Afternoon all, and welcome to Watford v Arsenal!

Quique says that Arsenal play a low block and his team need to be solid and brave. They need to play football, defend, attack, and other such nuggets.

As regards Watford, I should also note that Jose Holebas, rumoured to have fallen out with Javi Gracia, is back. I think that'll help his team.

And in 3-D.

As the bicep-hugging top on the hottest day ever confirms.

This is a silly thing to say, but I wonder if the absence of Lacazette might help Arsenal. He's good but not great, and Aubameyang, who needs to be in the middle, is a better foil for Ozil. They'll miss his goals, but it simplifies things.

I'd drop him just for this, and whoever thought this whole thing was a good idea.

Elsewhere, Bournemouth have beaten Everton 3-1 with Callum WIlson scoring twice. You can read all about that here.

Back to Ozil, I wonder about the whole thing. It seems pretty clear that a) Unai Emery doesn't love him and b) he's not going to change himself. However he's on huge cash and is brilliant on a good day, which is more than can be said for most of his team-mates. Will Emery give him a run, now that Lacazette is out and with Guendouzi and Ceballos able to feed him?

I'm surprised Watford binned Javi Gracia so soon, except for the fact that this stuff is never surprising. In fairness, Quique was also binned pretty abruptly, but he's not done brilliantly between then and now.

Arsenal, meanwhile, are playing what looks like a 4-4-2 diamond. The return - again - of Mesut Ozil is the key element here, though I wonder what he'd be up to were Lacazette not injured. Torreira also misses out, with Ceballos, who should really have played against Spurs, coming in. Given Arsenal only have him until May, they really need to get him going.

So Quique prefers the mercurial Deulofeu to the more physical Pereyra - I wonder if it might be worth playing both and leaving out Cleverley - as part of a 4-2-3-1. I'd expect to see the full-backs getting forward plenty to try and test Arsenal's, because neither Maitland-Niles nor Kolasinac are much at defending.

I'll just jot them down and then we'll discuss them in greater detail.

Let's check out the teams...

This should be a pretty decent little affair. Watford welcome back Quique Sanchez Flores, who'll what to get after it, while Arsenal could use a win after defensible performances in defeat at Anfield and in drawing the North London derby.