Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Watford Match Analysis and Prediction

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Wolverhampton Wanderers will play host to Watford at the Molineux Stadium on Thursday as both teams will be looking to bounce back from their weekend defeats in the Premier League.

The hosts went down to a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Crystal Palace, while Watford were defeated 3-2 by Arsenal last time out.

Any hopes for a top-four challenge appear to be slowly fading away for Wolves, who fell to their third Premier League defeat in a row in a dismal style at home to Crystal Palace on Saturday.

Jean-Philippe Mateta scored the opener in the 19th minute before Wilfred Zaha’s penalty confirmed the victory for the visitors, and Brunao Lage certainly made his frustration known following the full-time whistle.

Successive defeats against Arsenal, West Ham United and Crystal Palace have seen Wolves slip to eighth in the standings, so their European destiny is no longer in their own hands.

Meanwhile, Watford enter the contest winless in their last three matches in the league, drawing one and losing two, including Saturday’s 3-2 home defeat against Arsenal at Vicarage Road.

Martin Odegaard netted the opener in the 5th minute to put the Gunners ahead, before Juan Hernandez restored parity in the 11th minute. However, Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli put in their efforts in either side of half time and despite Moussa Sissoko scored in the 87th minute, the game finished in favour of Arsenal.

Watford enter the midweek round of fixture still sturggling in 19th spot, three points adrift of the safety of 17th place, but a record of just one goal conceded from their last four league away games is a welcome statistic ahead of Thursday.

However, three of their last four encounters with Wolves in the Premier League have ended in defeat, including a 2-0 loss at Vicarage Road back in September.

Wolverhampton Wandererd vs Watford head to head

The two teams have previously met on 36 occasions across all competitions, where Wolves have taken 11 victories while Watford have won 12, and they have drawn in 13. Both teams have scored 46 goals each in the process. In their last five encounters, Wolves have won three and Watfors two.

Watford (E)3-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 07/04/19

Watfors 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 27/04/19

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 Watford 28/09/19

Watford 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 01/01/20

Watford 0-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 11/09/21

Wolverhampton Wanderers latest home form

Wolve have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home, having won just three of their seven most recent matches. They recently lost 1-0 to Norwich City in the FA Cup. In their last five matches, they have won two and lost three, scoring five goals and conceded six.

Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Southampton 15/01/22

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 Norwich City 05/02/22

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 Arsenal 10/02/22

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Leicester City 20/02/22

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 Crystal Palace 05/03/22

Wolverhampton Wanderers latest away form

Wolves have most recently been on a poor form on the road, as they have in each lost their two most recent away matches. Their last away victory came on February 13 when they defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2-0. In their last five, they have scored six goals and conceded four.

Manchester United 0-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 03/01/22

Brentford 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 22/01/22

Tottenham Hotspur 0-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 13/02/22

Arsenal 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 24/02/22

West Ham United 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 27/02/22

Watford latest home form

Watford have been on a poor run of form at home so far, and they have failed to win in any of their eight most recent matches. Their last home victory came on November 20 when they defeated Manchester United 4-1. In their last five, they have scored three goals and conceded 13.

Watford 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur 01/01/22

Watford 0-3 Norwich City 21/01/22

Watford 0-2 Brighton & Hove Albion 12/02/22

Watford 1-4 Crystal Palace 23/02/22

Watford 2-3 Arsenal 06/03/22

Watford latest away form

Watford have been on a poor run of form on the road so far this season. They lost 4-1 to Leicester City in the FA Cup on January 8. However, they recently managed to defeat Aston Villa 1-0. In their last five matches, they have scored two goals and conceded two.

Newcastle United 1-1 Watford 15/01/22

Burnley 0-0 Watford 05/02/22

West Ham United 1-0 Watford 08/02/22

Aston Villa 0-1 Watford 19/02/22

Manchester United 0-0 Watford 26/02/22

Wolverhampton Wanderers news

Defender Hoever was taken off after 25 minutes agains Palace with a hamstring strain, with Nelson Semedo having been ruled out for a month with a similar problem, so Jonny will feature on the right wing this week.

Rayan Ait-Nouri and Leander Dendoncker could also come in to freshen up the team.

Watford news

Watford’s Joshua King may return from his hamstring issue in time for Thursday, but Ismailia Sarr is unlikely to be passed fit for the game.

Peter Etebo made the matchday squad for the first time since September, but Nicolas Nkoulou remains absent, while Jeremy Ngakia is nursing a hamstring strain.

Prediction and Odds

Watford enter the contest in disappointing run of form in the league, and will be looking for a victory that may keep their race to remain in the top flight alive.

However, Lage has a lot of options for change in his Wolves squad, and we expect his side to win.

Odds: 1 1.90 X 2.20 2 2.45