Watford vs Arsenal Preview

October 13, 2017
By: Deke Hardman

Saturday’s Premier League action concludes at Vicarage Road where Watford face Arsenal.

Marco Silva’s side sit in eighth place after losing just one of their opening seven league fixtures and that solo defeat came at the hands of leaders Manchester City.

They are yet to win in front of their own fans this season with there three victories coming at Bournemouth, Southampton and Swansea City though if they do manage to take the points here they will leapfrog their opponents.

Andre Carrillo may not start after playing for Peru in their 1-1 World Cup qualifier with Colombia midweek while Isaac Success and Younes Kaboul are both out and Sebastian Prodl is a doubt with a thigh problem.

Andre Gray is priced at 10.0 (9/1) with Coral to get the first goal of the game while Troy Deeney can be backed at the same price with the same firm.

The Hornets are priced at 5.75 (19/4) to take all three points with Bet 365 with the visitors favourites at 1.66 (4/6) with a number of firms. The draw is a 3.5 (7/2) shot with Betfair.

Arsene Wenger’s side are in a fine run of form which has seen them unbeaten in seven while they have kept clean sheets in five of those games.

The only game they haven’t won from that stretch was the goalless draw at Stamford Bridge four weeks ago and they go into the weekend in fifth place, a point behind rivals Tottenham Hotspur in third and six behind the Manchester clubs who occupy the top two places.

The Gunners’ boss must decide whether or not to include Alexis Sanchez who played in Chile’s 3-0 defeat to Brazil midweek – a result which saw his nation miss out on qualification for next summer’s World Cup finals.

Wenger also has problems in defence with Shkodran Mustafi out for up to six weeks after picking up a thigh strain on international duty while Sead Kolasinac and Laurent Koscielny face late fitness tests ahead of the game.

Mesut Ozil and Danny Welbeck are both available for selection, though Calum Chambers, Francis Coquelin and Santi Cazorla all remain sidelined.

Alexandre Lacazette is favourite to open the scoring at 4.33 (10/3) with several bookmakers with Olivier Giroud a 5.0 (4/1) chance with Betfred.

Both of last season’s games ended in an away victory with both teams scoring in the game and you can back that outcome this time around at a best price of 2.9 (19/10).

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