England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Birmingham City and Watford, taking place on Saturday, 16 March 2024, at St. Andrew's Stadium in Birmingham.
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Birmingham City, Recent FormThe Birmingham City players will be feeling somewhat disenchanted with their inability to pick up any points from their home fixture against Middlesbrough recently, that ended in a 1-0 defeat. In that game they had 53% possession and managed 7 attempts on goal, with 0 on target, compared to Middlesbrough who had 12 attempts and 3 on target.
It's fair to say that manager Tony Mowbray 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. So far this season they have conceded at least 1 goal in 30 of their 37 games.
It's been a bad run of form of late for them, having racked up 4 losses and only a single victory in their last 6 league matches, so they'll need to turn things around if they want to start climbing the table.
Watford, Recent FormFailing to acquire any points in their 2-1 home defeat by Coventry City will have left the Watford squad feeling a little deflated. They came away from that fixture with a 58% share of the possession and clocked up 19 attempts on goal with 5 on target, in comparison to Coventry City, who managed 8 attempts on goal, 3 of which were on target.
Valérien Ismaël will be quite satisfied with his squad's offensive prowess in recent performances. They have managed to notch up 6 goals from their last 6 outings. However, the manager will know they have work to do at the back where they have let in 10 goals and, as a result, lost some important points. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games but failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of those games.
Results have been poor for Watford recently, with 4 losses and only 1 win from their last 6 league games their current form is not going to help them move up the table.
Vakoun Bayo will be keen to get his name on the scoresheet against Birmingham City in this match, having already scored 2 goals in his last 6 away games for Watford.
In the last league encounter between these sides, it was Birmingham City who ended up empty-handed, losing 2-0 to Watford.
The Hornets will be confident of finding the net in this one against Birmingham, with an impressive scoring record of at least 1 goal in their previous 11 encounters between the two sides. The Blues have struggled to break down the Watford defence in their past encounters having only managed to find the back of the net 1 time in their last 5 meetings. Birmingham have failed score a goal in 4 of their last 5 league meetings with Watford.
In the last 2 league meetings between the teams, Watford has taken all 3 points and has not lost to Birmingham in 6 games.
With only Krystian Bielik (Groin) and Alfie Chang (Cruciate ligament) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Tony Mowbray will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
There is only really one injury concern for the Watford manager Valérien Ismaël ahead of this clash, with Jeremy Ngakia (Knee) missing out, which gives Ismaël a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
Birmingham City Playing at home | Watford Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.4 | Goals scored | 1.3 |
| 1.3 | Goals conceded | 1.4 |
| 38' | Time first goal scored | 44' |
| 32' | Time first goal conceded | 35' |
| 1.9 | Yellow cards | 2.7 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 4.1 | Subs used | 4.7 |
| 4-1 | Biggest victory | 5-1 |
| 3-1 | Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
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