Chelsea V Watford: Preview, Predicted XI And Betting Odds

Chelsea V Watford: Preview, Predicted XI And Betting Odds

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard would have been left scratching his head as to how they could lose to West Ham following a superb win against Manchester City last week.

If they are to challenge next season, their consistency must improve and he will want to see a reaction when they face Watford at Stamford Bridge tomorrow evening.

The Hornets have picked up just one point since the restart and the Blues should have the beating of their opponents if they turn up for the game.

Lampard only has one injury concern heading into the match, with Fikayo Tomori still sidelined with a muscular problem. It remains to be seen if he’ll feature in upcoming fixtures.

Chelsea’s Predicted XI To Face Watford:

Kepa, James, Zouma, Rudiger, Emerson, Mount, Jorginho, Loftus-Cheek, Willian, Giroud, Pulisic

Watford boss Nigel Pearson has three players unavailable with Gerard Deulofeu (knee), Isaac Success (Achilles) and Daryl Janmaat (knee) all out for the season.

Watford’s Predicted XI:

Foster, Femenia, Dawson, Cathcart, Holebas, Hughes, Doucoure, Capoue, Sarr, Deeney, Pereyra

The bookmakers have Chelsea as the favourites with Coral pricing them at 4/9 for the win. A draw is 15/4 with Betfair while a Watford victory is 15/2 at Unibet.

Predicted Score – 2-0 to Chelsea

David Tully

David Tully

David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for National World's Football News Network.