Watford take on the visitors Sheffield United in the round 1 match of English Championship. The match will be played on Monday, August 1st at Vicarage Road (Watford).
Watford once again showed their essence of the "football lift". Having risen to the Premier League, the Hornets took a miserable 24 points there. Only Norwich, a team with a similar feedback, collected less points. But in the end, both flew out, in the company of Burnley. But the “clarets” at least fought to the last. And Watford was remembered only for their traditional coaching rotations. But now the task will be traditional - to return back to the Premier League. They entrusted its execution to Rob Edwards. The Welshman is only 39, but he has been coaching for a long time. On the other hand, before that, in his biography there was a modest, albeit interesting, Forest Green Rovers. Now he needs to rebuild the team in many ways. Gone are N'Kulu, King, Forest, Masina, Gray, and the list goes on. And the management was in no hurry to spend money on newcomers. Manay and Hammer came for free, and only Charleroi got paid some money for Baio.
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Sheffield United have recently been playing the Premier League. And they could even stay there for the 2nd year. But then the "blades" ingloriously flew out - 23 points and the last place. There were chances to return immediately - under the leadership of Paul Heckingbottom, they managed to finish in 5th position. But the play-offs ended at the first stage. Having lost at home 1-2 to Nottingham Forest, then with the same score they won on the road, in strong-willed style. But in a protracted penalty shootout, the Foresters eventually won. There is hope to build on the success in the new draw. True, in the offseason there were quite noticeable losses: Mousse, Burke, McGoldrick, Freeman, plus the end of a series of losses. But at the same time, money was found to buy Akhmetkhodzic from Malmo. We also managed to re-loan Kieran Clark and Tommy Doyle. In general, the backbone in Sheffield has been preserved. Let's see if this is enough to climb higher in the Championship standings. Or at least not roll back lower, remaining in the playoff zone.
Watford are unbeaten in their last 5 head-to-heads. But in 2019, in both matches, draws were recorded in the Premier League. In London it was 0-0, in Sheffield it was 1-1. Bookmakers consider Watford to be the favorite of the pair. They play at own field, with a fairly convenient opponent - but still we recommend betting on the hosts with a handicap of "0".
Prediction for the match: Watford to win with 0.0 handicap.
