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The title of the most impatient Premier League club has been awarded this season to Watford, which after four games decided to put coach Javi Gracia on the street. The Spaniard is succeeded by his fellow countryman Quique Sánchez Flores, who in turn debuts as Watford manager against a club that is being trained by another Spaniard: Arsenal.
Watford:
Watford has become a proverbial trainers’ graveyard in recent years and The Hornets apparently had an extra place left over and that place has recently been given to Javi Gracia. More than a week ago, Gracia was thrown out on the street by Watford and that is quite striking. On the one hand, his resignation had been there in recent weeks – certainly because the Pozzo family, owner of Watford, had already fired trainers more often in recent years after some poor results. On the other hand, Gracia concluded his employment with Watford with a point against Newcastle United – directly the only point of The Hornets – and managed to lead Watford to the FA Cup final last season. A final that by the way was lost 6-0 and Gracia was certainly not thanked for that.
It is now up to Flores, who was already at the helm of Watford during the 2015-2016 season and won the Europa League and the European Supercup with Atlético Madrid in 2010, to grab points with Watford. The 54-year-old Madrileen is at the bottom of the Premier League with Watford and starts his second period at Watford directly with Arsenal and Manchester City as opponents. On the other hand, if Flores does not take a single point in those two games, he will not be blamed for any point against Arsenal or Manchester City in that regard as a bonus point for Watford.
Arsenal:
The last three times that Arsenal played a match against Watford, The Gunners stepped out of the field and it is expected that this weekend will happen again. Arsenal has much more quality than Watford and The Gunners also perform reasonably well in the Premier League, as the counter stands at seven points for the Unai Emery team. The backlog of Liverpool and Manchester City has already risen reasonably after four games, but no one expected that Arsenal would compete for the championship.
Moreover, Arsenal had a fairly difficult program. The Gunners started the Premier League with victories over Newcastle United (0-1) and Burnley (2-1), but that didn’t happen by itself. Then Liverpool was clearly a size too big for Arsenal: 3-1. The Gunners closed the first period of the Premier League with a 2-2 draw in the North London Derby against Tottenham Hotspur. Arsenal trailed 0-2 in its own Emirates Stadium. Still, The Gunners managed to keep a point from the game through goals from the attackers Alexandre Lacazette and club top scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. However, when they visit Watford, they only settle for a win at Arsenal. A disappointment for Emery is that Lacazette is temporarily missing due to an injury.
Watford vs Arsenal head to head matches
15.04.19 PL Watford Arsenal 0 : 1
29.09.18 PL Arsenal Watford 2 : 0
11.03.18 PL Arsenal Watford 3 : 0
14.10.17 PL Watford Arsenal 2 : 1
31.01.17 PL Arsenal Watford 1 : 2