Watford vs Liverpool – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Sreya

Watford vs Liverpool – Watford hosts Liverpool at the Vicarage Road on 12th August, Saturday in their opening game of the 2017/18 English Premier League season.

Watford just survived relegation last season by finishing seventeenth with forty points while Liverpool qualified for the UEFA Champions League after finishing fourth in a closely fought race for ‘top four’.

Liverpool have had a dismal transfer window and are in further jeopardy of losing one of their key players as Philippe Coutinho has reportedly submitted a transfer request.

Team News

Mauro Zarate, Christian Kabasele and Brice Dja Djedje are sidelined through injuries while Troy Deeney, Craig Cathcart and Tommie Hoban will face late fitness tests. The visitors will be without the injured Adam Lallana, Danny Ings and Daniel Sturridge. Club captain Jordan Henderson will face a late fitness test.

Watford Possible Starting Lineup: Heurelho Gomes, Daryl Janmaat, Sebastian Prodl, Miguel Britos, Jose Holebas, Will Hughes, Nathaniel Chalobah, Nordin Amrabat, Etienne Capoue, Tom Cleverley, Andre Gray.

Liverpool Possible Starting Lineup: Simon Mignolet, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dejan Lovren, Joel Matip, Alberto Moreno, Emre Can, Jordan Henderson, Giorginio Wijnaldum, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino, Mohamed Salah.

“We saw a few pre-season games, so we could watch what they did. So we should be prepared as good as possible – you’re never perfectly prepared, probably. But yes, we know what we could see.

Their style of play is kind of clear, they’re a football-playing side – that’s Silva as a manager. So we know where we have to defend and where we have to use maybe one of the other spaces in our offensive play. So that’s how it is. We have all that we need to know for the moment.”

– Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Watford vs Liverpool H2H Stats, the last five matches between these two clubs have resulted in four wins for Liverpool and one win for Watford. In fact, Liverpool have won 8 of their last 9 matches against Watford in all competitions.

A 2-0 win for Liverpool is the most likely result.