Tottenham Hotspur travel to take on Watford on Saturday afternoon.
Pundit Mark Lawrenson has told BBC Sport that he thinks Tottenham Hotspur will beat Watford 2-1 at Vicarage Road on Saturday afternoon.
Hosts Watford head into the game off the back of a 4-2 thumping at the hands of Manchester United, in which the Hornets were 3-0 down before attempting a late comeback.
Marco Silva’s men had beaten West Ham 2-0 and Newcastle United 3-0 in their previous two games, and remain one of the most dangerous teams around right now.
With Spurs target Richarlison firing on all cylinders, the Hornets will hope to spring something of a surprise and beat Mauricio Pochettino’s side, after losing 4-1 to Tottenham at Vicarage Road last season.
Spurs are struggling right now, having been beaten 2-1 at Leicester on Tuesday night, following on from a 1-1 draw with West Brom and a 2-0 defeat to Arsenal.
With just one point taken from the last three Premier League games since the international break, Tottenham have slipped 16 points behind league leaders Manchester City, and actually find themselves in seventh place heading into the weekend.
Ahead of the game, pundit Mark Lawrenson has told BBC Sport that he thinks Tottenham have been ‘iffy’ of late, criticising their first half display at Leicester in midweek.
Lawrenson added that he thinks it will be an open game at Vicarage Road, and is backing Spurs to win 2-1 – a much closer game than their 4-1 win there earlier this year.
“Tottenham have thrown in a couple of iffy performances recently, with the latest coming in the first half of their defeat by Leicester on Tuesday,” said Lawrenson. “Some of Spurs’ stars have not hit the heights of last season, but at least they have good memories of Vicarage Road – when they took the Hornets apart here on New Year’s Day.”
“It could be an open game which would suit Tottenham, although I think it will be a lot closer than their last visit,” he added.
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