Watford take on the visitors Southampton in the round 32 match of English Premier League. The match will be played on Tuesday , April 23rd at Vicarage Road (Watford).
This season "hornets" can definitely bring themselves to the asset. In the previous season, Mark Silva couldn’t do anything with Watford, which is far from the strongest. In the course of the past season, a rotation took place on the coaching bridge - instead of Marc Silva, Javi García was appointed the head coach. In the current championship, the Hornets are also not distinguished by stable results, but at the same time, they sometimes give out great matches, and therefore still continue to qualify for getting into the Europa League zone through the Premier League. At the same time, the tournament motivation is not so serious, because they entered the Europa League through another tournament - the FA Cup, where they managed to reach the final. In the decisive battle for the cup, the Hornets will get away with Manchester City. Of course, to write your name in the Hall of Fame will be extremely difficult, given the level of the opponent. But at the same time, the “citizens” are now more focused on the fight in the Premier League and the Champions League, where they also expect to take trophies. At the moment, “Watford” is in 10th place in the standings, having 46 points after 33 fights.
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More or less at a comfortable distance are kept "saints" from the relegation zone. Honestly, it’s hard to believe that they can leave the elite. The team leaves a pleasant impression, as a few years earlier. "Southampton" recently coached eminent specialists, however, during the season made a choice on Ralph Hasenhuttl. The fans of the team were at first afraid of this, however, soon the Austrian specialist showed his professionalism. At the moment, after the 33rd matches, the “saints” have 36 points. This is 8 more than in Cardiff, who is trying to get out of the danger zone, but he does not succeed, to put it mildly. The “saints” are currently the 16th, but in the end of the season they can improve their positions. Of course, Southampton players no longer have any particular motivation, however, in the selection of players, it continues to be at the level of the middle class of the Premier League.
The first round match in the Saint Mary Arena ended in a draw (1: 1). After a missed goal from Gabbiadini, for about an hour, Watford was unable to recoup, but still in the 82nd minute, Holebas restored the status quo. In the second half, the “hornets” had a huge advantage, so they deserved at least one goal. For a long time, the teams played each other in the Championship, but in 2015, their history of opposition in the Premier League resumed. From that moment on, they managed to hold 8 fights with each other: Southampton had 3 victories in its asset, 1 in Watford, and 4 more meetings ended with a peaceful outcome. Fans of "hornets" can rejoice, because next season their team will spend in the Europa League. Certainly, there are certain concerns that there “Woftord” will not achieve anything, as it was at the beginning of this season with “Burnley”. So far, the “hornets” can calmly finish the games of the Premier League, however, it’s still too early to relax, because the final of the FA Cup against Manchester City is coming. As for Southampton, he has actually retained registration for the next season and can feel calm. It is likely that “Watford” and “Southampton” will not hurry anywhere in this game. The fight will surely get boring, and rivals will reluctantly attack. Thus, in the confrontation of the "hornets" with the "saints" an abundance of chances to score should not be expected.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals.
