Championship: Brentford- Watford
Really key match at Griffin Park between two teams looking to hang on to the coattails of the top three and hopefully steal one of those automatic promotion spots. Hosts are in pole position to do so at the moment and would be no more than three points off second spot and within three of third should they win this evening. Watford are free scoring, only leaders Bournemouth have scored more goals, but they are a bit hit at miss at times and 8-0-7 over their last 15 starts, they have not been helped in continuity with the managerial revolving door at the club, current boss Slavisa Jokanovic being the fourth to take charge this season, there is a lot of input/interference from the owner and his staff and this is less of a debate than it is at other clubs run along similar lines. Jokanovic doesn't appear to be the kind to keep quiet too long and he was frustrated that he was not given more defensive and midfield options in the transfer window and I suspect they will be looking to get a couple in on loan this week.
The Hornets have undeperformed against the top eight and are 1-2-5 in these games, their sole win was at home to the Bees, at the risk of sounding like a broken record, Brentford have come on leaps and bounds since then, were the better team on the night anyway and were denied by a miracle strike and penalty that never was and as discussed many times, the extremely well prepared and coached Bees always improve in second meetings with teams.
Notes from Brentford's 1-0 Saturday defeat of Leeds United are reproduced below. The vistors are the archetypal flat track bully, playing their best football against bottom half teams and they have averaged 2.59 goals against them, just 1.08 against top 12 teams. They are coming off a 1-0 home win against 9th placed Blackburn Rovers, we have spoken about Rovers limitations recently, but even Jokanovic admitted his team were fortunate to win and owed the result to their goalkeeper who put in a MOTM performance. Neither teams does draws, Bees have not had one in 16 starts, if there is to be a winner and it is hard to see how either is going to settle for a point, I feel it is far more likely to be Brentford and I will suggest....1.5 units Brentford -0.25 ball 2.17 asian line/Sportmarket......obviously -0.5 ball is an alternative.
Brentford are a Championship best 11-2 (goals scored -conceded) at home in the last 15 minutes of games , Watford are 3-6 on the road through the same period , which is the worst record of any top half team, good chance for the Bees to boss the final stages. 1 unit Brentford -0.25 ball entering the final 15 minutes as long as they are not already leading by two or more and we are playing 11 v 11.
Brentford are very resilient once they are in front, we have spoken about this in previous seasons, they are an incredible 16-0-0 when taking the lead this season , which is the best record by far amongst the 92 English league clubs.
Really key match at Griffin Park between two teams looking to hang on to the coattails of the top three and hopefully steal one of those automatic promotion spots. Hosts are in pole position to do so at the moment and would be no more than three points off second spot and within three of third should they win this evening. Watford are free scoring, only leaders Bournemouth have scored more goals, but they are a bit hit at miss at times and 8-0-7 over their last 15 starts, they have not been helped in continuity with the managerial revolving door at the club, current boss Slavisa Jokanovic being the fourth to take charge this season, there is a lot of input/interference from the owner and his staff and this is less of a debate than it is at other clubs run along similar lines. Jokanovic doesn't appear to be the kind to keep quiet too long and he was frustrated that he was not given more defensive and midfield options in the transfer window and I suspect they will be looking to get a couple in on loan this week.
The Hornets have undeperformed against the top eight and are 1-2-5 in these games, their sole win was at home to the Bees, at the risk of sounding like a broken record, Brentford have come on leaps and bounds since then, were the better team on the night anyway and were denied by a miracle strike and penalty that never was and as discussed many times, the extremely well prepared and coached Bees always improve in second meetings with teams.
Notes from Brentford's 1-0 Saturday defeat of Leeds United are reproduced below. The vistors are the archetypal flat track bully, playing their best football against bottom half teams and they have averaged 2.59 goals against them, just 1.08 against top 12 teams. They are coming off a 1-0 home win against 9th placed Blackburn Rovers, we have spoken about Rovers limitations recently, but even Jokanovic admitted his team were fortunate to win and owed the result to their goalkeeper who put in a MOTM performance. Neither teams does draws, Bees have not had one in 16 starts, if there is to be a winner and it is hard to see how either is going to settle for a point, I feel it is far more likely to be Brentford and I will suggest....1.5 units Brentford -0.25 ball 2.17 asian line/Sportmarket......obviously -0.5 ball is an alternative.
Brentford are a Championship best 11-2 (goals scored -conceded) at home in the last 15 minutes of games , Watford are 3-6 on the road through the same period , which is the worst record of any top half team, good chance for the Bees to boss the final stages. 1 unit Brentford -0.25 ball entering the final 15 minutes as long as they are not already leading by two or more and we are playing 11 v 11.
Brentford are very resilient once they are in front, we have spoken about this in previous seasons, they are an incredible 16-0-0 when taking the lead this season , which is the best record by far amongst the 92 English league clubs.
