Leicester v Watford Betting Odds, Preview and Predictions

Leicester v Watford Betting Preview
A match of great importance in the Championship on Friday night, as the two promotion hopefuls square up. Leicester go into the match one point out of the play offs and really need to land a win to keep themselves in the picture, this being their penultimate game of the season. The stakes are high, while for Watford, a win for them would keep up the pressure on second placed Hull City and just keep alive Watford’s chances of stealing the second automatic promotion spot from them. All to play for.

Leicester v Watford Betting Odds at online bookmaker Ladbrokes
Leicester Evens, Draw 23/10, Watford 11/5

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Leicester v Watford Recommended Bet:
The Foxes go into this one as favourite and Nigel Pearson’s men have to produce a great performance or their chance of the play offs could slip them by. The pressure is on with just two matches remaining in the season, but Leicester can look at a good home record against Watford. They have won the last four in a row on home soil against Watford, unbeaten in five, and on two of those occasions they have netted four goals in the game. So there is promise and hope for them to get a big result, even though they lost at Vicarage Road earlier in the season. Nigel Pearson’s men are in pretty solid shape, unbeaten in their last four in the Championship, but only one of those matches have yielded a win. So perhaps a draw is not an unrealistic route to take for your betting on this one.

At home this season, Leicester have posted a W13 D4 L5 record and they are unbeaten in their last two, taking a draw against Birmingham and then an important win against Bolton. They have shown some pretty good grit, taking that win against the Trotters and then earning themselves a draw against Crystal Palace on the weekend. Chris Wood netted a crucial equaliser in the match and the Foxes will need their forward like to be sharp again on Friday night. The Foxes have scored at an average rate of just over two goals per game at home this season, while at the back they have performed superbly as well, conceding at under a goal per game. That should put them in pretty strong standing to get something out of this game and keep their play off hopes alive.

Gianfranco Zola’s Watford are still eyeing up an automatic play off spot, going into this match four points behind second placed Hull. The window of opportunity is still there, but they really need three points from this encounter. As the season has gotten to the business end, the wins have been harder to come by for the Hornets. They routed the relegation threatened Blackburn on the weekend and if they play that like again, then they will be favourites to get promoted, even going through the play offs. Watford have only recorded two wins in their last eight Championship matches though, so the pressure has been telling. Away from home, Watford have posted a W11 D3 L8 record for the season and have scored at just under a goal per game on the road.

Leicester have conceded in each of their last five home matches and Watford are a threat up front. The Foxes do have a good home run of form going against the Hornets though and a score draw looks a plausible outcome for this game. A Score Draw option looks good and a 1-1 Correct Score is trading at 13/2 at online bookmaker Ladbrokes

Form
Leicester LLDDWD, Watford DWDLLW

Stat Attack
Leicester have won the last four in a row at home against the Hornets
Watford have won just two of their last eight matches in the Championship
Leicester have scored at a rate of over two goals per game at home this season
Watford have kept three clean sheets in their last five matches