Watford vs Liverpool Preview

 Watford vs Liverpool 

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium – Vicarage Road

Date: 1st May 2017

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

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Watford host English top 4 hopefuls Liverpool with hopes of bouncing back to winning ways immediately while Liverpool play knowing that only 3 points will be enough to help them finish in the top 4.

10th place Watford have already reached the 40 points mark which guarantees their safety in the league this season.

They will want to upset Liverpool’s bid to finish inside the top 4.

They have won 3 of their last 6 games, losing the other 3.

They lost their last match in the league and will be hoping to get back to winning as soon as possible.

Their recent home form has been good – they have won all 3 of their last home games, although they were against lesser opponents.

Two of those games ended in 1-0 wins, while the other was a 2-0 win.

Liverpool have not given up hopes of finishing in the top 4 despite losing their last home game to Crystal Palace.

The reds know they need to take all 3 points from this game in order to keep their top 4 hopes alive.

Before their upsetting loss to Crystal Palace, they won 3 games in 5 and were unbeaten in 5 games.

They are currently 3rd in the league table with 66 points, just 1 above Manchester City who have a game in hand.

Liverpool have not lost any of their last 3 away games and are currently on a run of 2 straight away wins.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

 
Watford last 5 matches (most recent first):
22/04/17 (a)Hull City 2-0 L
15/04/17 (h)Swansea City 1-0 W
08/04/17 (a)Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 L
04/04/17 (h)West Bromwich Albion 2-0 W
01/04/17 (h)Sunderland 1-0 W
 
Liverpool last 5 matches (most recent first):
23/04/17 (h)Crystal Palace 1-2 L
16/04/17 (a)West Bromwich Albion 0-1 W
08/04/17 (a)Stoke City 1-2 W
05/04/17 (h)Bournemouth 2-2 D
01/04/17 (h)Everton 3-1 W

Last time they met: Liverpool 6-1 Watford

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

April 27, 2024
West Ham United 12:30 Liverpool
Fulham 15:00 Crystal Palace
Manchester United 15:00 Burnley
Newcastle United 15:00 Sheffield United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 15:00 Luton Town
Everton 17:30 Brentford
Aston Villa 20:00 Chelsea
April 28, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 14:00 Brighton & Hov…
Tottenham Hotspur 14:00 Arsenal
Nottingham Forest 16:30 Manchester City
May 2, 2024
Chelsea 19:30 Tottenham Hotspur
May 3, 2024
Luton Town 20:00 Everton
May 4, 2024
Arsenal 12:30 AFC Bournemouth
Brentford 15:00 Fulham
Burnley 15:00 Newcastle United
Sheffield United 15:00 Nottingham Forest
Manchester City 17:30 Wolverhampton Wanderers
May 5, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 14:00 Aston Villa
Chelsea 14:00 West Ham United
Liverpool 16:30 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Arsenal 34 24 5 5 82 26 +56 77
2 Manchester City 33 23 7 3 80 32 +48 76
3 Liverpool 34 22 8 4 75 34 +41 74
4 Aston Villa 34 20 6 8 71 50 +21 66
5 Tottenham Hotspur 32 18 6 8 65 49 +16 60
6 Manchester United 33 16 5 12 51 50 +1 53
7 Newcastle United 33 15 5 13 69 54 +15 50
8 West Ham United 34 13 9 12 54 63 -9 48
9 Chelsea 32 13 8 11 61 57 +4 47
10 AFC Bournemouth 34 12 9 13 49 60 -11 45
11 Brighton & Hov… 33 11 11 11 52 54 -2 44
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 12 7 15 46 54 -8 43
13 Fulham 34 12 6 16 50 54 -4 42
14 Crystal Palace 34 10 9 15 44 56 -12 39
15 Brentford 34 9 8 17 52 59 -7 35
16 Everton 34 11 8 15 36 48 -12 33
17 Nottingham Forest 34 7 9 18 42 60 -18 26
18 Luton Town 34 6 7 21 47 75 -28 25
19 Burnley 34 5 8 21 37 69 -32 23
20 Sheffield United 34 3 7 24 33 92 -59 16

Latest Premier League Results

April 25, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 0 - 4 Manchester City
April 24, 2024
Manchester United 4 - 2 Sheffield United
Everton 2 - 0 Liverpool
Crystal Palace 2 - 0 Newcastle United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 1 AFC Bournemouth
April 23, 2024
Arsenal 5 - 0 Chelsea
April 21, 2024
Fulham 1 - 3 Liverpool
Aston Villa 3 - 1 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 5 - 2 West Ham United
Everton 2 - 0 Nottingham Forest
April 20, 2024
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 2 Arsenal
Sheffield United 1 - 4 Burnley
Luton Town 1 - 5 Brentford
April 15, 2024
Chelsea 6 - 0 Everton
April 14, 2024
Arsenal 0 - 2 Aston Villa
West Ham United 0 - 2 Fulham
Liverpool 0 - 1 Crystal Palace

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