England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Watford and Sheffield Wednesday, taking place on Saturday, 21 October 2023, at Vicarage Road Stadium in Watford.
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Watford, Recent FormGrabbing a valuable league point from their recent 1-1 draw against Cardiff City will have been seen as a reasonably decent result for Watford. They came away from that fixture with 56% of the possession and clocked up 8 attempts on goal with 1 on target. By comparison, Cardiff City managed 8 attempts on goal, with 2 on target.
It's fair to say that manager Valérien Ismaël will be pretty happy with his squad's ability to find the net of late, having scored 7 goals in their last 6 matches. That said, he will also be aware there is still work to do at the back, where they have shipped 11 goals in those same matches as well as some valuable points. They have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games.
Having drawn 2 of their last 6 games they have at least put some points on the table, but they will not be overly happy with only 1 win.
Sheffield Wednesday, Recent FormIt's fair to say Sheffield Wednesday will have been relatively pleased with a point from their last encounter with Huddersfield Town, a match that ended in a 0-0 draw. In that game they had 45% possession and managed 6 attempts on goal, with 1 on target, compared to Huddersfield Town who had 7 attempts and 0 on target.
Having scored just 1 goal in their last 6 games, it will be glaringly obvious to their manager (TBC) where he needs to focus his attentions if they are going to get more points on the table. However, he will still have one eye on his defence which has shipped 9 in the same period. They have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games, and this season they've failed to score in 7 of their 11 games.
A win for Sheffield Wednesday is just a distant memory, having not won a single match in 11 games.
On an individual basis, Michael Smith is giving Sheffield Wednesday's travelling fans plenty to shout about having scored 4 goals in the squad's last 6 away games in the league.
It was no surpirise that the last time these two teams met Watford came out on top, winning the match 1-0.
In the previous 2 league encounters between these two teams, The Owls have failed to score a single goal against Watford. Wednesday have struggled to break down The Hornets defence in their past encounters having only managed to find the back of the net 2 times in their last 5 meetings. Playing away from home, Wednesday have scored in 2 of their last 3 league games against Watford.
Watford have certainly shown themselves to be resilient opponents against Wednesday in the league, having gone unbeaten against them in their last 5 meetings.
There is only really one injury concern for the Watford manager Valérien Ismaël ahead of this clash, with Ken Sema (Muscle) missing out, which gives Ismaël a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
(TBC) has a number of injury concerns in his Wednesday squad to contend with: Barry Bannan (Muscle), Mohamed Diaby (Leg) and Josh Windass (Muscle)
Watford Playing at home | Sheffield Wednesday Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | Goals scored | 0.6 |
| 1 | Goals conceded | 2 |
| 29' | Time first goal scored | 56' |
| 30' | Time first goal conceded | 34' |
| 1.5 | Yellow cards | 2.6 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 5 | Subs used | 4.4 |
| 4-0 | Biggest victory | - |
| 3-2 | Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
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