Watford vs Charlton Prediction & Betting Tips

How each side has been playing

Watford's recent Championship form has been a mixed bag. They beat Southampton and Swansea and edged past Preston, but they've also lost their last two league outings, going down at West Brom and then at Bristol City. There's no clear pattern to their results beyond inconsistency.

Watford: 20 completed matches; Charlton: 20 completed matches.

Watford

20 matches

Win

20% 4 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

60% 12 / 20

Scored

17

Conceded

37

Difference

-20

Charlton

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

21

Conceded

29

Difference

-8

Charlton have had a similar wobble. Wins over Derby and West Ham were followed by draws with West Brom, QPR and Portsmouth, but their last two Championship games ended in heavy defeats, 4-0 at Stoke and 3-1 at Cardiff. Both sides go into this one having cooled off after decent patches.

Neither team arrives with real momentum, so recent results alone don't point strongly either way.

Comparative Team Statistics: Watford vs Charlton

Recent head-to-heads

The last meeting between these two, back in April, finished 1-1. Before that, Charlton won 1-0 at home in August last year. Older results between the clubs go back over a decade and include some lopsided scorelines, but those don't tell us much about how either side plays now.

The most recent meetings have been close, low-scoring affairs rather than one-sided contests.

Where they sit in the table

Charlton are ninth with 12 points from eight games, while Watford are down in twentieth with just eight points from the same number of matches. Interestingly, both sides have scored seven and conceded ten, so the gap in points comes down to how those games have actually finished rather than a huge difference in output.

Charlton have turned similar underlying numbers into more points, which suggests they've been the sharper side in tight moments.

Players to watch

Watford's Amin Nabizada is their standout attacking presence, with three goals in eight appearances, though he's also picked up three yellow cards in that time. On the other side, Charlton's D. McNamara has also collected three yellows in seven games, so there's a bit of a disciplinary edge to keep an eye on from both camps.

Watford:

Best scorers:

Amin Nabizada - 3

Penalty cards:

Amin Nabizada x 3

Charlton:

Penalty cards:

D. McNamara x 1 x 3