The Citizen (Gauteng)

With Jonty

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Queens Park Rangers and Watford meet tonight in the FA Cup fifth round,m with the English Premier League side the clear favourites to beat QPR, who are 18th in the Championsh­ip.

Javi Gracia’s Watford are having a surprising­ly good season in the English top flight. They are eighth and are coming off the back of a solid 1-0 win at home to Everton last weekend.

Both of their wins in the FA Cup have also come away from home, at Woking in round 3, and at Newcastle in round 4, so they will certainly fancy their chances.

Rangers lost 2-1 at Bristol City in midweek – their 14th league defeat of the season. QPR did spring a surprise in the FA Cup third round, with a 2-1 win at home to Championsh­ip leaders Leeds United, and beat Portsmouth 2-0 at home in the next round. However, I see them bowing out, with Watford reaching the quarterfin­als. Pool Name - S6 V1 P2 M1: Cape Town City v Highlands Park. City success. TIP: City win = 1 M2: Juventus v Frosinone. Juve by a distance. TIP: Juve win = 1 M3: Olympique Lyonnais v Guingamp. Lyon to take this one. TIP: Lyon win = 1 M4: Queens Park Rangers v Watford. Previewed above. TIP: Watford win = 3 M5: Sunderland v Accrington Stanley. Sunderland success. TIP: Sunderland win = 1 M6: Eibar v Getafe. Point each. TIP: Draw = 2

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