West Ham United vs Watford Match Analysis and Prediction

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Following their triumph in the FA Cup, West Ham United return to the Premier League action when they host Watford at the London Stadium on Tuesday.

West Ham needed extra time to defeat Kidderminster Harriers 2-1 on Saturday, while Roy Hodgson’s life at Vicarage Road began with a goalless draw away to Burnley.

The Hammers may have advanced to the next round, but Moyes and his side would have been less than impressed with what they witnessed for majority of the game, as a number of second team players failed to repay their manager’s faith in them.

However, victory over Kidderminster did end a two-game losing run for the Hammers, whose Champions League destiny is now out of reach as they now find themselves fifth in the Premier League table.

Now that Arsenal are also applying pressure, West Ham would need to produce another victory at the London Stadium, as they have scored at least two goals in each of their last four Premier League games at home.

Meanwhile, relegation candidates Watford and Burnley demonstrated exactly why they are battling to avoid demotion to the second division after playing out a goaless draw in tough conditions at Turf Moor.

Watford managed to record their first clean sheet in the Premier League this season at the 21st attempt, with Wout Weghorst and Maxwel Cornet unable to start exciting partnership on the right foot for Burnley.

However, the Hornets have now gone for 10 games without a victory, and they enter the midweek round of fixtures still in the relegation zone at 18th.

West Ham took a 4-1 victory at Vicarage Road during two sides’ first encounter of the season, which was the Hammers’ fourth successive victory over the London rivals, during which they have scored at least three goals in each dominant success.

West Ham United vs Wartford head to head

The two sides have previously met on 35 occasions across all competitions, where West Ham have taken 19 victories while Wartford have won 10, and they have drawn in 6. West Ham have scored 57 goals and conceded 41. In their last five encounters, West Ham have won four and Watford one.

West Ham United 0-2 Watford 22/12/18

Watford 1-4 West Ham United 12/05/19

Watford 1-3 West Ham United 24/08/19

West Ham United 3-1 Watford 17/07/20

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

West Ham United latest home form

West Ham have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home, as they have won just two of their last five matches. They lost their last home league game 3-2 to Leeds United. In their last five matches, they have scored 8 goals and conceded 7.

West Ham United 0-1 Dimamo Zagreb 09/12/21

West Ham United 2-3 Southampton 26/12/21

West Ham United 2-0 Leeds United 09/01/22

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

West Ham United 2-3 Leeds United 16/01/22

West Ham United latest away form

West Ham won their last away game 2-1 over Kidderminster Harriers after extra time in the FA Cup. However they lost their last league away game 1-0 to Manchester United. In their last five away matches, they have won three and lost two, scoring 10 goals and conceding 7.

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 West Ham United 22/12/21

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

Crystal Palace 2-3 West Ham United 01/01/22

Manchester United 1-0 West Ham United 22/01/22

Kidderminster Harriers 1-2(E) West Ham United 05/02/22

Watford latest home form

Watford have recently been on a poor run of form at home, as they have lost their last five matches. Their last home victory came on November 20 when they defeated Manchester United 4-1. In their last five matches, they have scored 3 goals and conceded 13 in the process.

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 0-3 Norwich City 21/01/22

Watford latest away form

Watford have been on a poor run of form on the road, but seem to be on an upturn of form at they have not their last two matches. Their last away victory came 5-2 over Everton on October 23. They have drawn two and lost three of their last five.

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

Burnley 0-0 Watford 05/02/22

West Ham United news

West Ham could welcome Michail Antonio back to the starting lineup following his return from international duty, but Angelo Ogbonna continues to recover from knee surgery.

Moyes could send some under-performing players to the bench, with Alex Kral, Issa Diop and Andriy Yarmolenko among them, as Craig Dawson, Pablo Fornals and Tomas Soucek return.

Watford news

Emmanuel Dennis is expected to return from suspension to lead the line, with Joao Pedro or Ken Sema set to make way.

Kwadwo Baah and Nicolas Nkoulou remain in the treatment room, while Peter Etebo has a slight chance of returning from his thigh problem in time to make the squad.

Prediction and Odds

West Ham manager Moyes is sure to revert to his strongest XI after the alternative players were nearly embarrassed by Kidderminster, and we see them having a better chance of winning.

Watford have recently shown some improvement on the road, but this could be a tough one for them to win.

Odds: 1 1.80 X 2.05 2 2.35