JAVI: I’LL END TRAVEL JINX

JAVI GRACIA is confident he will discover the cure for travel sickness after clocking up another unwanted century at Watford.

In the colossal anti-climax of Walter Mazzarri’s reign last year, the Hornets went 104 days without an away goal and ushered the unlamented Italian out of the door with six consecutive defeats.

Gracia has credit in the bank at Vicarage Road after taking over from Marco Silva in January insulated by just a four-point cushion from the drop zone – the gap is now nine points and Watford are a heartbeat from safety.

But they have gone 103 days – 548 minutes of playing time – without finding the net on their travels again.

And Gracia is banking on a reciprocal ambush of struggling Huddersfield, who ended their own away goal famine with a controversial 4-1 win at Watford, studded by two red cards, four months ago.

The Terriers had gone 738 minutes without cheer on the road when David Wagner’s men conjured their biggest away in the top flight in 61 years, going back to Winston Churchill’s second term as Prime Minister.

But Gracia (above) said: “I’m always confident we will be able to score in the next game – not only to score, but to take points, which is the most important thing for me at the moment.

“The situation would be more difficult if we weren’t creating chances, but I feel we’re making opportunities to score in every match, even away from home.

“I’m not worried about how long we have gone without scoring – I prefer to think positively.”

Watford’s last two seasons have tailed off badly as soon as they hit the 40-point survival mark under Quique Sanchez Flores and Mazzarri.

They are still one win away from the nominal safety line after just one point from their last four outings and Gracia added: “We want to finish the season with a good feeling which we can take into next season as well.”