In a mid week match on Tuesday Aug 30th, in week 7, Watford will host Middlesbrough in a meeting of these two Championship teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, a perfect day for football. 2nd placed Watford is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Preston North End. Neither Preston North End nor Watford could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 10 and 14 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Watford is looking for direction having 2 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while 23rd placed Middlesbrough is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Reading. Tyrese Fornah struck first for Reading in the 28th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Middlesbrough couldn’t manage to score, and Reading took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Middlesbrough’s top weapon lately has been Chuba Akpom, who has two goals in the last five matches. Watford is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, João Pedro and Ismaila Sarr each only have 1 goal in their last five.