Here's some stats and facts to get you in the mood ahead of kick-off.....

Head-to-head

• Watford's only win in the past eight top-flight home matches against Southampton came in December 1999.
• There have been 34 goals scored in the last eight meetings between these sides at Vicarage Road in all competitions: 19 for Watford, 15 for Southampton.

Watford

• Watford have lost six of their last seven Premier League games.
• The Hornets have dropped 16 points from winning positions in the Premier League this season, more than any other side.
• They are the only team in the Premier League to have won more games away than at home this season.
• Watford have had 14 different Premier League goalscorers this season, a joint-league high with Arsenal and Chelsea. The club Premier League record for a single campaign is 15 in 1999-2000 and 2016-17.
• Abdoulaye Doucoure has scored in both of his Premier League games against Southampton, including his first goal in the competition in March 2017.

Southampton

• Saints could remain winless in 10 consecutive Premier League fixtures for the first time since November 2004 to January 2005.
• Southampton's only Premier League away win this season came in September against Crystal Palace (D4, L5).
• Mauricio Pellegrino played for Liverpool in a 1-0 win at Watford in the League Cup semi-final second leg on 25 January 2005.
• Shane Long scored his first goal in 35 matches last time out against Crystal Palace.
• Nathan Redmond has scored four goals in his five Premier League games against Watford. He has scored more against the Hornets than he has any other opponent in the competition.

More on that planned tribute to Graham Taylor. Fans have been encouraged to bring a scarf to today's game and to hold it aloft as the players make their way onto the pitch.

Taylor - the club's greatest ever manager - died last year at the age of 72.

In his time as Hornets manager he led the club from the Fourth Division to runners-up in the old First Division in five years, and to the 1984 FA Cup final.

It's sure to be an emotional moment.....

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While I have your attention can I point you in the direction of the People's Cup?

You can sign up a team for the 2018 FA People's Cup, the biggest five-a-side tournament in the country.

The tournament welcomes male, female and disability players across 18 categories, so there's a version for everybody.

There is the increasingly popular indoor game, Futsal, as well as walking football.

Here's Gary Lineker to tell you more ...

Mark Lawrenson
BBC football expert

Saints need to do something to stop their slide; they are only above the relegation zone on goal difference, and a draw would probably be a decent result for them. They really need a win, though.

Prediction:1-1

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Alistair Mann
MOTD commentator

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These two sides share the unwanted distinction of being the Premier League's bottom two in the form table.

Watford come into the weekend having lost six of their past seven Premier League games; Southampton haven't won any of their past nine.

The Hornets, whose season began so optimistically, are now in danger of enduring one of struggle.

Though they begin the weekend in the top half of the table, another defeat may well change the dynamics of their situation considerably, particularly against a team who are only above the drop zone on goal difference.

Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the passing of Graham Taylor.

He managed Watford across two spells totaling 15 years and was also chairman from 2009 to 2012.

Fans are planning to pay tribute to the great man before kick-off - more on that later.

The club's current manager, Marco Silva, says today is likely to be an emotional occasion.

"It's a really important day for the club, for us, for the fans and for his family as well," Hornets boss Silva said.

"What he achieved at this club was amazing. He built the club with Sir Elton John and he is really important for us as a club.

"Each club I'm working at I like to understand the story of the club, what happened in the past and to respect the story and respect important persons in the club's history."

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Watford make one change from the side that lost 3-1 in their last Premier League game at Manchester City.

Tom Cleverley comes in for Etienne Capoue. Watford captain Troy Deeney has to settle for a place on the bench following his four match ban.

Watford XI: Gomes, Janmaat, Wague, Zeegelaar, Kabasele, Doucoure, Watson, Cleverley, Richarlison, Gray, Carrillo.

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Southampton make three changes from the side that lost 2-1 against Crystal Palace in their previous Premier League game.

Cedric Soares, Wesley Hoedt and Steven Davis come in to Mauricio Pellegrino's side.

Southampton XI: McCarthy, Soares, Stephens, Hoedt, Bertrand, Davis, Tadic, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Hojbjerg, Long

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Hello and welcome to live coverage of Watford v Southampton.

The two sides meet at Vicarage Road with both in need of a win.

Watford's form has tailed off drastically since Marco Silva was linked with the Everton job and Saints are hovering above the relegation zone on goal difference heading into this one.

It's nine Premier League games without a win for Mauricio Pellegrino but he's confident his players know what is at stake in the coming weeks.

"Obviously we are conscious of this situation but I have got a good feeling because I have got good players," said Pellegrino.

"My players are conscious we are in a position we have to change, on and off the pitch."

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Let's start with the team news.....