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Watford vs Hull City Predictions & Live Stream - Stalemate at Vicarage Road

By Tolu Shotade

06 Apr 2025

Tolu Shotade 06 Apr 2025

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Watford aiming to revive playoff hopes, needing perfect performance in closing matches.
Hull City focusing on relegation safety, boosted by recent good form.
Both teams struggle with goal-scoring, predicting a low-scoring tight contest.

Watford vs Hull City

Watford are looking to breathe new life into their promotion playoff quest when they host Hull City in a midweek English Championship fixture.

The visitors also come into this clash desperate for a win to maintain their push away from relegation. With both teams not at their best and showing a lack of cutting edge in attack, this one could be set to serve up a stalemate with a low-scoring outcome.

Watford Form

Watford’s promotion playoff hopes have suffered some serious damage in recent weeks after picking up just one win from their last six matches. Tom Cleverly’s men are 10th in the table but the good news is that they sit just seven points off the top six and could be in with an outside chance of making the promotion playoffs.

To secure a place in the playoffs, Watford must be flawless in their final six matches of the season and hope for some help from elsewhere. Their recent showings do not inspire much confidence and they will come into this clash off the back of a 3-1 defeat at Bristol City.

It is not all doom and gloom for Watford, who are unbeaten in three of their last four home matches, with two of the last three in that run producing under 2.5 goals. The Hornets were held to a 0-0 draw by Plymouth Argyle last time out at Vicarage Road, highlighting a lack of cutting edge in attack having produced under 2.5 goals in three of their last four fixtures.

Hull City Form

Hull City are facing a different battle from the hosts as they continue their battle for survival this season. They are now up to 19th in the table, three points above the relegation zone after claiming a 1-0 victory at Sheffield Wednesday last weekend.

That result is part of a recent resurgent run for Hull City, who are unbeaten in five of their last six Championship matches. Ruben Selles’ team are also unbeaten in four of their last five away matches, with two of the last three in that run ending in draws.

Like the hosts, Hull are also not prolific going forward and nine of their last 10 Championship matches have produced under 2.5 goals. The Tigers have also played out halftime draws in six of their last seven fixtures.

Head to Head

Hull City have eight wins while Watford have been victorious six times in the previous 20 matches. Both teams have battled to six draws in that run, including a 1-1 scoreline in the reverse fixture back in December.

Verdict

Watford v Hull

Watford and Hull City are not known for their attacking quality and have produced under 2.5 goals in seven of their last eight meetings. Neither team is showing any sign of improvement in that regard and a repeat is expected here.

Both teams have drawn their last two meetings and have been level at the break in six of the last seven clashes. Tuesday's fixture is likely to serve up a similar outcome.