Watford and Arsenal are going to clash on Sunday the 6th of March at 2:00 pm in the 28th week of the Premier League. The match will take place in Watford at the Vicarage Road. The encounter will be officiated by Craig Pawson.
Watford is in 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. As of now, it has won 5 times, draw 4 times, and lost 16 times.
Arsenal sits in the 6th position in the standings with 45 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers in its last match in the Premier League. As of 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, I. Louza, T. Cleverley, M. Sissoko, I. Sarr, E. Dennis, J. Junqueira de Jesus and J. King.
If the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Watford would be 28.90.
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 W. Troost-Ekong 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.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the projected 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 T. Tomiyasu and E. Smith Rowe because of injury.