Watford vs Coventry prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2022-11-04 15:00.
Although Watford “started sloppy” according to manager Slaven Bilić, they showed their “character, spirit and determination” to come from behind and record a 2-1 win at Cardiff. That result extended their winning run to three games and moved them back into the top-six, and they’ll hope to stay there by building upon a four-game unbeaten run in home H2Hs with Coventry City (W2, D2).
A return to Vicarage Road should inspire confidence amongst Watford fans, with just three defeats across their last 21 second-tier home games providing a solid base to build a promotion bid from (W17, D1). Not many sides can sting the Hornets on their own turf, with the 14th clean sheet in the aforementioned sequence coming in a 4-0 win over bitter rivals Luton in their latest home game.
From problems with the pitch to financial struggles, drama hasn’t been in short supply around Coventry this season, so they may be happy to take to the road for this clash as former Newcastle owner Mike Ashley continues his bid to buy their home ground and secure its future. After spending much of the season rooted to the foot of the table, Coventry have picked up 13 of the last 18 available points to escape the bottom-three, including a 1-0 win over promotion-chasing Blackburn on Tuesday.
There has certainly been no travel sickness of late for Coventry, with a five-game unbeaten away streak and a run of over seven hours since last conceding an away goal raising hopes of an upset here (W2, D3). Coventry fans haven’t seen such strong away form in many moons, with the Sky Blues eyeing a third straight Championship away win for the first time in 15 years!
Players to watch: Ismaïla Sarr hit the winner for Watford last time out and has now featured with a goal in half of their league victories this season. Pulling the strings in Coventry’s midfield will be Kasey Palmer, who hasn’t been far from the action lately with two bookings, two assists and a goal across his last four appearances.
Hot stat: Watford have avoided defeat in half of their league games when conceding first this season (W2, D2, L4).