Watford will be back in the Championship next season. They are 19th in the table and host Everton who climbed up to 16th in the Premier League on Sunday. The Hornets saw their immediate return to the Championship confirmed when losing 1-0 at Crystal Palace. They will hope to get a win in their final Premier League games but have to overcome an appalling home league record. Since the 4-1 win over Manchester United, Watford have lost 11 home league fixtures in a row. Watford have had three managers this season and Roy Hodgson won't be in charge for 2022/23. They have conceded at least twice in each of their last 11 home league fixtures. Six league games have been lost in a row and eight of the last nine.
There are brighter clouds over Goodison Park after they won at Leicester on Sunday. That win took them a point clear of the bottom three with this game and two home matches to come. Leeds kick off a quarter of an hour before Everton, so a win for them and Everton not leading at Watford could dump them back into the bottom three during this fixture. The win at Leicester was only their second away league win of the season. They had lost seven in a row but will fancy their chances of two successive away wins. Only one of their last five league games has been lost and that was at Anfield. A bet on them getting a vital win at Watford looks a very good one to make.