Chelsea vs Watford Predictions, 21 Oct 2017

The Match Is Over. Score: 4-2

Chelsea v Watford Predictions for Saturday's noon kick-off league fixture facing top-sitting hosts Chelsea and fourth-placed Watford side at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea have not lost to Watford at home since 1986, since the turn of the century they have remained unbeaten (W9, D3) scoring 32 goals across these 12 fixtures.

Match status: 2017/18 FA Premier League - Matchweek 9
Kick-off: Saturday 21 Oct 2017, 12:30pm GMT
Venue: "Stamford Bridge" in London, England

Chelsea v Watford Team News

Watford are this season’s surprise package and currently occupy 4th place, having lost only 1 game so far this term against an in-form Manchester City side (6-0). Watford are 2 points above defending champions Chelsea after 8 games (W4, D3, L1).

In the 4 PL meetings since Watford's most recent promotion in 2015 there has been an average of 5.75 yellow cards, but only 1 red card has been shown.

This is the 1st ever meeting between Antonio Conte and Marco Silva. Both teams like to leave it late; from 75 minutes onwards, Chelsea have scored 4 and conceded 1 (Batshuayi own goal) so far. Watford are similarly strong late in games, 5 scored and 2 conceded (both away at Manchester City).

Chelsea have lost 2 league games in a row, the first time this has happened under Antonio Conte. It is only the 2nd time that they have gone 2 games in a row without a win.

Teams' Possible Starting Lineups:

Chelsea: Thibaut Courtois - Gary Cahill, Andreas Christensen, Cesar Azpilicueta - Marcos Alonso, Cesc Fabregas, Tiemoue Bakayoko, Davide Zappacosta - Eden Hazard, Pedro - Alvaro Morata (3-4-2-1 formation)

Watford: Heurelho Gomes - Adrian Mariappa, Christian Kabasele, Miguel Britos - Kiko Femenia, Tom Cleverley, Abdoulaye Doucoure, Jose Holebas - Roberto Pereyra, Troy Deeney, Richarlison (3-4-3 formation)

Missing Players of Chelsea and Watford:

Chelsea: Victor Moses, Daniel Drinkwater and N'Golo Kante will surely not feature in the home game to Watford this season following sustained injuries.

Watford: Tommie Hoban, Craig Cathcart, Nathaniel Chalobah, Isaac Success and Younes Kaboul are all unavailable for Marco Silva to utilise against Chelsea.

Head-to-Head PL Record: Chelsea v Watford

2016/17 Premier League
Chelsea 4-3 Watford

2016/17 Premier League
Watford 1-2 Chelsea

2015/16 Premier League
Watford 0-0 Chelsea

2015/16 Premier League
Chelsea 2-2 Watford