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Watford vs Burnley Prediction, 4/30/2022 EPL Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Parlay's Pundit - 4/26/2022

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Game: Watford vs Burnley

Date: Saturday, April 30, 2022

Location: Vicarage Road in Hertfordshire, England

TV: USA Network

Odds/Point Spread: Watford (+147) Burnley (+218)

Wout Weghorst and Burnley (6-13-14, 17th in the EPL) head to Vicarage Road on Saturday where they'll take on Watford (6-4-23, 19th in the EPL). The expected starting goalies will be Ben Foster for Watford and Nick Pope for Burnley. The odds on this contest have Watford coming in at +147 and the Clarets are priced at +218. The over/under has been set at 2.5.

Watford faced Manchester City in their most recent game and went home with a loss by a final score of 5-1. Watford attempted 15 dribbles in this outing and successfully completed 11 of those attempts for a percentage of 73.3%. In regard to passing, they finished this match with a 89.9% passes received rate by connecting on 195 of the 217 pass attempts in their last match.

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Concerning shot accuracy, Watford ended this match at a 40.0% rate by landing 2 shots on target out of 5 total shots. Watford has an average of 0.94 g/90 (31 total goals) and are sitting with 25 assists in all matches this year.

Joshua King is a guy who should be able to impact this match for Watford. King has had a starting assignment in 220 matches in his career and accounts for 0.27 goals per 90. The forward representing Norway has racked up 59 goals scored in 19,797 mins played. He has 26 assists while accumulating 16 yellow card cautions during his pro soccer career.

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One more player who should impact this match is Emmanuel Dennis, the forward representing Nigeria. He has assisted on a goal 13 times during his career and he has scored 35 goals. Dennis has been on the pitch for 8,975 mins during 106 starting assignments and has earned himself a total of 29 yellow card warnings. He averages 0.35 goals per 90 minutes so far in his pro soccer career.

The man who will protect the net for Watford will be Ben Foster. Foster (140-135-194 mark during his career) has totaled 116 clean sheets, which has him sitting with a 24.6% shutout percentage. The keeper born in England has seen 2,199 shots tried at him in 472 career starts. His goals allowed per 90 minutes is 1.4 (662 goals conceded) and his save % is 70.8. Foster has seen the field for 42,303 minutes and is sitting with 1,552 stops so far in his pro soccer career.

For their last game, Burnley earned three points by winning 1-0 against Wolverhampton. They finished this game by converting 265 out of their 320 passes they tried earning a rate of 82.8%. Burnley ended the game with a 33.3% successful dribble rate by converting 4 out of the 12 dribbles they pursued. Burnley landed 5 shots attempted out of 13 shots attempted which gave them a 38.5% clip in their last game. Having accumulated 27 goals and 23 assists in all their contests, Burnley has an average of 0.82 goals and 0.70 assists per 90 minutes.

Wout Weghorst should be able to be counted on for Burnley. He sports an average of 0.48 goals per 90 mins and has been a starter in 267 matches so far in his career. The forward who is from Netherlands has accumulated 24,466 mins while he has scored 131 goals. He has totaled 46 yellow card warnings in his pro soccer career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 36 times. Make sure to keep an eye out for Maxwel Cornet, the forward who is from Cote d'Ivoire. He has earned 38 goals during his pro soccer career while helping a teammate on a goal 23 different times. Cornet has been given a total of 18 yellow card warnings in 11,761 mins (125 career starting assignments). His goals per 90 average during his career is 0.29.

Nick Pope is expected to look after the net for Burnley. Pope has 86 clean sheets and has defended 945 shots attempted against him in 20,259 career minutes. He holds a save % of 75.4 and his shutout rate sits at 38.4%. He has surrendered 1.09 goals per 90 minutes while holding a record of 79-71-75. During his professional soccer career, Pope has allowed 245 goals and has racked up 709 stops in 224 starts.

Who will win tonight's EPL game against the spread?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Burnley (+218) and under the total goals

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