Gracia looking forward to Vicarage Road return

Javi Gracia is expecting a "special" evening when he sits in the Watford dugout at Vicarage Road for the first time in over six years.

The Spaniard returned to the club last week as head coach following the departure of predecessor Paulo Pezzolano.

His last home game in charge during his first spell with the Hornets was in August 2019 and he said: "It will be amazing, something really special for me, to be in Vicarage Road, in that atmosphere, to feel what I felt in the past - I am looking forward to that moment and it's something I am going to enjoy."

Watford start Wednesday evening's game against West Bromwich Albion in 16th place in the table following a 1-0 defeat at Sheffield United at the weekend.

"We have players with skills, players with power we need, we have experienced players, but all these things we have, we have to show on the pitch every day," Gracia said.

"There is a distance we have to cover, something we have to do. In the last game, my first game, we didn't play our best level but we could have got a better result with the chances we had.

"We have to be demanding with ourselves and then I'm sure day by day, game by game, we'll improve."