The Sky cameras will be at Vicarage Road on Wednesday, hoping to capture a giantkilling in the Carling Cup. However, while Manchester United, Arsenal and even Stoke City are certain to rest several key players in the other quarter final ties, you should expect to see a full-strength Spurs side for this potential banana skin.
Harry Redknapp's men made short work of Liverpool in the previous round, and they're 8/11 (bet365) to prove too strong for Watford. However, a Premier League position of sixteenth might suggest that Tottenham could be vulnerable against their Championship opponents, especially with Brendan Rodgers having recently become manager of the latter. The former Chelsea assistant is sure to send his team out with a 'nothing to lose' attitude, and they are 4/1 (Blue Square) to knock out the holders.
Nevertheless, the Hornets have been struggling for form this campaign, and were held to a 1-1 draw by basement boys Doncaster Rovers on Saturday. Spurs are 7/4 (Paddy Power) to be leading at half-time and full-time, while a 3-1 correct score in their favour makes appeal at 14/1 (Blue Square).
It was Fraizer Campbell and Roman Pavlyuchenko who fired Tottenham into the quarter-finals with a brace each against Liverpool, and the pair are 11/2 (Paddy Power) and 9/2 (Stan James) respectively to open the scoring in this one. The last player to score for the visitors was Jamie O'Hara, and he's 20/1 (bet direct) if you reckon he'll break the deadlock again. Watford's Tommy Smith has ten goals to his name this term, and it's 9/1 (Paddy Power) that he manages number eleven by being the first name on the scoresheet against the holders.