Watford vs Leeds United Prediction 29.03.2024

• Competition: England &— Championship
• Date: Friday, 29th, March 2024
• Kickoff: 20:00 UK/21.00 CEST
• Venue: Vicarage Road (Watford)

Leeds United is set to travel to Vicarage Road, Watford’s home ground, in hopes of solidifying their chances for automatic promotion in the Championship clash on Friday.

Watford vs Leeds United Betting Tips : Leeds to Win

The long-suffering patience of Watford’s leadership reached its boiling point, and frustrations bubbled over with the dismissal of French coach Valerian Ismael, paving the way for Tom Cleverley to step in temporarily, who wasted no time in making an impact, guiding his side to a gritty 1-0 victory over Birmingham on his debut.

Emmanuel Dennis, a Nigerian winger, made a precise strike minutes before the end of the first half that was sufficient for Watford to leave St. Andrew’s Stadium with maximum points and smiles on their faces. This marked a successful beginning to Cleverley’s interim tenure and ended their disappointing four-game streak without a win (D1, L3).

However, the decision to appoint the 34-year-old English strategist may have been made too late to change the outcome at Vicarage Road. Given that the Hornets have managed just two wins in their last 10 Championship matches, the chances of reviving their playoff hopes are slim. They are currently 13 points behind sixth-placed Norwich, which is a significant deficit to overcome.

With only eight tough matches left until the end of the 2023-24 regular season, Watford’s main goal is to maintain their position in the 2nd division. Given the difficulty of their upcoming games, it’s unlikely they’ll score full points, especially against Leeds, a team they’ve previously lost all three head-to-head matches against without scoring a single goal.

The West Yorkshire team has impressively eliminated a huge 17-point deficit at the top of the table since the beginning of the year, by combining their excellent results with Leicester’s dramatic drop in form. They surpassed the Foxes on goal difference just before the international two-week break, due to a standard 2-0 defeat of Millwall.

From the beginning of the New Year until today, Leeds United has participated in 13 Championship matches. They’ve only lost one victory &— ending in a 1-1 draw against Huddersfield Town &— and have won the remaining twelve games. This includes a shutout in each of the last three matches.

It’s clear as day that the extraordinary defensive solidity exhibited by the Whites has been absolutely instrumental in forging their magnicifent streak of results in 2024, holding opponents “scoreless” in 10 out of 13 league fixtures, creating a pristine goal difference of 28-3. With no second-tier wins at their own turf since late November (D3, L6), the Hornets will find it tough to unsettle Leeds, the red-hot side poised to continue their push towards automatic promotion by adding another fresh three points from Friday’s visit.