Week 4 brings us a match on Aug 16th where Watford and Birmingham City will play a match in Birmingham in a clash of these two closely matched Championship teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Birmingham City is fresh off their 2-1 win against Huddersfield Town. Scott Hogan struck first for Birmingham City in the 5th minute, then Przemyslaw Płacheta added another in the 45th minute. Birmingham City is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 1st placed Watford, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Burnley. Tom Cleverley scored the first goal for Watford in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Burnley couldn’t manage to score, and Watford took the shutout win. Watford is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Ismaila Sarr has been the most prolific scorer on Watford in his last 5 matches with 3 goals. Birmingham City’s top weapon lately has been Przemyslaw Płacheta, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches.