Watford host a Cardiff City side who will be in confident mood after securing another league win against Southampton last weekend.
Cardiff moved up to 14th in the Premier League following their 1-0 win in Wales, their highest position of the season thus far.
The last time these teams played each other was just under four years ago, when Watford scored four to Cardiff's two at the Cardiff City Stadium.
Team News
Watford duo Will Hughes ad Andre Gray are both ruled out still because of a bruised hip and a bruised calf, respectively.
Sebastian Prodl and Adalberto Penaranda are also sidelined, and Etienne Capoue is out via suspension - but Tom Cleverly is available again for the Hornets.
Cardiff will have to assess the fitness of Kenneth Zohore, Danny Ward and Greg Cunningham, who have all been nursing minor injuries.
Jazz Richards is expected to remain sidelined due to a hamstring injury.
The Managers
Watford manager Javi Gracia has challenged Watford's fringe players to take their chance with the squad being more stretched than ever in this hectic schedule.
"I like to have all my players available, but in this case, even with two, three, four players out, we have enough players to in the next game," Gracia said.
"The squad is ready and some of them have been waiting for their chance for a long time. Maybe in the next games they will get their chances.
"We have to play a lot of games, so we must be patient and trust our players."
Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock believes his side are learning and improving as the season is going on.
"We've got to try and start picking up points away from home," Warnock admitted. "You get punished a lot more away from home, and it's been our own fault away - we have shot ourselves in the foot.
"We are learning and we've improved as the season has gone on. We're still very big favourites to get relegated, and quite rightly so with the squad we've got compared to others."
Match Stats
- This is the first ever top-flight meeting between Watford and Cardiff City.
- Their most recent meeting was in the Championship when Watford beat Cardiff away from home to end their six-match unbeaten run in the fixture.
- If Watford fail to beat Cardiff on Saturday, it would equal their longest Premier League winless run under Javi Gracia of seven matches.
- Watford captain Troy Deeney is yet to score a goal verus Cardiff for Watford in six appearances against the Bluebirds.
- Cardiff and Arsenal are STILL the only teams to not have lead a league game at half-time this season.
Betting Odds
Watford: 13/20
Draw: 29/10
Cardiff City: 5/1