Watford vs Arsenal
Posted on | December 26, 2006 | No Comments
The two teams met this season in October and Arsenal wont the match easily at the Emirates stadium by three goals to nil. Watford have never beaten Arsenal at Vicarage road in the premiership. To score 3 goals in 5 minutes is no mean feat, and Arsenal showed they can bounce back from any situation after their last two matches. We have not seen any sign of good football from Watford, and this could be a very dull Christmas for the team from Vicarage road.
No fresh injury worries for Arsene Wenger for this clash. Emmanuel Eboue will miss out again, he did not feature in the weekend too. The injury is not too serious so he is expected to play in the coming weeks. Theo Walcott and Julio Baptista could in this match if Wenger decided to rest his other first team players. Mathieu Flamini is also expected to figure in the match, but could well start from the bench. Cesc Fabregas has not been at his best in Arsenals last few matches and that might be of some concern for the manager. He could be given a rest for this match. Adebayor is likely to start this match, and probably play the role of the lone striker.
Watford have managed to win only 1 match, which was a 2-0 victory over Middlesbrough in November. They will start this match at the foot of the table and if they are to survive relegation, it will be only the second time after West Brom that a team bottom of the table at Christmas has survived the drop.
After coming off a great 6-2 victory over Blackburn Rovers, I really fancy the Gunners to score heavily against a weak Watford side. So a bet on ‘Over 2.5 goals’ in the match at 1.90 is a safe bet for sure. A more aggressive bet would be Arsenal to win by 2 or more goals at 2.20.
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