$ for No Lose Free Bets | Review | |||
| 100% up to £200 | Review | |||
| Not available | Review |
Middlesbrough almost left the Championship in the last season. It was among three outsiders for eight rounds before the finish, but the club's management came to its senses in time, fired the coach Woodgate, and invited Warnock to his place on a rush basis. And his team won half of the remaining matches. By the way, this is almost a third of all victories gained by the team for the entire championship. And having forced his players to score at least one goal in seven of those eight final rounds, Warnock managed to pull Middlesbrough into the new season of the Championship. In the offseason, Boro played two friendly matches and won twice. In the last match, it eliminated Shrewsbury Town from the League Cup. The scoring of Middlesbrough is noteworthy. The team scored in 9 out of 10 last matches.
Middlesbrough couldn’t score to the net of Watford in the last three head-to-head meetings, although it scored at least once in 9 out of 10 previous matches. I think Boro will surely interrupt this goalless streak in the upcoming game. It has a couple of fairly mobile and scoring forwards, Asombolonga and Fletcher. They scored 11 goals each in the last championship. In the last cup game, both players scored either, and the latter did it twice. Moreover, the attacking midfielder Brown returned from the loan - he scored five goals in 14 matches for Oxford. Boro also bought forward Kyrian from Sunderland. Therefore, Middlesbrough has someone to score. And Watford doesn’t have proper defenders. The team conceded in 11 last matches. 22 goals flew into the Hornets' net in those games. Most likely, there will be the 23rd conceded goal.
Prediction for the match: Middlesbrough to score over 0.5 goals
