Watford and West Ham United will clash on Tuesday the 28th of December at 3:00 pm in the 20th week of the Premier League. The match will be staged in Watford at the Vicarage Road. The appointed referee is Darren England.
Watford occupies the 17th position in the standings with 13 points. It comes from a 2-1 loss against Brentford in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 4 times, drawn once, and lost 11 times.
West Ham United occupies the 6th position in the standings with 28 points. It comes from a 2-3 loss against Southampton in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 8 times, draw 4 times, and lost 6 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Watford
Watford has mostly adopted the 4-1-4-1 line-up most used during the season (10 times or 62.50%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-4-1 (10 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 4-4-1-1 (once) and 4-4-2 (once).
Claudio Ranieri is expected to play against West Ham United with the following players: D. Bachmann, W. Troost-Ekong, C. Cathcart, F. Femenía Far, I. Louza, T. Cleverley, M. Sissoko, J. Hernández Suárez, J. King and E. Dennis.
In case that the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Watford would be 27.80.
There are doubts about the presence of A. Masina.
Claudio Ranieri will probably not be able to employ F. Sierralta Carvallo because of injury.
B. Foster, C. Kabasele, O. Etebo, I. Sarr and K. Baah will definitely miss the match.
West Ham United
West Ham United has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (16 times or 88.89%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (16 times), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 4-4-2 (once).
David Moyes is expected to play against Watford with the following players: Ł. Fabiański, B. Johnson, I. Diop, C. Dawson, V. Coufal, T. Souček, M. Noble, M. Benrahma, P. Fornals Malla, M. Lanzini and M. Antonio.
If the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of West Ham United would be 28.27.
A. Cresswell, A. Obinze Ogbonna and K. Zouma will definitely miss the match.
David Moyes will not be able to have the presence of D. Rice who is suspended.