The Premier League weekend concludes in Wales on Monday night when Swansea and Watford meet at the Liberty Stadium in what is now an important match for both sides.
Swansea have been struggling all season and Newcastle’s win on Saturday means the Swans begin this match in the relegation zone so they will be looking for the win to escape the bottom three.
Everything was going well for Watford earlier in the season but three league defeats in a row has left them in the bottom half of the table and they will want to arrest that slide. If they win here they will move up to eighth which is a decent incentive for them.
Perhaps the biggest worry for Swansea is the amount of goals they have suddenly begun to concede. Having kept a couple of clean sheets Man United bagged a brace against them while Oxford and Sunderland have taken them for three and four respectively which has to be a concern.
On the bright side Swansea have at least begun to score again even though they don’t really have what you would call a stand out recognised striker guaranteed to score goals at this level.
Watford have also started to concede goals but on the positive side for them they have done it against some good sides in Tottenham, Southampton and Man City so we probably shouldn’t hold that against them here.
Having had a tough little run it might be that Watford are back on a more comfortable level and they come out and win this match but even so I still can’t be backing a side who are on the run that they are on.
Neither of these sides are in great form so the match result market doesn’t really interest me. One market which does interest me though is the total goals one where I have to say the chances of seeing a few goals looks higher than it did a month or so ago.
With Swansea not as tight at the back as they were but finding the net more regularly and with Watford having the third top scorer in the league going into this round of matches in Odion Ighalo there is a chance we’ll see a few goals here.
The goal line doesn’t seem to agree. The line is as low as 2 and is a solid price too. I think that line is wrong and I’ll take the overs here with a push the very worst we should expect.
Back Over 2 goals for a 5/10 stake at 1.83 with BetVictor
