Watford vs. Manchester City
Manchester City are going to be looking to form a fast response following their FA Cup exit at the weekend once they combat managerless Watford in their penultimate Premier League match on Tuesday.
The Citizens are assured of second place and every one focus is now on next month's Champions League restart, while Watford have plenty to play for as they plan to avoid the drop.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's clinical double at Wembley Stadium on Saturday killed off City's treble hopes, with Arsenal producing a powerful defensive display to advance.
That loss only increases the pressure on Pep Guardiola's men to beat Real Madrid within the Champions League last 16, a tie they lead 2-1 after February's first leg.
The EFL Cup alone, which City won with victory over Aston Villa in March, won't cut it if 2019-20 is to be anything aside from a hugely underwhelming campaign for the Citizens.
Before resuming their European campaign there are two more league games to check , with this trip to Watford quickly followed by a home match against bottom side Norwich City.
City's form within the top flight since last month's restart has been pretty impressive, winning eight out of 10 matches with an aggregate scoreline of 24-1 in those victories.
The defeats to Chelsea and especially Southampton, though, plus the two-goal reverse against Arsenal, highlights that the dethroned champions have regressed from last season.
This is an honest fixture for City in their bid to quickly hit back, having won 8-0 in September's reverse fixture - Bernardo Silva helping himself to a hat-trick therein one.
Watford had been much more solid since Nigel Pearson arrived in December as their third manager of the campaign and that they are on track to avoid the drop, although they took the choice to part company with the Englishman on Sunday.
After winning back-to-back matches to offer themselves some breathing space, the Hornets fell to a 3-1 loss at West Ham United on Friday and still have work to try to to , perhaps explaining the choice to exchange Pearson.
Pearson hit out at his side on the rear of that match, during which his side trailed 3-0 inside 36 minutes, but their fate is ultimately in their own hands.
However, with games against City and Arsenal to ascertain out the season, the managerless Hornets could require a hand from elsewhere - unless they will achieve a shock win on Tuesday.
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