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Watford prepare to entertain Queens Park Rangers at Vicarage Road Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to improve on a poor record between the sides. The visitors have won 22 of the 53 previous games, with the Hornets winning just 19.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Vicarage Road Stadium was less than a year ago, in December 2007, as the visitors ran out cosy 2-4 winners in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 29 Dec | Watford | 2-4 | Q.P.R. | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 22 Sep | Q.P.R. | 1 - 1 | Watford | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 22 Apr | Q.P.R. | 1 - 2 | Watford | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 01 Nov | Watford | 3 - 1 | Q.P.R. | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 12 Mar | Q.P.R. | 3 - 1 | Watford | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Mon 09 Aug | Watford | 3 - 0 | Q.P.R. | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Wed 07 Mar | Q.P.R. | 1 - 1 | Watford | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Watford are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A generous 12 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Q.P.R. have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. Rangers have conceded 4 goals in these games, and only hit 1 in reply.
Watford are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 15 points from their 17 games thus far. Q.P.R.'s 25 points from 17 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Watford | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 3 |
| Q.P.R. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Your FootyMad panel thinks that Watford's indifferent home form is due to continue with a narrow home defeat against Q.P.R.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Watford | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Not drawn a match in their last 6 . |
| Q.P.R. | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 5 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |