This weekend, the
relegation battle takes another interesting turn as Watford play host
to Crystal Palace. Can the Hornets take out the Eagles? With the away
side’ woes, we wouldn’t bet on a performance that Watford fans
have waited a little too long to receive.
Home News
With one win in six,
including four loses out of five, Watford need a good result –
fast. The drop-off in performance of the likes of Richarlison, Will
Hughes, Abdoulaye Doucoure and Adrian Mariappa has been alarming.
Coincided with the poor form of the likes of Roberto Pereyra and Troy
Deeney, and its’ easy to see why Hornets fans have valid concerns.
They come into this
one with a banged-up squad, too. The likes of Gerard Deulofeu will
miss out, as will Nathaniel Chalobah and Tom Cleverley. For Watford,
any kind of positive result would be accepted given their middling
form.
Away News
Meanwhile, Palace
are flying after their 3-2 win in the derby with Brighton and Hove
Albion. With Christian Benteke finally fit again, it’s the loss of
the likes of Bakary Sako and Scott Dann that has hurt them the most.
At the moment, it
would be hard to call the Palace team bar one thing: when Wilfried
Zaha is fit, they play much better. They’ve lost all ten games this
season that the Ivorian has not started, which has major
complications for them if he misses any of the run-in.
If Zaha starts,
don’t expect anything other than another impressive performance.
Verdict
We
expect Watford to get something here. They look like a side that
needs the season to end, but Palace are poor away from home. We would
expect more from the home side, and a performance against a Palace
side with a phobia of away days would be a good place to start.
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