Watford face Blackburn Rovers at Vicarage Road in a mid-table Championship clash.
Locked on four points apiece, victory could take either team up to seventh in the table, although Blackburn would need to score at least four goals to go seventh should they win this game.
Team News
James Morris is set to be available for Watford after he was substituted with cramp during their defeat at Stoke.
Jamal Lewis (calf), Rhys Healey (ACL) and Francisco Sierralta (quad) are unlikely to feature unless declared match fit.
Mileta Rajovic could make his debut for the Hornets following his move from Kalmar this week.
Blackburn will be without Harry Pickering after he was red carded in their home defeat against Hull.
Jake Batty (unspecified), Arnor Sigurdsson (groin), Jack Vale (hamstring) and Sam Barnes (thigh) remain absent.
When is Kick-Off?
Watford host Blackburn at Vicarage Road in a 12pm BST kick-off on Sunday 27 August, live on Sky Sports in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Watford have lost just one of their last seven matches against Blackburn (W3, D3, L1).
- Blackburn are winless in their last six visits to Watford (D2, L4).
- Watford have scored in seven of their last eight league matches at home against Blackburn, except for 1-0 loss in February 2001.
- Valerien Ismael’s Hornets have kept two clean sheets in their opening three league matches (W1, D1, L1).
- Sammie Szmodics is the only Blackburn player to have scored twice in their opening four matches in all competitions this season.
Prediction
Although their loss at Stoke would of felt disappointing, Watford simply lacked the final touch to their excellent attacking play, whilst a moment of poor marking was clinically punished but I do expect them to bounce back on home soil.
Blackburn meanwhile clearly have goals in them but defensive errors have been their weak point in their opening three games, although they did well with ten men against Hull until two late goals cost them at least a draw.
Now if both teams can bring their attacking quality into this match, I seriously expect a close contest but Vicarage Road has been a bogey ground for Blackburn in recent seasons, yet they should somehow have enough to scrape a draw if can play their best football.
Prediction: Watford 1-1 Blackburn
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