Watford Everton match preview

The last Saturday’s match of the 28th round brings us showdown between two teams from mid-table, where 11th-placed Watford currently has four points fewer than 9th-placed Everton. Both teams oscillate a lot recently, and we need to add that their match played last autumn at the Goodson had ended as Everton’s victory of 3-2.

Watford

Watford won Everton at home last year and its fans hope for similar outcome of the Saturday’s match. On top of it, Watford won two rounds ago reigning champion Chelsea by even 4-1, while out of last five home matches it won even three and drew and lost by one. However, weak results made outside its stadium have put this team in situation that needs to worry about survival in the Premier League as they now have just four points more than 18th-placed Southampton.

Right because of that Watford needs points much more than the guests from Liverpool, although they are aware that can win them only if they play equally aggressively like against Chelsea, which is why manager Garcia has announced a fairly offensive set-up. Let’s add that on the list of injured players are still goalkeeper Gomes, defenders Femenia, Cathcart, Britos, Kabasele, Kaboul and Wague, and midfielders Cleverley, Hughes and Chalobah.

Probable lineups Watford: Karnezis – Mariappa, Prodl, Holebas – Janmaat, Capoue, Doucoure, Zeegelaar – Deulofeu, Deeney, Richarlison

Everton

We have said in the introduction that the guests from Liverpool are more relaxed than their opponents given they occupy the 9th place in the table and have even eight points more than teams in the drop zone. On the other hand, Everton lags behind positions that lead to Europe for even 18 points, and it is expected that experienced manager Allardyce focus on securing survival as early as possible, and at the same time to start preparing the team for coming season.

Everton won Leicester and Crystal Palace in last two home matches, while outside its stadium it lost three times in a row, so now against Watford the Toffees definitely must play more aggressively if they want to stay undefeated. Regarding situation with the team, during previous match with the Palace defenders Coleman and Mangala, and midfielder Gueye got injured, while from before on the list are defenders Jagielka, Funes Mori and Baines, and midfielder McCarthy.

Probable lineups Everton: Pickford – Kenny, Keane, Williams, Martina – Schneiderlin, Davies – Walcott, Rooney, Sigurdsson – Tosun

Verdict:

Although both teams are currently positioned around mid-table it doesn’t mean they are not interested to win points from this match, and we expect to see fully open and efficient match on both sides of the Vicarage Road stadium on Saturday.

Pick:  both teams to score 1.84 - 84/100 @1XBet


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