CLICK TO BET: Watford (31/20), Draw (11/5), Peterborough (31/20)
Friedrich Nietzsche once said that history is “a costly and superfluous luxury of the understanding” but when it concerns a Championship encounter between Watford and Peterborough, even he must agree it’s entirely worthwhile.
And history suggests that at 31/20 in bwin’s 3way football betting market, Posh are set to pick up all three points at Vicarage Road on Saturday.
Darren Ferguson’s men are unbeaten in their last four meetings with the Hornets and did the double over them last season, making them a strong selection for the win.
Despite losing their last game at home to Leeds, a match in which they were reduced to ten men after just 37 minutes, Peterborough have amassed an imposing 26 goals so far this season, second only to leaders Southampton.
The visitors are priced at 22/1 to emerge victorious with a 3-2 win on Saturday and by placing your free £25 bet for joining bwin on this scoreline you could win a wallet-bulging £575.
Watford, by contrast, have lost their last four consecutive games and have let in 23 goals so far, with only basement boys Bristol City having conceded more.
Add to this the fact that Posh’s last two games have involved five and seven goals respectively and it’s clear a high-scoring game could await. Bwin offers odds of 18/5 for more than 4.5 goals being scored in this one.
Perhaps more intriguing, however, is that six of the last eight games between these two sides have been decided by just one goal, with the other two games ending goalless.
Peterborough’s last three games have also been decided by a solitary goal, so it’s not unreasonbably to expect another tight encounter here.
The visitors are priced at 22/1 to emerge victorious with a 3-2 win on Saturday and by placing your free £25 bet for joining bwin on this scoreline you could win a wallet-bulging £575.
Watford will hope new loan signings Craig Beattie and Michael Kightly can inspire them to turn around their faltering season, but they haven’t beaten Peterborough at home since 1993, when they had to rely on a Paul Furlong brace to secure a 2-1 victory.
Placing a bet at odds of 17/2 on the same scoreline occurring this time around would be neither costly nor superfluous if it matched the game’s outcome. Take that Nietzsche.
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