Our prediction for this Championship match:
Middlesbrough will be looking to make amends for back-to-back defeats to Bournemouth and Millwall when they take on Watford on Monday afternoon. The Boro aim to keep their playoffs hopes alive, but they will have a mountain to climb against the Hornets. Both Marcus Browne and Anfernee Dijksteel are sidelined with injuries for the home team, while Djed Spence should be recalled to the starting XI.
Watford, on the other hand, defeated Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 on Friday, with the team extending their winning run in the Championship to six games. The Hornets are high on spirits ahead of the trip to Middlesbrough, but keep in mind that both Tom Dele-Bashiru and Troy Deeney remain in the recovery room. Anyhow, away win should be considered as Watford have been in a much better form of late than Middlesbrough. In the first half of the season the Hornets defeated the Boro thanks to Craig Cathcart’s goal.
Highlighted Player (Sam Morsy):
Sam Morsy is a professional footballer who plays for Wigan Athletic in the Championship. His full name is Samy Sayed Morsy and he started his youth career at Wolverhampton Wanderers. During his spell with Wolves he was spotted by Port Vale scouts and in 2008 joined the Vale Park outfit.
The talented midfielder made his debut for the first team on 23 February, 2010 in a 4-0 win over Lincoln City and at the end of the 2009/2010 campaign he was given the Youth Player of the Year award. After playing 71 league games for Port Vale, Sam Morsy joined Chesterfield in July 2013 and on 30 march 2014 he participated in the Football League Trophy final. However, he did not help Chesterfield beat Peterborough United in the title game (1-3).
On 28 January 2016 Morsy signed a two-and- a-half year contract with Wigan Athletic for an undisclosed fee. Sam Morsy was born in Wolverhampton on 10 September, 1991 and he was father is Egyptian.
Highlighted Team (Watford):
Watford FC is an English football club founded in 1881 and is playing its home games in the Vicarage Road which holds a capacity of 21 000 seats. Watford managed to promote to the Premier League in 2014/2015 after playing for 8 years in lower football divisions.
The club colors of Watford are yellow and red. The away kit of Watford in the current season is in blue. Watford FC is also known as The Hornets of which their fans are very proud of.
Watford FC never won any title in the clubs history. In the season 1983/1984 Watford managed to qualify for the UEFA Cup (former Europa League) where the club got knocked out in the best of 16 round after playing against Sparta Praha. Watford FC is a stereotype UK football club where working hard is more important than talent. Well known football players that ever played for Watford FC are Ben Foster, John Barnes, Ashley Young, Luke Young and David James.