Geoff Doyle
BBC Three Counties Radio sport

Watford’s postponed game at Burnley on Tuesday has really helped out the Hornets. It’s meant they haven’t had to deal with three tense relegation matches in a week.

So they come into the huge game against Norwich having had nearly a week to prepare for it rather than days. Fans have been calling it the last of the three cup finals (two as it’s turned out). Six pointer has inevitably been used.

Certainly a win would give Watford some breathing space from the other three teams down the bottom. A defeat would put them into the bottom three for the first time this season.

The postponement will have helped the three new signings (Samir, Edo Kayembe and Hassane Kamara) adjust even more to their new team-mates and environment after impressing so much at Newcastle on their debuts. Claudio Ranieri emphasised their defensive importance this week: “The three new signings are very good. They have brought quality and experience; new strengths. We now have a very good block."

It also seems likely another signing will be in soon, with news that winger Samuel Kalu is set to join from Bordeaux. Watford have done well to act fast in the transfer window and it’s given fans more optimism they can survive in the Premier League. Expect to see some of the ‘deadwood’ exit the squad.

With Kiko Femenia and Ben Foster back from injury and others recovering well and close to returning to the squad, plus the Africa Cup of Nations players home soon, February should see Watford with a far better squad than they’ve had all season.

The future looks much brighter and now they need to act on that with results on the pitch. The Newcastle draw was a step in the right direction but it’s wins which will keep the Hornets up.

This is probably the biggest game of the weekend, when you think about how much is riding on it.

Both teams ended six-game losing runs last weekend, with Norwich beating Everton and Watford drawing at Newcastle.

Norwich's win was the only victory any of the bottom four teams have managed between them in the 20 league games they have played in total since 4 December.

It lifted the Canaries up two places off the bottom of the table and shows how precious three points would be to both of these sides here.

The scenario will probably make it a very nervy match, with both teams afraid of making a mistake, but I think home advantage will help the Hornets edge it - just about.

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

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We were hit by the sad news of the passing of singing legend and Hartlepool United fan Meat Loaf today.

In honour of the great mean. we're looking for your Meat Loaf XI.

Here are some crackers on #bbcfootball

Gregcellent: Not a Dry Eye in the Kortney Hause.

Matt Gaffney: Heaven Kane Wait.

Chinlad: Allardyce by the Dashboard Light (quite of few of you hit us with this one)

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Claudio Ranieri makes four changes from the Watford side who drew with Newcastle.

Daniel Bachmann comes in for goalkeeper Ben Foster, who is not in the squad due to illness.

Tom Cleverley, Kiko Femenia and Christian Kabasele all start, while Jeremy Ngakia and Juraj Kucka drop to the bench. Craig Cathcart is also absent through illness.

Watford XI: Bachmann, King, Cleverley, Pedro, Kamara, Sissoko, Femenia, Samir, Dennis, Kabasele, Kayembe.

Subs: Elliot, Ngakia, Sema, Fletcher, Tufan, Hernandez, Sierralta, Kucka, Morris.

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There is just one enforced change to the Norwich side from the 2-1 win over Everton which led to the sacking of Rafael Benitez.

Goalkeeper Tim Krul is ruled out with a shoulder injury so in comes Angus Gunn.

Kenny McLean is on the bench after recovering from coronavirus.

Norwich XI: Gunn, Aarons, Hanley, Gibson, Williams, Sorensen, Lees-Melou, Sargent, Idah, Pukki, Rashica.

Subs: McGovern, Byram, Dowell, Placheta, Kabak, Tzolis, McLean, Giannoulis, Rowe.

Adam: I would do anything for (Wagner) Love.

Probably the most obvious one.

David James
Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live

I think Watford have failed to score eight times, Norwich 12 times …. so it’s going to be a cracking 0-0! Although, having said that, Watford haven’t kept a clean sheet this season.

Norwich were completely out of it three weeks ago and now they’re one win off getting out of the relegation zone, so I think it’s going to be an exciting game.

Both teams have a chance of avoiding relegation, but so have four or five teams - as Everton could even be drawn into it. We're going to get an exciting end to the season at the bottom.

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Take a look at that, what a significant game it is.

The sides are separated by one place and one point, with victory enough to take Norwich out of the bottom three.

The Canaries were written off as certainties to go down early on this season.

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Before we get going tonight, we saw the sad news today that rock legend Meat Loaf had died at the age of 74.

Reading some local news, external websites brought up the surprising info that he was actually a Hartlepool United supporter.

So on a footballing theme, let's have your best Meat Loaf songs as footballer.

I'll start you off with an easy one: David Batty Out of Hell.

Can we put an full XI together? Over to you, send in your suggestion on #bbcfootball, external

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It's tough business being in the Premier League.

Two of the sides that were promoted this season go head to head tonight as they scrap for top-flight survival.