Arsenal and Watford enter the Premier League’s third week both needing to claim a first win of the season.
Two league games into his reign at Watford the pressure is not as intense on Walter Mazzarri as it has become on Arsene Wenger, who faced displays of fan discontent both in a home defeat to Liverpool and a draw away to champions Leicester.
Wenger will be confident that a side slowly returning to match sharpness can get a win at Vicarage Road, where they won 3-0 last season, but will well remember the frustration of being dumped out of the FA Cup by the Hornets in March’s sixth round tie.
Whilst Watford knew that they faced a cruel start to the league season (Mazzarri’s reign has begun with a draw at Southampton and defeat at home to Chelsea) they can ill-afford to settle into a spiral of defeats, particularly in light of their shock EFL Cup exit to League One side Gillingham.
A win over their training ground neighbours would provide a major boost for Mazzarri in his early days, but just how hard would more dropped points hit Arsenal and the under-fire Wenger?
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