Watford vs Tottenham
England – Premier League
Date: Saturday, 18 January 2020
Kick-off at 12:30 UK/ 13:30 CET
Venue: Vicarage Road (Watford).
Tottenham travel to Watford in the Premier League this weekend aiming to carry on the momentum gathered in Tuesday’s victory over Middlesbrough in the FA Cup.
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Tottenham suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat against runaway Premier League leaders, Liverpool, at home last week but a victory over Middlesbrough in the FA Cup replay ensured that the Lilywhites booked their seats in the next round of the competition.
Up next for them is a trip to Vicarage Road to face Watford, who have climbed out of the relegation zone with four wins in their last five league fixtures.
Watford vs Tottenham Prediction
Watford vs Tottenham Head-to-head (h2h)
Teams Watford Tottenham played so far 17 matches.
Watford won 1 direct matches. Tottenham won 11 matches. 5 matches ended in a draw. On average in direct matches both teams scored a 2.59 goals per Match.
Watford vs Tottenham Prediction
Watford in actual season average scored 1.13 goals per match. In 12 (80.00%) matches played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 11 (73.33%) matches in season 2020 played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Tottenham average scored 1.81 goals per match in season 2020. In 15 (83.33%) matches played away was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 13 (72.22%) matches played away team was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Team news
Ignacio Pussetto could make his debut for Watford after joining from Udinese this week.
Will Hughes, Kiko Femenia and Danny Welbeck have all returned to training, but Tom Cleverley, Daryl Janmaat and Sebastian Prodl remain sidelined.
Gedson Fernandes could be in contention to make his debut for Tottenham after joining on loan from Benfica.
Spurs will be without Ben Davies (ankle), Tanguy Ndombele (hip), Harry Kane (hamstring) and Moussa Sissoko (knee). Hugo Lloris (elbow) has returned to training
Match officials
Referee: Michael Oliver. Assistants: Simon Bennett, Stuart Burt. Fourth official: Tim Robinson. VAR: Kevin Friend. Assistant VAR: Andy Halliday.