Watford v Leeds

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Watford inflicted another blow to Birmingham City's hopes of avoiding relegation from the Championship when The Hornets registered a 1-0 win away from home at St Andrews before the international break but although Watford now return to the more familiar surroundings of their Vicarage Road ground, they'll be up against a rampant Leeds United outfit who collected a 12th win in 13 games in the Championship with a solid 2-0 home win against Millwall last time out.

Watford picked up only their second win in 11 games in the English second tier with that win in Birmingham as The Hornets had previously registered a 1-0 win away from home against another side struggling against relegation, Rotherham United, but Tom Cleverley's side have also been handed no fewer than six defeats within these 11 games as well.

To make matters worse, Watford have lost four of these last six defeats on home soil at Vicarage Road having succumbed to losses against the likes of Cardiff City, Leicester City, Huddersfield Town and Coventry City respectively, so this upcoming visit of promotion candidates Leeds United could spell further trouble for the hosts on Good Friday.

Indeed, home form has been simply terrible of late where Watford have been concerned as the hosts have failed to win any of their last nine home games, losing six of these games.

By contrast, the Leeds United juggernaut continued last time out in the English second tier when Daniel Farke's side collected another important three points in their bid to make a swift return to the Premier League with a 2-0 home win against Millwall, making that the 12th win in 13 games for the Yorkshire club.

A Yorkshire derby with Huddersfield Town at the John Smith's Stadium ended in a 1-1 draw which has been the only game in recent months that Leeds United haven't run out clear winners but having picked up three wins on the trot since that stalemate, the visitors look in good shape to continue their impressive momentum at Vicarage Road.

Subsequent victories over Stoke City, Sheffield Wednesday and Millwall have helped lift Leeds United to the top of the Championship table where they, along with Leicester City, hold a slender one-point lead over third placed Ipswich Town, so Leeds know they must keep picking up points in order to get themselves over the promotion line.

Five of these last 12 wins were recorded on the road with wins at Cardiff City, Bristol City, Swansea City, Plymouth Argyle and Sheffield Wednesday respectively.

Watford v Leeds United Verdict

Recent previous exchanges have gone in favour of Leeds United as the visitors have won each of the last three meetings on the trot and number four looks to be on the cards on Friday night.

Therefore, our main bet will be Leeds Utd win @ 1.60

Other side bets worth considering:

Leeds Utd win & Under 2.5 goals @ 4.33

Correct Score: Leeds Utd 1-0 @ 8.00