Watford host Arsenal at Vicarage Road on Monday (Watch live, 3 p.m. ET on NBCSN and online via NBCSports.com), as the teams who are based at training centers in the same street north of London are both aiming for European qualification.
On the back of reaching the FA Cup final (for just the second time in club history) Javi Gracia’s Watford will be flying high as they chase a top seven finish.
As for Unai Emery’s Arsenal, they remain in the hunt for a top four finish but Emery has faced Gracia’s teams in the past and knows this will not be an easy task in a busy week for the Gunners who face Napoli in the Europa League on Thursday.
In teams news for Watford, Ben Foster, Christian Kabasele, Daryl Janmaat and Adam Masina all come into the starting lineup.
Arsenal start Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang up top, while Dinos Mavropanos also starts and Granit Xhaka has recovered from injury. Mesut Ozil, Matteo Guendouzi and Alexandre Lacazette are all on the bench.
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🚨 TEAM NEWS 🚨
— Watford Football Club (@WatfordFC) April 15, 2019
4⃣ changes from our last line-up.
➡ Foster, Kabasele, Janmaat, Masina
⬅ Gomes, Mariappa, Holebas, Pereyra#WATARS pic.twitter.com/d6QhEceUsA
📋 Tonight's team news...
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) April 15, 2019
🔙 Granit Xhaka returns
✅ @DMavropanos starts
⚡️ @Aubameyang7 leads the line#WATARS