Watford vs Brighton and Hove Albion Prediction 11 August 2018
On August 11 2018 at 15:00 at the Vicarage Road Stadium in the upcoming first match of the English Premier League the local Watford are playing against their guests Brighton and Hove Albion.
In the last match of the previous season Watford played against Manchester United and lost 0:1. As a result, they took the 11th place in the standings of the national elite division with 41 points gained. They won 11 times and drew eight times during that season. They missed 64 goals during the previous championship and that was the third worse result of the league. The Yellow Army played five friendly games where they won three times and drew twice. This year Watford played 9 games at the domestic stadium where they won five times, drew three times and lost once.
As for Brighton, they lost their latest match to Liverpool 0:4 and only gained 40 points in the end which let them take the 15th position in the English Premier League. They won 9 times and drew 13 times in those matches played during the previous season. This summer they played 5 friendly matches where they won once, lost once and drew three times. The Albion played 10 matches away from home this year where they only won once, lost six times and drew three times.
Watford gained most of their points at home in the previous championship while it was really difficult for Brighton to gain points away from home. We think that the hosts will be able to gain points in the starting match of the season played at home. It seems to us that Watford will avoid a loss this time.