PREMIER LEAGUE FRIDAY: We preview Friday’s two Premier League games between CARDIFF v WATFORD and WEST HAM v FULHAM both with a recommended BETDAQ bet and extended stats.
CARDIFF V WATFORD
7.45pm It’s quite unusual that we have two Premier League games on a Friday night but with the League Cup Final on this weekend we’re bound to have a little change around with fixtures. We start with Cardiff hosting Watford and the home side will be hoping to continue their winning run – they’ve beaten Southampton and Bournemouth in their last two games to get out of the relegation zone and with their home form solid this season – they have a reasonable chance of winning three in a row here.
The match odds at the time of writing currently trade; Cardiff 3.25, Watford 2.46 and the draw is 3.4. Watford arrive into this fixture in good form as well as Cardiff; the away side have managed to keep clean sheet in five of their last six games in all competitions – the only team to score against them (and beat them) was Spurs. They’re through to the Quarter Finals of the FA Cup however they have drawn 0-0 with Brighton and Burnley recently so with both teams in great form we like the draw here at 3.4 which looks good value.
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Draw at 3.4.
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MATCH STATS
- Cardiff have lost just one of their last six home league meetings with Watford (W4 D1), though it was the last such match in December 2014 (2-4).
- Watford are looking to secure their first league double over Cardiff since the 2005-06 campaign, when they were in the Championship.
- Cardiff won their only previous Premier League game played on a Friday, beating Wolves 2-1 back in November.
- Cardiff are looking to win three consecutive top-flight league games for the first time since February 1961.
- Watford have kept a clean sheet in three of their last four Premier League matches, as many as they had in their last 21 in the competition. They’re looking to record three consecutive league shutouts for the first time since September 2017.
- No team has scored more 90 th minute goals in the Premier League this season than Cardiff (5), with three of those being winning goals – also a joint league-high.
- 21% of Cardiff’s Premier League goals this season have been scored by their substitutes (5/24), the highest ratio in the division.
- Cardiff have already won as many Premier League games this season (7/26) as they did in their previous campaign in the competition in 2013-14 (7/38).
- This will be Cardiff manager Neil Warnock’s 38th meeting with Watford in all competitions (W13 D7 L17), making them the club he’s faced the most in his managerial career. Against no other side has he lost more games than he has against the Hornets (17, also vs Reading).
- All 10 of Watford’s Premier League victories this season have come with Abdoulaye Doucoure in the starting lineup, with the Hornets failing to win all four games the Frenchman has not started (D3 L1).
WEST HAM V FULHAM
7.45pm Fulham really need to start collecting points if they want to avoid going back down to the Championship and tonight would be a good time to start. They are currently seven points behind Southampton in 18th position and another point away from safety as Cardiff have 25. A massive problem for them too is their goal difference which is very poor so that won’t save them if they can even manage to get level on points – it looks bleak for them at the moment.
The match odds at the time of writing currently trade; West Ham 1.88, Fulham 4.5 and the draw is 4.0. A London Derby on Sky Sports is always a big night for both sides involved however we can only see one way traffic here. West Ham look absolutely massive at 1.88 – Fulham have only managed just two points away from home all season and with West Ham having an excellent season in front of their own fans the 1.88 really jumps off the page here. They’ve beaten United here, along with holding Chelsea and Liverpool to draws – we can’t see this Fulham side getting a result here and we’re very happy to back the Hammers at the odds.
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West Ham to beat Fulham at 1.88.
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MATCH STATS
- West Ham won the reverse fixture against Fulham 2-0 in December and are looking to complete the league double over Fulham for the first time since 2008-09.
- Fulham are winless in their last nine Premier League away games against West Ham (D4 L5), since winning their first such game back in November 2001 (2-0).
- This will be Fulham’s first Premier League game played on a Friday since Boxing Day 2008, when they drew 0-0 at Tottenham.
- West Ham are looking to win three home Premier League London derbies in a single season for the first time since 1999-00, having already beaten Crystal Palace and Arsenal at the London Stadium this term.
- The home side has never lost in eight previous Premier League London derbies played on a Friday, winning five and drawing three.
- Fulham have taken just one point from their last 36 available in Premier League London derbies (W0 D1 L11), losing a top-flight record eight in a row.
- West Ham have won just one of their last seven Premier League games (D3 L3), having won five of their six before that.
- Fulham have taken just two points from their last 45 available away from home in the Premier League (W0 D2 L13), and are the only Premier League side without an away win this season.
- Only against Liverpool (3 goals, 3 assists) has West Ham’s Mark Noble been directly involved in more Premier League goals than he has against Fulham (1 goal, 4 assists).
- West Ham’s Felipe Anderson has failed to score in his last seven Premier League games, having netted seven times in his nine before that.
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