Ismaila Sarr’s goal of the season contender wasn’t enough to preserve Watford’s 100% start to the season as West Brom pegged them back for a share of the spoils on Monday.
But The Hornets will be aiming put down a marker tonight against another club who have dropped down from the Premier League, Burnley.
Both clubs head the betting to bounce straight back up and tonight’s result could go a long way to determining which, if either, are to make it back to the top flight.
Like Watford, Burnely, under new boss Vincent Kompany, have started with a win and draw. They’d have been disappointed with the two points dropped at home to Luton Town on Saturday, in a game in which they dominated possession, though that result perhaps underlines the rebuild Kompany has on his hands.
Having graduated from the school of Pep, you know that Kompany will put great emphasis on ball retention and that led to a 71% possession stat for the Clarets, which in turn won them 11 corners (to Luton’s 2). They also enjoyed 70% possession away to Huddersfield and won that corner count by 5-1.
Watford on the other hand just shaded possession in their opener at home to Sheffield Utd, 53%-47% but managed just 30% at the Hawthorns last time out, failing to win a single corner to Huddersfield’s 12.
There’s a few potential corner angles in this one; Burnley are 5/6 to win more than 4 corners which feels a bit skinny away from home. They’re 13/10 to win 3 or more in the first half, which would be a bit of a punt.
But the stand-out price based on the opening two games (so keep stakes small) is for Burnley to win the corner count at 11/8 with SBK.
Super Single
- Burnley Most Corners 11/8 SBK
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