Our Swansea vs Watford bet builder tips, predictions and best bets rest on the highest card figure we have measured.
Watford’s matches averaged 4.95 last season and they take 2.40 of their own a game. Swansea have won ten of twenty and kept seven clean sheets. Every player below is a confirmed starter.
Swansea City vs Watford
Team figures cover each side’s last 20 league matches, both in the Championship. Prices are bet365, checked 31 August.
Swansea vs Watford Key Stats and Insights
- 4.95 cards a match in Watford games, the highest figure we have measured from any side, with 2.40 of their own a game.
- 9 goals in 11 away matches for Watford at 0.82 a game, against 21 conceded.
- 7 clean sheets in 20 for Swansea and one goal a game conceded at home, against three clean sheets for Watford.
- 8 blanks in 20 for Watford, the higher failed-to-score count by three.
- 4 of 6 for Othmane Maamma clearing two shots, at 4/5 — 67% against an implied 56%.
- 0.52 cards per 90 for Edoardo Bove, the highest rate among the confirmed starters, at 13/5.
- 4.42 cards a match between the two sides, the highest pairing in our data, against a referee who books 4.44 — the first fixture where the official and both sides agree at that level.
- 4.44 cards a game for Edward Duckworth across 81 EFL matches in three seasons, against a published career figure of 3.04. His six Championship games last season averaged 5.83.
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E. Bove to be Carded — 0.52 per 90, 13/5
3 yellows in 516 minutes at 0.52 per 90 — the highest card rate among the twenty-two confirmed starters — which puts him around 41% against an implied 28%.
Watford’s matches averaged 4.95 cards last season, the highest figure we have measured from any side in any division, and they take 2.40 of their own a game against Swansea’s 1.90. They also commit 11.60 fouls a match to Swansea’s 9.70.
His last three read 90, 67 and 61 minutes, so the 516 season total understates him — he has come into the side rather than drifted out of it. Our card tips are normally priced off the referee’s rate as well as the player’s, and no official has been appointed here. That is the one thing missing.
O. Maamma 2+ Shots — 4 of His Last 6, 4/5
2, 0, 3, 3, 0 and 2 in his last six, at 2.32 per 90 across 776 minutes. Four of six is 67% against an implied 56%.
Twenty shots is the highest total in the Watford squad and he has started 73, 58 and 77 minutes in his last three. The volume is real and the minutes are there.
The two blanks are the honest caution and both came in full appearances. Swansea concede one goal a game at home and kept seven clean sheets in twenty, so the chances may be scarce — and Watford as a side have nine goals in eleven away matches. Our Championship tips pages lean on shots because bet365 price no fouls or tackles at this level.
No Both Teams to Score — 11 of Swansea’s Last 20, 9 of Watford’s
Swansea kept seven clean sheets across twenty matches and conceded one goal a game at home. Only 45% of their matches produced goals at both ends, the lower of the two rates.
Watford are the reason this is more than a defensive bet. They failed to score in eight of twenty and managed 0.82 a game away from home — the lowest away scoring figure on any page we have built this week. Their form line reads D D W L L L.
What beats it is Swansea blanking themselves. They failed to score five times in twenty, and a 0-0 settles this leg while a 0-1 does not. The leg needs Swansea to score and Watford not to, which is the single most likely shape of the evening but not by a wide margin.
Why Three Legs and Not Four
There is no fourth worth taking, and the card market is why.
Melker Widell at 21/10 implies 32% against a 35% record, Jay Fulton at 11/4 implies 27% against 26%, Hector Kyprianou at 2/1 implies 33% against 28%. All three are level — accurate prices on real records, which is unusual across a whole market and worth saying.
Bove is the exception at 41% against an implied 28%, and he is in the build. Our bet builder tips page sets out why we would rather publish three at value than add a fourth priced correctly.
Bove and Maamma both need Watford involved in the game. No both teams to score needs them contained. That is a genuine tension rather than a correlated build, and it is the honest reason the price is not longer.
Swansea vs Watford Prediction
We are predicting 1-0 to Swansea. Our model gives them 49%, the draw 25% and Watford 25%, from expected goals of 1.55 and 1.04. The market says 50.8%, 26.0% and 23.2% — agreement inside two points on every outcome.
Both records are current Championship figures needing no adjustment, and this is the third fixture this week where our number and the price have landed in the same place. The others were Coventry vs Hull and Sunderland vs Fulham.
Swansea have won ten of twenty and lost five, with seven clean sheets. Watford have won four and lost nine, and their away record reads nine goals in eleven matches against 21 conceded. Compare UK bookmakers before you place it.
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