Watford vs Hull prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2024-04-19 14:00.
[p]Watford’s current five-game winless run (D4, L1) means that any slender hopes of reaching the Championship play-offs officially ended earlier this month. The 15th-placed Hornets are all but safe from relegation, but given that they finished five of their last six second-tier seasons in the top half – including three top-three finishes – fans will be hoping that they can climb a few more positions in the table to end a disappointing campaign on a relative high. [/p]
[p]Interim head coach Tom Cleverley will be looking for his first win in charge at Vicarage Road (D2), but that won’t be easy, as Watford find themselves on an 11-match home winless league sequence (D5, L6) – their worst such streak since going 13 games without victory during the 2021/22 Premier League season. On top of that, they have won just one of their last six H2Hs on their own patch against upcoming opponents Hull City (D2, L3), failing to score more than once in any of those encounters.[/p]
[p]Hull, unlike their hosts, are still very much alive in the top-six race, having picked up seven points from their last three fixtures after six prior matches without a win (D4, L2). Despite being six points behind sixth-placed Norwich City, the Tigers have a game in hand on the Canaries and won’t mind that three of their four remaining outings this term are away from the MKM Stadium, as they’re one of only five sides in the 2023/24 Championship who have a better points-per-game record on the road than at home.[/p]
[p]Liam Rosenior’s side haven’t trailed at half-time across their last 11 matches, and when they did last go into the break behind, they came back to beat Rotherham United 2-1 in mid-February. However, over the course of the league season, Hull haven’t started games especially strongly, scoring just once and conceding five in the first ten minutes, with only Rotherham possessing a worse goal difference during that time period (-7). [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Edo Kayembe got the opener during Watford’s 2-1 triumph in the reverse fixture, while he’s either scored or been yellow-carded in three of the team’s last five matches (G1). Meanwhile, Jaden Philogene has netted in Hull’s last three games – and all ten of his scoring appearances for the club have seen them avoid defeat (W7, D3). [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Hull have received a first-half booking in just one of their last seven matches. [/p]