Arsenal will entertain Watford at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday looking to continue their good form in the Premier League. The Gunners are in a six-match winning run across all competitions with their last defeat coming against Chelsea last month. Unai Emery’s men would be full of confidence going into this encounter against the Hornets, and they would be expected to pick up maximum points in front of their home supporters.
The Gunners manager could opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation and might name the same side that started versus Everton. However, Watford won’t be any pushovers and should provide a stern test for Arsenal at both ends of the pitch.
4-3-3 Arsenal Predicted Lineup To Face Watford
Defence
Petr Cech is in line to resume his duties in goal after putting on a man of the match display against Everton on Sunday. The defensive pair of Shkodran Mustafi and Sokratis Papastathopoulos is expected to start in central defence for this upcoming clash against the Hornets at the Emirates Stadium. However, the Greek defender is a significant doubt for this contest and needs to pass a late fitness test before this match.
Nacho Monreal would take up his left-back responsibilities while Hector Bellerin would look to utilise his quickness on the other side of the Gunners backline. Unai Emery’s players kept a rare clean sheet versus the Toffees last weekend so they would go into this game with a lot of confidence of repeating the same feat versus Watford.
Midfield
The Gunners might start with the midfield duo of Lucas Torreira and Granit Xhaka who would both sit deep and operate as the holding midfielders.
The in-form trio of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Aaron Ramsey and Mesut Ozil would be deployed ahead of them as part of the Arsenal attack. All three players started against Everton last weekend and managed to put on an eye-catching display going forward.
Attack
Alexandre Lacazette is expected to lead the lines for the North London giants up top on Saturday. He has scored two goals in his last two outings in all competitions so we can expect the Frenchman to strike again against the Hornets this weekend.
