Watford and Norwich City will take on on Friday the 21st of January at 8:00 pm in the 23rd week of the Premier League. The match will be played in Watford at the Vicarage Road. The appointed referee is Mike Dean.

Watford sits in the 17th position in the league with 14 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Newcastle United in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 4 times, drawn twice, and lost 13 times.​​

Norwich City is in the 18th position in the table with 13 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Everton in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 3 times, draw 4 times, and lost 13 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Watford​

Line - Ups​
4-3-3
22 May
Chelsea-Watford
2-1
4-3-3
15 May
Watford-Leicester City
1-5
4-3-3
11 May
Watford-Everton
0-0
4-3-3
07 May
Crystal Palace-Watford
1-0
4-3-3
30 Apr
Watford-Burnley
1-2
4-3-3
23 Apr
Manchester City-Watford
5-1
4-3-3
16 Apr
Watford-Brentford
1-2
4-3-3
09 Apr
Watford-Leeds United
0-3
4-1-4-1
02 Apr
Liverpool-Watford
2-0
4-3-3
13 Mar
Southampton-Watford
1-2
4-3-3
10 Mar
Wolverhampton Wanderers-Watford
4-0
4-3-3
06 Mar
Watford-Arsenal
2-3
4-3-3
26 Feb
Manchester United-Watford
0-0
4-3-3
23 Feb
Watford-Crystal Palace
1-4
4-3-3
19 Feb
Aston Villa-Watford
0-1
4-4-2
12 Feb
Watford-Brighton & Hove Albion
0-2
4-4-2
08 Feb
West Ham United-Watford
1-0
4-4-2
05 Feb
Burnley-Watford
0-0
4-3-3
21 Jan
Watford-Norwich City
0-3
4-3-3
15 Jan
Newcastle United-Watford
1-1
4-4-2
01 Jan
Watford-Tottenham Hotspur
0-1
4-1-4-1
28 Dec
Watford-West Ham United
1-4
4-2-3-1
10 Dec
Brentford-Watford
2-1
4-1-4-1
04 Dec
Watford-Manchester City
1-3
4-1-4-1
01 Dec
Watford-Chelsea
1-2
4-1-4-1
28 Nov
Leicester City-Watford
4-2
4-1-4-1
20 Nov
Watford-Manchester United
4-1
4-1-4-1
07 Nov
Arsenal-Watford
1-0
4-4-1-1
30 Oct
Watford-Southampton
0-1
4-1-4-1
23 Oct
Everton-Watford
2-5
5-4-1
16 Oct
Watford-Liverpool
0-5
4-2-3-1
02 Oct
Leeds United-Watford
1-0
4-2-3-1
25 Sep
Watford-Newcastle United
1-1
4-2-3-1
18 Sep
Norwich City-Watford
1-3
4-1-4-1
11 Sep
Watford-Wolverhampton Wanderers
0-2
4-1-4-1
29 Aug
Tottenham Hotspur-Watford
1-0
4-1-4-1
21 Aug
Brighton & Hove Albion-Watford
2-0
4-1-4-1
14 Aug
Watford-Aston Villa
3-2

Watford has mostly adopted the 4-1-4-1 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 57.89%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-4-1 (11 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 4-3-3 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).

Claudio Ranieri is expected to play against Norwich City with the following players: B. Foster, H. Kamara, C. Cathcart, F. Femenía Far, I. Sarr, M. Sissoko, J. Kucka, E. Kayembe, J. Junqueira de Jesus, E. Dennis and J. King.

If the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Watford would be 29.36.

A. Masina, D. Rose, W. Troost-Ekong, O. Etebo, I. Louza and K. Baah will definitely miss the match.

Norwich City​

Line - Ups​
5-4-1
22 May
Norwich City-Tottenham Hotspur
0-5
3-4-2-1
15 May
Wolverhampton Wanderers-Norwich City
1-1
4-1-4-1
11 May
Leicester City-Norwich City
3-0
4-2-3-1
08 May
Norwich City-West Ham United
0-4
4-2-3-1
30 Apr
Aston Villa-Norwich City
2-0
4-2-3-1
23 Apr
Norwich City-Newcastle United
0-3
4-2-3-1
16 Apr
Manchester United-Norwich City
3-2
4-2-3-1
10 Apr
Norwich City-Burnley
2-0
4-3-1-2
02 Apr
Brighton & Hove Albion-Norwich City
0-0
4-3-3
13 Mar
Leeds United-Norwich City
2-1
5-3-2
10 Mar
Norwich City-Chelsea
1-3
4-2-3-1
05 Mar
Norwich City-Brentford
1-3
4-1-4-1
25 Feb
Southampton-Norwich City
2-0
4-3-3
19 Feb
Liverpool-Norwich City
3-1
4-3-3
12 Feb
Norwich City-Manchester City
0-4
4-4-2
09 Feb
Norwich City-Crystal Palace
1-1
4-4-2
21 Jan
Watford-Norwich City
0-3
4-4-2
15 Jan
Norwich City-Everton
2-1
4-2-3-1
12 Jan
West Ham United-Norwich City
2-0
4-2-3-1
28 Dec
Crystal Palace-Norwich City
3-0
4-2-3-1
26 Dec
Norwich City-Arsenal
0-5
4-3-3
14 Dec
Norwich City-Aston Villa
0-2
4-3-3
11 Dec
Norwich City-Manchester United
0-1
5-3-2
05 Dec
Tottenham Hotspur-Norwich City
3-0
4-1-4-1
30 Nov
Newcastle United-Norwich City
1-1
4-1-4-1
27 Nov
Norwich City-Wolverhampton Wanderers
0-0
4-3-3
20 Nov
Norwich City-Southampton
2-1
4-2-3-1
06 Nov
Brentford-Norwich City
1-2
4-4-2
31 Oct
Norwich City-Leeds United
1-2
3-5-2
23 Oct
Chelsea-Norwich City
7-0
5-3-2
16 Oct
Norwich City-Brighton & Hove Albion
0-0
5-3-2
02 Oct
Burnley-Norwich City
0-0
5-3-2
25 Sep
Everton-Norwich City
2-0
4-3-3
18 Sep
Norwich City-Watford
1-3
4-3-3
11 Sep
Arsenal-Norwich City
1-0
4-3-3
28 Aug
Norwich City-Leicester City
1-2
4-3-3
21 Aug
Manchester City-Norwich City
5-0
4-3-3
14 Aug
Norwich City-Liverpool
0-3

Norwich City has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 35.00%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (7 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 5-3-2 (4 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times) and 3-5-2 (once).

Dean Smith is expected to play against Watford with the following players: B. Williams, O. Kabak, G. Hanley, M. Rashica, J. Sørensen, P. Lees Melou, J. Sargent, A. Idah and T. Pukki.

If the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Norwich City would be 25.44.

There are doubts about the presence of T. Krul and M. Aarons.

A. Omobamidele, C. Zimmermann, B. Gilmour, M. Antonsen Normann and L. Rupp will definitely miss the match.