Leicester vs Watford. Prediction and Betting Tips for 2022 FA Cup (January 8, 2022).

Leicester City

England

FA Cup

8 January 10:00

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Watford

England

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Leicester and Watford lock horns in the third round of the 2022 FA Cup. We made predictions for this match, which you can find below.

Command Analysis

Leicester City

Leicester City are the current holders of the FA Cup trophy. The team is having a rough season:the Foxes won the Community shield match, but failed to quality for the Europa League playoffs and will try their luck in the Conference League knockouts.

They also suffered a bitter defeat to Liverpool in the League Cup quarterfinal. Leicester were leading 3:1 at halftime, but allowed Liverpool to level the score and then lost in a penalty-kick shootout. In the Premier League, Leicester are on the 10th line in the table with 25 points from 18 rounds of games.

Watford

Watford are on a six-game losing streak. The Hornets might get relegated from the Premier League at the end of this season, despite all the efforts of their head coach Claudio Ranieri. After 18 matches, Watford have 13 points from four wins and one draw and sit in 17th place in the log. The attacking line of Watford has been decent, but the team conceded an average of two goals per game.

In the last two rounds of the Premier League matches, the Hornets lost to West Ham (1:4), and then suffered a narrow defeat to Tottenham (0:1) at home.

Tip and bets

TipHandicap (-1) to Leicester

2.04

Leicester are the defending champions of the FA Cup, and they will be motivated to deliver a good performance in their first match of the 2022 edition of the tournament, especially since the Foxes will be playing at home. Watford need to focus on keeping their residence in the Premier League, so we don't expect the Hornets to put a lot of effort into the upcoming game.

Our prediction — Asian handicap (-1) to Leicester City

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TipTotal under 2.5 goals

2.09

We don't think that the teams will risk playing open football, since there are no second chances in the cup games.

Second wager - total under 2.5 goals

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