Watford vs Liverpool: Preview and Predictions

Watford vs Liverpool
English Premier League
Date: Monday, 1st May 2017
Kick off at 20:00 UK/ 21:00 CET
Venue: Vicarage Road.

Watford hosts Liverpool on Monday night. Liverpool are in a tight battle for a spot in the top 4 and cannot afford to slip up.

Watford are having a good season so far. The team sits on 10th position 9 points away from the zone. They are confident of their survival and will enjoy the rest of the season without any kind of pressure. Watford are in a mixed form with 3 wins and 4 defeats in their last 7.

Last game they lost to Hull City away from home which gave the Tigers some vital 3 points. At home the team is much better. They are coming on the back of 3 straight wins and all of them with a clean sheet speak well for the Hornets. They lost only 5 of their 17 games at Vicarage Road with 3 of them against top teams like Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham. The team failed to score only 2 times in those games and can be confident of doing it again against Liverpool shaky defensive line.

Liverpool will want to forget as soon as possible what happened last game. They were beaten at Anfield by Crystal Palace with 1-2. This result put their ambition for to 4 in a bit of danger as now they are in Arsenal’s grasp considering the 2 games less that Arsenal has played.

Klopp knows his team cannot afford to slip up and will have to make sure the job gets done. Away from home Liverpool is not looking so good with only 2 wins in 7 games. The team has to improve at the back as Liverpool finds the net regularly but receives just too many in response. The team is on top of the league in terms of goals but the offense cannot always compensate for the leaky defensive line.

Watford vs Liverpool: Head to head

• Liverpool are the dominant side in this match up. 7 wins for them against only 1 for the Hornets.

• Last game Liverpool thrashed Watford with 6-1 at Anfield in November.

• At Vicarage road Watford have won 1 and lost 2.

Watford vs Liverpool: Prediction

Liverpool cannot afford any more slip ups. Klopp knows this and will try to prepare the team accordingly. Still Watford is formidable opponent at home and Liverpool tend to struggle in games against tough teams in the middle to lower part of the table.

Watford and Liverpool are both finding the net recently. With Liverpool being shaky in defense and strong attack, we can be fairly confident of seeing a high scoring game.