The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Arsenal are in the 10th position while the guesting Watford worry at 18th.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Arsenal are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Watford are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.
Arsenal form and stats
Arsenal have collected 33 points from their Premier League home games so far after 9-6-3.
In their previous game, the manager M. Arteta Amatriain led his Arsenal to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Aston Villa. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Emirates Stadium. Before that, Arsenal had a FA Cup home game versus Manchester City which ended with a victory 2-0.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Arsenal handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, one draw and one defeat.
Arsenal have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Emirates Stadium with 33 goals in 18 league matches. 22 goals have been conceded.
Watford form and stats
There's been little loot from Watford's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 18 away games in the Premier League. Watford only have 2 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 4 draws. A depressing five defeats in a row for Watford in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Brighton & Hove Albion.
Watford might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Manchester City proved too strong as Watford slumped to a 0-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Vicarage Road. Prior to that match, the Watford manager H. Mullins faced defeat when travelling to West Ham United and losing 1-3.
Watford lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one. Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster had a great day against Manchester City, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided.
Watford are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and three defeats. From a total of five matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Watford as they have only managed to score 12 times from 18 away games in the league. Watford struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 34 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Watford - Arsenal 2-2 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (Arsenal wins - draws - Watford wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Aubameyang 20 goals |  A. Lacazette 10 goals |   T. Deeney 9 goals |
Arsenal missing players
Watford missing players
| Arsenal | Watford | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 37 | 18 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 18 | 37 |
| 13 | 9 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 12 | 19 |
| 53 | 33 | 12 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 34 |
| 46 | 22 | 6 | Conceded | C | 7 | 34 | 61 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 81% | 89% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | 81% |
| 54% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 39% | 54% |
| 32% | 39% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 19% |
| 5% | 11% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 5% |
| 59% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 39% | 43% |
| 27% | 28% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 24% |
| 19% | 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 43% |
| 6.1 | 6.9 | 9.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 6 | 5.6 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 386 | 206 | 75 | Total Shots | T S | 50 | 162 | 409 |
| 148 | 84 | 28 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 52 | 116 |
| 36% | 39% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 23% | 29% |
- Arsenal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Arsenal have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Watford have scored away.
- Arsenal haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Watford have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Watford haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
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| 4 | Häcken | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Elfsborg | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Mjällby | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Malmö FF | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | AIK | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | IFK Göteborg | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | Djurgården | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Hammarby | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Kalmar | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Örebro | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Falkenberg | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Östersunds FK | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 4 |
| 16 | Helsingborg | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 2 |
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