|
Watford face a trip to Brighton & Hove Albion at Withdean Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Hornets will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 26 and win only 9 of the 47 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in January 2005, the Seagulls carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Championship match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 03 Dec | Watford | 1 - 1 | Brighton & HA | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Mon 03 Jan | Brighton & HA | 2 - 1 | Watford | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 11 Sep | Watford | 1 - 1 | Brighton & HA | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 26 Apr | Brighton & HA | 4 - 0 | Watford | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 05 Oct | Watford | 1 - 0 | Brighton & HA | CHMP |
| 1991/1992 | Tue 31 Mar | Watford | 0 - 1 | Brighton & HA | CHMP |
| 1991/1992 | Sat 14 Sep | Brighton & HA | 0 - 1 | Watford | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Brighton & Hove Albion have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 6 in the wrong end.
The Hornets have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Hornets's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 11 goals for and 10 against.
Brighton & HA are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca Cola Championship with a return of just 29 points from their 34 games thus far. Watford are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 61 points from 34 games.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Brighton & HA | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| Watford | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Watford are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Brighton & HA | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Watford | 5 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 10 outings ago. |