Watford performed brilliantly last season in England’s second-strongest league, which allowed them to return to the elite championship. The team had a good start, but so far it is clear that it does not reach the country’s top league in strength. On October 4th, Claudio Ranieri took over as head coach and this game will be the debut for the 69-year-old Italian specialist. The Hornets’ performances in the FA League Cup ended in failure, where the Yellow Army beat Crystal Palace (1:0) at the first stage, after which they suffered a fiasco with the representative of the Championship Stoke City (1:3). After seven rounds of the current Premier League tournament, the “golden boys” chalked up two wins and a draw, which corresponds to seven points and 15th position. Following the success in the game with Norwich (3:1), today’s hosts drew with Newcastle (1:1) and did not cope with Leeds (0:1). Today Cabasele, Sierralta, Etebo and King, who have a knee injury, will not be able to enter the field.
KKR has surprised everyone with the most dramatic turnaround in fortunes in IPL history. The team has come back from nowhere and managed to win a place in the final with excellent performances. Interesting fact is that most of the players are young Indian players that don’t possess a huge reputation. Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Shubman Gill, and Nitish Rana have been carrying the team even when more experienced players continue to fail. Will KKR make the bold choice of playing Andre Russell in this Final if he is available? We think they will and Shakib, most probably, will be released. Dubai has offered some help to the pacers and this will make the rule of Lockie Ferguson very important as well. Ferguson is probably the best fast-bowler of the IPL 2021 season. Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy are in great form, thus KKR’s bowling attack looks quite impressive. Also, there is no way that Morgan is going to let Ruturaj Gaikwad get set and score runs without testing him with the short ball immediately. More IPL predictions can be obtained from the link provided.
