In a mid week match on Monday Feb 20th, in week 33, Watford hosts West Bromwich Albion at Vicarage Road in a clash of the Championship. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Watford is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Burnley. João Pedro struck first for Watford in the 32nd minute on a feed from Ken Sema, but Michael Obafemi got the equalizer for Burnley in the 5th minute of the second half’s stoppage time squeezing out at least the one point for Burnley. Watford is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 10th placed West Bromwich Albion is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Blackburn Rovers. Jayson Molumby scored the first goal for West Bromwich Albion in the 73rd minute, but Ben Brereton got the equalizer for Blackburn Rovers in the 89th minute earning Blackburn Rovers a comeback draw. With 19 points in their last 10 matches West Bromwich Albion should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Mon Aug 8th, West Bromwich Albion hosted Watford at the The Hawthorns in their last match together. West Bromwich Albion and Watford battled to a 1-1 draw. Ismaila Sarr scored the first goal for Watford in the 12th minute, then Karlan Grant tied it up for West Bromwich Albion in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time squeezing out at least the one point for West Bromwich Albion.
Darnell Furlong and Grady Diangana are the top scorers for West Bromwich Albion in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Watford is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, João Ferreira and Ryan Porteous each only have 1 goal in their last 5.