Watford and Tottenham Hotspur will play on Saturday the 1st of January at 3:00 pm in the 21st week of the Premier League. The match is going to take place in Watford at the Vicarage Road. The appointed referee is Robert Jones.
Watford sits in the 17th position in the league with 13 points. It comes from a 1-4 loss against West Ham United in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 4 times, drawn once, and lost 12 times.
Tottenham Hotspur is in the 7th place in the standings with 30 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Southampton in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 9 times, draw 3 times, and lost 5 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 (11 times or 64.71%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-4-1 (11 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 4-4-1-1 (once) and 4-4-2 (once).
Claudio Ranieri is expected to play against Tottenham Hotspur with the following players: D. Bachmann, A. Masina, F. Sierralta Carvallo, C. Cathcart, I. Louza, J. Kucka, J. King, O. Tufan, M. Sissoko, J. Hernández Suárez and E. Dennis.
In case that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Watford would be 28.18.
Claudio Ranieri will probably not be able to employ T. Cleverley because of injury.
B. Foster, F. Femenía Far, C. Kabasele, D. Rose, O. Etebo, I. Sarr and K. Baah will definitely miss the match.
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 35.29%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (6 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 4-3-3 (4 times), 5-3-2 (once), 4-3-2-1 (once) and 4-3-1-2 (once).
Antonio Conte is expected to play against Watford with the following players: H. Lloris, B. Davies, E. Dier, D. Sánchez Mina, C. Romero, S. Reguilón Rodríguez, O. Skipp, P. Højbjerg, L. Rodrigues Moura da Silva, H. Son and H. Kane.
In case that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Tottenham Hotspur would be 27.91.
G. Lo Celso and S. Bergwijn will definitely miss the match.