Watford vs Norwich City Match Analysis and Prediction

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Watford will be hosting fellow strugglers Norwich City at Vicarage Road on Friday, with the visitors looking to make it back-to-back wins in the Premier League.

Norwich City will head into the contest off the back of a 2-1 win over Everton, while Watford picked up a point away to Newcstle United last time out.

Watford were due to return to action away to Burnley on Tuesday, bt the match had to be postponed due to a lack of available players for the hosts.

Their draw with Newcastle ended a run of seven straight defeats in all competitions, but Watford have not managed to win in the Premier League since defeating Manchester United 4-1 on November 20, with 14 points from 19 matches leaving them 17th in the table.

The Hornets have the worst home record in the Premier League this season, picking up just seven points from their 10 matches, but Norwich have the third-worst away record in the league this season, losing seven of their 10 matches, collecting five points in the process.

As for Norwich, they will enter the match off the back of a huge 21 victory over Everton on Saturday, with a goal from Adam Idah and an own goal from Michael Keane enough to secure the victory at Carrow Road.

The Canaries have obtained a fighting chance to stay in the Premier League, and they have now won two of their last three matches in all competitions, having also defeated Charlton Athletic in the FA Cup on January 9.

However, Norwich have lost each of their last five league matches against Watford, including their last meeting at Carrow Road in the Premier League back in September. They last defeated Watford in May 2016, and they have not defeated the Hornets away in the league since February 2015.

Watford vs Norwich City head to head

The two teams have previously met on 40 encounters across all competitions, where Watford are leading with 18 victories while Norwich have won 15, and they have drawn in 7. Watford have scored 60 goals and conceded 67. Watford won 3-1 away in their last meeting in the league.

Norwich City 0-2 Watford 08/11/19

Watford 2-1 Norwich City 07/07/20

Watford 1-0 Norwich City 26/12/20

Norwich City 0-1 Watford 20/04/21

Norwich City 1-3 Watford 18/09/21

Watford latest home form

Watford have recently been on a poor run of form at home, as they have lost in each of their last four home matches. Their last home victory came on November 20 when they defeated Manchester United 4-1 in the league. They lost their last home match 1-0 to Tottenham Hotspur.

Watford 4-1 Manchester United 20/11/21

Watford 1-2 Chelsea 01/12/21

Watford 1-3 Manchester City 04/12/21

Watford 1-4 West Ham United 28/12/21

Watford 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur 01/01/22

Watford latest away form

Watford drew 1-1 with Newcastle United in their last away match, which could be an upturn of form if they manage to improve on the same. Their last away victory came 5-2 against Everton on October 23. In their last five away matches, they have scored 5 goals and conceded 12.

Arsenal 1-0 Watford 07/11/21

Leicester City 4-2 Watford 28/11/21

Brentford 2-1 Watford 10/12/21

Leicester City 4-1 Watford 08/01/22

Newcastle United 1-1 Watford 15/01/22

Norwich City latest home form

Having been on a poor run of form at home, Norwich City won their last home match 2-1 over Everton, which could be an upturn of form. They had lost three successive league matches prior to that. They have won one, drawn one and lost three of their last five matches.

Norwich City 0-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 27/11/21

Norwich City 0-1 Manchester United 11/12/21

Norwich City 0-2 Aston Villa 14/12/21

Norwich City 0-5 Arsenal 26/12/21

Norwich City 2-1 Everton 15/01/22

Norwich City latest away form

Norwich City have recently been on a relatively poor form on the road, as they have won just one of their last five away, matches. They had managed to defeat Charlton Athletic 1-0 in the FA Cup. They have won one, drawn one and lost three of their last five away matches.

Newcastle United 1-1 Norwich City 30/11/21

Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Norwich City 05/12/21

Crystal Palace 3-0 Norwich City 28/12/21

Charlton Athletic 0-1 Norwich City 09/01/22

West Ham United 2-0 Norwich City 12/01/22

Watford news

Watford’s Adam Masina, Imran Louza and William Troost-Ekong are absent as they participate in the Africa Cup of Nations, while Nicolas Nkoulou, Kwadwo Baah, Ismaila Sarr and Peter Etebo will miss out through injury. Emmanuel Dennis and Joao Pedro should again support Joshua King in the final third on Friday.

Norwich City news

Norwich have a number of injured players including Billy Gilmour, Andrew Omobamidele, Christoph Zimmermann, Mathias Normann and Lukas Rupp.

Kenny McLean will also miss out after testing positive for COVID-19, while Max Aarons, Tim Krul and Brandon Williams should all be cleared after picking up knocks in the match against Everton.

Prediction and Odds

Norwich will be boosted by their victory over Everton and they will believe that they can pick up at least a point in this match. However, Watford are capable of pulling off big results especially at home, and with their record over Norwich, we expect them to win the game on Friday.

Odds: 1 2.10 X 3.05 2 2.80