Watford v Chelsea Betting Tips: BTTS, 2018-02-05

Watford look for home win, Chelsea to prove a point

Premier League Tips

WATFORD v CHELSEA

Monday 5th February 2018 – Kickoff: 2000hrs

Football – England – Premier League Betting Tips

Watford and Chelsea meet at Vicarage Road on Monday night which brings a close to this weekend’s Premier League action, and there’s plenty at stake for both teams heading into this encounter.

Watford sit in relative comfort in 11th place in the English top flight, but they’re one of nine teams that are separated by just three points in the bottom half of the division, and The Hornets will be keen to make an impression in new manager, Javi Gracia’s first home league match in charge.

Gracia recently replaced former manager, Marco Silva, who, only 12 months ago, was being touted as one of the best young managers in the Premier League, but a disappointing campaign this season cost him his job. Watford are without a win from their last five, and have registered just one win from their last 12 overall in the top flight.

Chelsea will come into this match no doubt looking to prove a point as they suffered a shock defeat to Bournemouth during the week as they capitulated in a 3-0 loss at Stamford Bridge which has cost them ground to Manchester United and Liverpool.

A top four spot is now the only consolation prize for the title holders, and they bring a pretty reasonable looking away record with them to Vicarage Road tonight with stats of  7-3-2  24/9 as well as a four match sequence without defeat on their travels.

Recent convincing wins at Huddersfield Town 3-1 and a 4-0 win at Brighton along with points at Everton and Arsenal should give them confidence to take something from this match, and they’ll be desperate to not only consolidate their fourth position here, but they can also leapfrog Liverpool back into third spot with a win this evening.

Pick: Both teams to score @ 1.95 Betfair