Watford and Arsenal will take on on Sunday the 6th of March at 2:00 pm in the 28th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be played in Watford at the Vicarage Road. The referee will be Craig Pawson.
Watford occupies the 19th place in the standings with 19 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against Manchester United in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 5 times, draw 4 times, and lost 16 times.
Arsenal occupies the 6th position in the league with 45 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 14 times, draw 3 times, and lost 7 times.
Arsenal won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 1st of January against Manchester City and the score was 1-2.
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 44.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-4-1 (11 times), 4-3-3 (5 times), 4-4-2 (4 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Roy Hodgson is expected to play against Arsenal with the following players: B. Foster, H. Kamara, C. Cathcart, T. Cleverley, M. Sissoko, I. Louza, I. Sarr, E. Dennis and J. King.
Assuming that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Watford would be 29.78.
There are doubts about the presence of F. Femenía Far.
Roy Hodgson will probably not be able to employ O. Etebo because of injury.
D. Rose and D. Gosling will definitely miss the match.
Arsenal
Arsenal has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 54.17%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (13 times), 4-4-1-1 (7 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 4-4-2 (once) and 5-4-1 (once).
Mikel Arteta Amatriain is expected to play against Watford with the following players: A. Ramsdale, G. dos Santos Magalhães, B. White, C. Alves Soares, T. Partey, G. Xhaka, G. Martinelli Silva, M. Ødegaard, B. Saka and A. Lacazette.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Arsenal would be 26.10.
There are doubts about the presence of K. Tierney.
Mikel Arteta Amatriain will probably not be able to employ E. Smith Rowe because of injury.
T. Tomiyasu will definitely miss the match.
