by Ian S. Palmer
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One of the biggest English Premier League games this weekend takes place at the Emirates Stadium in London where Arsenal will be hosting Watford on Saturday, April 2. The Gunners are still alive in the race for their first league crown since 2005 as they trail first-place Leicester City by 11 points with a game in hand and eight matches to go in the season. They also have a game in hand over second-place Tottenham Hotspur and sit six points behind them. Arsenal needs to keep an eye on the rearview mirror though as both Manchester United and West Ham United are just five points behind them and are gunning for a top-four finish. Watford is 11 points above 18th-place Sunderland and the relegation zone and could do with a few more points to guarantee their safety for another season in the top tier.
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Arsenal vs Watford – Head to Head:
- These two teams last met in London on March 16 when reigning FA Cup champions Arsenal was knocked out of this year’s competition in the quarterfinals when Watford beat them 2-1. The Gunners were hoping to win their third straight FA Cup. The two sides also met in Premier League play at Vicarage Road in October with Arsenal leaving town with all three points following a 3-0 victory. It was the clubs’ first meeting since the Gunners beat Watford twice in the 2006/07 campaign. Arsenal won 3-0 at home that season as well as 2-1 on the road. Overall, the two squads have met 23 times in the past with Arsenal winning 12, losing 10 and drawing the other. Arsenal’s recent loss to Watford came after they had beat them six straight times. But before those half dozen meetings, Watford won six of the previous seven matches including four in a row.
Arsenal currently sits in third place in the Premier League with 55 points from 16 wins, seven draws and seven losses. They’ve scored 48 goals and allowed 30 against. The Gunners have eight wins at home along with three draws and three losses with 19 goals scored and 10 allowed. They’ve posted six clean sheets at the Etihad and have been shut out four times there. Overall, Arsenal has registered 13 clean sheets and has failed to score on seven occasions. The team has three wins, two losses and a draw in their past six home league games and won their last match 2-0 away at Everton two weeks ago.
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Newly-promoted Watford occupies 14th place in the standings with 10 victories, seven draws and 13 defeats for 37 points. They’ve scored 30 goals and conceded 32. Watford has been struggling lately with a four-game winless streak in Premier League play and have failed to score in three of those games. Their last contest was a 2-1 home defeat to Stoke City two weeks ago. Watford has a pair of clean sheets on the road and has been shut out five times. Overall, they’ve posted 10 clean sheets and have failed to score on 12 occasions. Watford has four losses, a win and a draw on their past six road trips and they have just one draw in their last six league games overall.