Derby County – Watford, Prediction – Championship

Watford’s last 7 Championship games have ended with Under 2.5 goals

🙌 Phillip Cocu saved his job in the last match

The form of Derby County is, to put it mildly, deplorable. Phillip Cocu was on the verge of sacking. If the Rams had lost to Norwich in the previous round, he would probably have been released, but Derby played quite well in defense, and at the end of the match Rooney’s genius shone and he scored a great goal from a direct free-kick. Derby was also lucky with a penalty missed by Norwich in the match. However, the team was eliminated from the League Cup, and in the Championship there are 7 losses, 1 draw, and 2 wins in their last 10 games.

👉 Watford are not at all effective in attack

Many people still can’t explain how a team that reached the FA Cup final last season ended up in the Championship one campaign later. This is exactly the story of Watford – a team that had great players, but something after Gracia’s strong return in the 18/19 season broke and in the next campaign the club changed many managers, but no one was able to save the team. However, the Hornets started well – 2 wins and 1 draw without conceding a goal in the first 3 games before the defeat of the pleasant surprise, Reading, with 0-1 as a guest in the last round.

Derby and Watford scored a lot, but their last matches were a long time ago

 Expert view: Compared to our prediction for the match, the statistics between Derby and Watford are definitely worrying. 9 of the last 10 matches between the two teams ended with over 2.5 goals, but the last meeting between the rams and hornets was in the spring of 2015. Now we will just rely on the logic based on facts, and they are as follows – Derby and Watford have problems in attack and difficult to score goals and therefore are quite concentrated in defense, so their matches are not the most productive. Prediction – Under 2.5 goals at 1.75.