At 19:00, the Hornets will be up against the second-placed Manchester City at Vicarage Road. A will move Watford to 37 points, but they will remain in 17th.

Villa also faces a tough test when they host a resurgent Arsenal at Villa Park. A win for Villa will take them to 34 points.

Villa coach, Dean Smith, says the Gunners recent FA Cup semi-final may count in their favour.

“They’ve had to defend manfully against two of the best teams in Europe as Mikel Arteta said, and they’ve come out the other side of it with two wins.

“Arsenal has got to the FA Cup final now, and they’ve had a good win against Liverpool.

“We’ve got make sure that we concentrate fully on ourselves and no Arsenal, and make sure that we go put in a good performance.”

This game in Birmingham gets underway at 21:15.

@MorganPiek OFM Sport