Watford vs Sunderland Prediction and Betting Tips | September 28th 2024 

Watford will host Sunderland at Vicarage Road on Saturday in another round of the 2024-25 Championship campaign. The home side enjoyed a strong start to their season but look to have run out of steam and now sit eighth in the league table with 10 points from eight matches.

They were beaten 4-1 by Norwich City in their last league outing, conceding twice in either half as they recorded their heaviest defeat to the Canaries since January 2022. The Hornets then locked horns with Manchester City in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday, suffering a 2-1 defeat to the eight-time champions at the Etihad Stadium.

Sunderland have performed brilliantly in the Championship this season and are now making an early push for the promotion playoffs. They beat Middlesbrough 1-0 in their last match with 17-year-old Chris Rigg scoring the sole goal of the game midway through the first-half.

The Black Cats now sit second in the Championship standings with 15 points from an obtainable 18. They are just one point behind West Bromwich Albion at the top of the pile and could leapfrog them with a win on Saturday.

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Watford vs Sunderland Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• There have been 47 meetings between Watford and Sunderland. The hosts have won 12 of those games while the visitors have won 19 times with their other 16 matchups ending in draws.
• The visitors have won just one of their last four games in this fixture.
• The Hornets are without a clean sheet in their last four games across all competitions.
• Sunderland have conceded four goals in the league this season. Only Sheffield United (3) and West Bromwich Albion (2) have conceded fewer.

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Watford vs Sunderland Prediction

Watford are on a run of back-to-back defeats and are without a win in their last four matches. They are however undefeated at Vicarage Road since March and will be hopeful of a positive result this weekend.

Sunderland have won four of their last five matches after winning just two of their previous nine competitive outings. They have however lost two of their last three games on the road and may have to settle for a point here.

Prediction: Watford 1-1 Sunderland

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Watford vs Sunderland Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Draw

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Six of the Black Cats' last eight away matches have produced fewer than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES (Both sides have found the back of the net in six of their last eight matchups at Vicarage Road)