After some painful lack of luck on Saturday, I feel, fortune owes me. Thus I hope Southampton will be able to convert their expected advantage today into goals.

Watford is in free fall to relegation now and the chance should be seized to bet against them as there seems to be no potential for improvement on the horizon.

Roy Hodgson to turn things around for Watford, who have now been conceding on a regular basis and usually not less than 3 goals per game. The only exception came in the road trip to face Man United (0-0). That result went in strong contradiction with the 4 conceded goals vs. Wolverhampton, where the team also failed to get a single shot on target, and the earlier 3 allowed goals vs. Arsenal (2-3).

Watford has a typical relegation team tendency to collapse, when things are going against them. In 2022 they’ve done it 3 times already, including the shameful 0-3 loss vs. fellow relegation strugglers Norwich.

There’s a variety of squad issues for visitors, including the injury of their influential winger Ismaila Sarr; plus fitness issues for regulars Joao Pedro and Kiko Femenia.

Southampton is not chasing much this season as the European Cups are too far away and the relegation zone is far behind. However, I expect them to take the right motivation from back to back defeats - vs. Newcastle and Aston Villa. There are no squad problems for Soton to justify these results, so Watford looks as the perfect opponent to bounce back and give fans something to cheer about. We must not forget that Southampton were in stellar form just weeks ago with wins over Norwich, Everton and Tottenham (3-2 on the road).

Watford may try to make a fortress at the back again, but I can’t see this stopping Southampton.

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在经历了星期六的不幸遭遇后，我觉得，命运欠我的。因此，我希望南安普敦能够将他们今天预期的优势转化为进球。

沃特福德现在正处于降级的自由落体状态，应该抓住这个机会来对抗他们，因为他们似乎没有任何改善的潜力。

罗伊·霍奇森为沃特福德扭转了局面，现在的沃特福德经常失球，而且通常场均进球不少于3个。唯一的例外是客场对阵曼联(0-0)。这个结果与对阵狼队时的4个失球，一球未中，以及对阵阿森纳时的3个失球(2-3)形成了强烈的矛盾。

沃特福德有一个典型的降级球队倾向于崩溃，当事情对他们不利的时候。在2022年，他们已经这样做了3次，包括耻辱的3 - 0输给同队保级苦苦挣扎的诺维奇。

客队面临着各种各样的问题，包括边锋伊斯梅拉·萨尔的受伤;再加上佩德罗和费米尼亚的健康问题。

南安普顿在本赛季并没有追逐太多，因为欧洲冠军杯离我们太远了，降级区也远远落后。然而，我希望他们能从对纽卡斯尔和阿斯顿维拉的连续失利中获得正确的动力。对于索顿来说，球队没有问题来证明这些结果，所以沃特福德看起来是一个完美的对手，可以让球迷们为之欢呼。我们不能忘记，南安普敦在几周前还以明星的状态战胜了诺维奇、埃弗顿和托特纳姆(客场3-2)。

沃特福德可能会再次在后方建立堡垒，但我不认为这能阻止南安普顿。