Aiming to take another significant step towards the playoffs, Watford welcome relegation-threatened Leicester City to Vicarage Road in the Championship on Saturday afternoon.

The Hornets managed a seismic success over Wrexham earlier in the week, whilst the Foxes have been dwelling on a sobering home defeat to Queens Park Rangers last weekend.

Match preview

Following three straight seasons of midtable mediocrity in the Championship since relegation from the Premier League in 2022, Watford are on a late-campaign charge to gatecrash the playoff conversation.

The Hornets managed to land a significant blow in the top-six fight on Tuesday night at Vicarage Road, where a first goal in English football for midfielder Edoardo Bove helped the hosts to a 3-1 success over Wrexham.

Losing just one of their last four second-tier fixtures, Edward Still's troops have moved up to ninth spot in the Championship standings ahead of this Saturday's crunch clash in Hertfordshire, five points behind sixth-placed Southampton.

Only league leaders Coventry City (14), Ipswich Town (12) and Millwall (11) have enjoyed more home wins than Watford in the second tier this season, however the Hornets have won just two of their last six matches at Vicarage Road.

Still's side need to find some consistency if they wish...