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The second semi-final in the FA Cup will be on Sunday between Watford and Wolverhampton Wanderers. They never won the most important English cup tournament at Watford, while Wolverhampton won the prestigious prize for the last time in 1960.
Watford:
For Watford, a final place in the FA Cup would already be the ultimate crown of an excellent season. The Hornets perform above expectations in the Premier League and in addition Javi Gracia also managed to qualify with Watford for the semi-final of the FA Cup. In addition, the Watford players should not complain about the opponents so far in the FA Cup, as Watford only hit teams with less quality. Nevertheless, it’s great that Watford has qualified for the semi-final at Wembley Stadium at the expense of clubs such as Newcastle United, Queens Park Rangers and Crystal Palace.
So the Wolverhampton duel is played on Wembley and the results of Watford outside of Vicarage Road are not too good. Watford lost the last three duels, although that can also be explained somewhat in view of the opponents of The Hornets. Liverpool (5-0), Manchester City (3-1) and Manchester United (2-1) were all too strong for Watford in the last three away games, but The Hornets will not place much value on those games. After all, what matters is that Watford performs when playing against Wolverhampton. Both teams met each other in the Premier League at the end of 2018 and at the time, Watford was 0-2 too strong for the Wolves.
Wolverhampton Wanderers:
Just like for Watford, a final place for Wolverhampton would also be the ultimate crowning glory of a great season. In fact, it is even better if Wolverhampton qualifies for the final than if Watford is at Wembley on 18 May. That is because the Wolves have less material available but also do well as a PhD candidate in the Premier League and therefore also in the FA Cup. In the Premier League, the Wolves are still fighting for seventh place, and no one had dared to predict that prior to the season. Neither does manager Nuno EspĂrito Santo, the Portuguese who really gets everything out of his player group.
To make it to the semi-final, Wolverhampton settled nicely with Manchester United in the previous round. The Wolves won in the Molineux 2-1 against The Red Devils. Last Tuesday evening Manchester United visited Wolverhampton in a competitive setting and after ninety minutes exactly the same result was on the scoreboard. Wolverhampton performs well above expectations against top teams all season and against Watford there are also plenty of opportunities for the men of Nuno.
Watford vs Wolves head to head matches
20.10.18 PL Wolves Watford 0 : 2
07.03.15 CHA Wolves Watford 2 : 2
26.12.14 CHA Watford Wolves 0 : 1
01.03.13 CHA Wolves Watford 1 : 1
17.11.12 CHA Watford Wolves 2 : 1