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:

May 5, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 14:00 Aston Villa
Chelsea 14:00 West Ham United
Liverpool 16:30 Tottenham Hotspur
May 6, 2024
Crystal Palace 20:00 Manchester United
May 11, 2024
Fulham 12:30 Manchester City
AFC Bournemouth 15:00 Brentford
Everton 15:00 Sheffield United
Newcastle United 15:00 Brighton & Hov…
Tottenham Hotspur 15:00 Burnley
West Ham United 15:00 Luton Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers 15:00 Crystal Palace
Nottingham Forest 17:30 Chelsea
May 12, 2024
Manchester United 16:30 Arsenal
May 13, 2024
Aston Villa 20:00 Liverpool
May 14, 2024
Tottenham Hotspur 20:00 Manchester City
May 15, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 19:45 Chelsea
Manchester United 20:00 Newcastle United

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Arsenal 36 26 5 5 88 28 +60 83
2 Manchester City 35 25 7 3 87 33 +54 82
3 Liverpool 35 22 9 4 77 36 +41 75
4 Aston Villa 35 20 7 8 73 52 +21 67
5 Tottenham Hotspur 34 18 6 10 67 54 +13 60
6 Newcastle United 35 17 5 13 78 56 +22 56
7 Manchester United 34 16 6 12 52 51 +1 54
8 Chelsea 34 14 9 11 65 59 +6 51
9 West Ham United 35 13 10 12 56 65 -9 49
10 AFC Bournemouth 36 13 9 14 52 63 -11 48
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 36 13 7 16 49 60 -11 46
12 Fulham 36 12 8 16 51 55 -4 44
13 Brighton & Hov… 34 11 11 12 52 57 -5 44
14 Crystal Palace 35 10 10 15 45 57 -12 40
15 Everton 36 12 9 15 38 49 -11 37
16 Brentford 36 9 9 18 52 60 -8 36
17 Nottingham Forest 36 8 9 19 45 63 -18 29
18 Luton Town 36 6 8 22 49 78 -29 26
19 Burnley 36 5 9 22 39 74 -35 24
20 Sheffield United 36 3 7 26 35 100 -65 16

Latest Premier League Results

May 4, 2024
Manchester City 5 - 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Sheffield United 1 - 3 Nottingham Forest
Burnley 1 - 4 Newcastle United
Brentford 0 - 0 Fulham
Arsenal 3 - 0 AFC Bournemouth
May 3, 2024
Luton Town 1 - 1 Everton
May 2, 2024
Chelsea 2 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur
April 28, 2024
Nottingham Forest 0 - 2 Manchester City
AFC Bournemouth 3 - 0 Brighton & Hov…
Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 3 Arsenal
April 27, 2024
Aston Villa 2 - 2 Chelsea
Everton 1 - 0 Brentford
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 1 Luton Town
Newcastle United 5 - 1 Sheffield United
Manchester United 1 - 1 Burnley
Fulham 1 - 1 Crystal Palace
West Ham United 2 - 2 Liverpool
April 25, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 0 - 4 Manchester City

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