Chelsea to Continue Fine Start to the Season with Win at Watford

Watford vs Chelsea - 01/12/2021

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There are six matches to be played in the English Premier League on Wednesday the 1st of December including the meeting between Watford and Chelsea. The hosts begin the week in 16th place on 13 points while the visitors are top of the table with 30 points to their name.

Watford come into the match on the back of a 4-2 defeat at Leicester City on the weekend. The Hornets found themselves a goal down after only 16 minutes but managed to score the equaliser 14 minutes later.

However, a poor spell just before half-time saw Watford concede 2 goals and go in 3-1 down at the interval. Both teams scored a single goal in the second half and that result means Watford have lost 3 of their last 4 Premier League matches.

The other defeats have come at home against Southampton, which was a disappointing result and away against Arsenal. The one bright spot came at home against Manchester United and Watford beat the Red Devils 4-1 at Vicarage Road.

Home form in the Premier League shows Watford have recorded just a single victory from their last 5 games.

They have been struggling defensively and Watford have conceded goals in each of their last 13 Premier League fixtures. However, they have managed to score 2 or more goals in 3 of their last 5 Premier League matches.

Chelsea make the short trip to Vicarage Road having been held to a 1-1 draw at home by Manchester United on Sunday.

The away team took the lead against the run of play in the 50th minute but Chelsea were awarded a penalty in the 69th minute and Jorginho stepped up to convert the spot kick. Chelsea were the better team for much of the game but could not force the winning goal.

That result means Chelsea are undefeated in each of their last 11 games in all competitions.

They have remained undefeated in their last 7 Premier League matches and have won each of their last 4 away league fixtures. The wins have come at Tottenham Hotspur, Brentford, Newcastle United, and Leicester City.

Trends show Chelsea have scored 3 or more goals in 3 of their last 4 away Premier League matches.

Looking ahead to the team news and Watford will be without Ben Foster, Nicolas N'Koulou, Kwadwo Baah, Ken Sema, and Oghenekaro Etebo due to injury. They also have doubts over the fitness of Ismaïla Sarr and Francisco Sierralta.

Chelsea travel without the injured trio of Benjamin Chilwell, Ngolo Kante, and Mateo Kovacic. Romelu Lukaku, Mason Mount, and Christian Pulisic will be hoping to start having been on the bench on the weekend.

Chelsea have been scoring plenty of goals on their travels in the Premier League recently and we expect more of the same in this match.

Watford are an entertaining team to watch and could score themselves but this has the makings of being an away victory with both teams scoring and over 3.5 goals.

Home team
Away team

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Correct score

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EPL

Watford Chelsea 01/12/2021 20:30

141869

2

1 - 3

3.30

7°

1.36

9.60 5.40 1.36 -1 -1 1

FT

1 - 2(1 - 1)

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