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Watford vs Brighton Prediction & Betting tips
At Watford and Brighton & Hove Albion they are ready to start the new season. These two teams will meet on Vicarage Road on Saturday afternoon.
Watford:
The Watford supporters look back with a smile on the previous season of their club. Last season, in the first few weeks of the Premier League, Watford competed for the top places and, after three games, was even in shared first place. Watford fell on the rankings as the season progressed and eventually finished eleventh. In addition, Watford also reached the FA Cup final in which Manchester City turned out to be far too strong: 6-0. Despite that big defeat, The Hornets look back on a good season.
The cup success did not cause an emptying at Watford. The most appealing outgoing transfer is that of 21-year-old Belgian midfielder Dodi Lukebakio. He was let by Watford to Fortuna Düsseldorf last season and did so well in the Bundesliga that Hertha BSC was prepared to pay Watford 20 million euros for its services recently. Watford brought four talents to Vicarage Road this summer, namely the Brazilian João Pedro (Fluminese), the young Tom Dele-Bashiru (Manchester City U23), Sam Dalby (Leeds United) and the Senegalese Ismaïla Sarr (Stade Rennais). In addition, Craig Dawson (West Bromwich Albion) and Danny Welbeck (transfer free) also added some experience to the team. Watford coach Javi Gracia can look back on an excellent preparation with his team. Thus, the last three games were all won – Watford was successively too strong for Bayer Leverkusen by Peter Bosz (1-2), Queens Park Rangers (0-1) and Real Sociedad (2-1).
Brighton & Hove Albion:
Last season, Brighton & Hove Albion fought the entire season against relegation. It is expected that this season will be no different. Brighton & Hove Albion is not really known in England as a buying club. But on the other hand, the numbers do not lie: since the promotion to the Premier League, Brighton has also spent around two hundred million euros on new players. This transfer summer The Seagulls also spent more than sixty million.
That money was mainly invested in Adam Webster (Bristol City), Leandro Trossard (Club Brugge) and Neal Maupay (KRC Genk). Brighton paid around 20 million for each of them. On Deadline Day, Brighton also announced the arrival of 19-year-old Romaric Yapi (Paris Saint-Germain) and it is always questionable whether the attracted talents can handle the high level of the Premier League. In recent years the Brighton scouts have turned out to be right (think of the arrival of Davy Pröpper) but the necessary net-non-players were also brought to the coastal town, for example think of Alireza Jahanbakhsh in his could not convince the first season. In the coming weeks, it will become clear whether the newcomers can actually add something to this Brighton or whether The Seagulls are going to have a tough season like last season.
Watford vs Brighton head to head matches
02.02.19 PL Brighton Watford 0 : 0
11.08.18 PL Watford Brighton 2 : 0
23.12.17 PL Brighton Watford 1 : 0
26.08.17 PL Watford Brighton 0 : 0
25.04.15 CHA Brighton Watford 0 : 2