Sunderland should have enough to see off Watford here. The only side Watford have picked up points against on the road this season who are in the top half are Sheffield Wednesday, who currently sit 10th. In an outlier of a game, they won 6-2, which accounts for 30% of the goals they have scored away.

Sunderland’s home record is only inferior to league leaders Leeds, unbeaten in 14 games, with 9 victories. They should be on a high after a 3-2 win over local rivals Middlesbrough.

Sunderland have taken more corners in 10 of their 14 games at the Stadium of Light this season. They average 6.2 corners per home game, whilst conceding 3.9 corners.

Watford have lost the corner match bet 8 times out of 15, whilst only winning 5. They average 4.7 corners per game, whilst conceding 5.9 per game.

Sunderland will of course be on the front foot at home, which should lead to plenty of corner kicks.

They have been awarded 5 or more corners in 9 out of 15 games, and in 8 of their last 10 games, with the other 2 occasion just falling below on 4 corners.

Watford’s opponents away from home have been awarded 5+ corners on 10 occasions out of 15.

Watford do score more often than not in their away games, so do carry some form of attacking threat.

They have only failed to cover this bet in 2 away games this season, a strike rate of 87%, whilst Sunderland’s home opponents have covered this bet 50% of the time.

We think there’s a decent chance that Watford could be in for a tough afternoon in Sunderland.

Things seem to be unravelling under Tom Cleverley since rumours surrounding his future started to surface last month. When you combine that with Watford’s rate of disposing of managers over the last few years, you can understand why things may seem unstable.

Watford have lost three on the spin, against sides worse than Sunderland. If the home side get an early goal, it could be a long day.

Isidor has scored 6 times in 11 home starts. That is 3 more goals than and Sunderland players has managed at the Stadium of Light, meaning he is the most likely player to score a goal.

Watford have conceded 29 goals in 15 games away from home, almost 2 per game, so we can be confident of Sunderland scoring at least one goal.

Moroccan midfielder Louza has 5 yellow cards to his name this season, all of which have come in his last 10 appearances.

He commits 1.9 fouls per 90 on average, and that may increase in a game against a Sunderland side who are a constant attacking threat. Their wide players all like to cut inside from the flank, bringing them into the defensive midfield area of the pitch that Louza is likely to be patrolling.

Watford draw the joint highest tally of yellow cards from their opponents in the Championship, averaging 2.43 per game.

13 of their 15 opponents away from home have covered this bet this season, whilst Sunderland have picked up 2 or more cards at the Stadium of Light 64% of the time.