Manchester United at Watford 12/22/19 - Soccer Picks & Predictions

Manchester United visits Vicarage Road Stadium on Sunday to play Watford in an English Premier League fixture. Manchester sits 6th in the EPL table at 6-7-4 with 24 points. The Red Devils are two points behind fifth-place Tottenham and four point behind fourth-place Chelsea. Manchester defeated Colchester United 3-0 in its last match in the English Carabao Cup. Marcus Rashford, Ryan Jackson and Anthony Martial scored for the Red Devils. United has four wins and one draw over all competitions in its last five matches.

Unavailable for United due to injury are Eric Bailly, Timothy Fosu-Mensah and Marcos Rojo, while Diogo Dalot and Paul Pogba are doubtful. Marcus Rashford is the scoring leader for Manchester United with 10 goals and 4 assists. Anthony Martial has 4 goals, while Daniel James has scored 3 goals. James leads the club in assists with 5, Rashford is second with 4 and Martial is third with 3. David de Gea is 6-7-4 in goal with 90-minute goals against of 1.18 and save percentage of .714.

Watford sits in 20th place in the EPL at 1-6-10 and 9 points. The Hornets are 6 points behind 17th place which is the last place before the relegation zone. Watford lost its last outing in the EPL 2-0 to Liverpool at Anfield last Saturday. Watford has scored just nine goals through 17 fixtures in league play. Ismaila Sarr was unchallenged and scuffed his shot on a rebound off goalkeeper Alisson Becker in one of Watford’s solid opportunities to score. Under their third manager of the campaign Quique Sanchez Flores, the Hornets created several opportunities during the second half, but could not beat Becker.

Unavailable to Watford are Danny Welbeck, Sebastian Prodl and Tom Cleverley while Jose Holebas, Daryl Janmaat, Roberto Pereyra and Adam Masina are all doubtful.  Watford has no wins, one draw and four losses in its last five matches in league play. Watford’s leading scorers are Andre Gray and Gerard Deulofeu with 2 goals apiece, while five other players have each scored one goal. Deulofeu is the assists leader with 2. Goalkeeper Ben Foster is 1-6-10 with 90-minute goals against of 1.88 and save percentage of .624.