A duel for progression into the fifth round of the English FA Cup is on the cards, featuring two Championship sides, as promotion-chasing Southampton takes on mid-table Watford at St Mary's Stadium on Tuesday. The Saints managed to claw their way back into the Championship's automatic promotion places as goals from Jan Bednarek and Adam Armstrong cruised to a smooth 2-0 victory away to basement side Rotherham United. Southampton's number 9 etched his name on the scoresheet for the second consecutive time, extending his team's FA Cup journey last week by netting in the 89th minute to cancel out Watford's lead and force a replay at St Mary's Stadium. Progressing routinely to the fifth round of the FA Cup in the last three campaigns, Russell Martin's squad is determined to extend its presence in the tournament, relying on their recent dominant home form, where they claimed nine straight triumphs across all competitions. Thanks to a dominant weekend display against the Championship rock-bottom side, the Saints have forged an exceptional 23-game streak without suffering setback, making their likelihood of advancing past the fourth-round hurdle quite respectable, especially considering their lethal finishing in front of goal, netting 4+ goals in four of the last five home affairs. Standing in their way is the Watford team whose recent displays are not showing promising signs, especially considering their unbeaten streak of seven competitive contests came to a halt on Saturday after succumbing to a narrow 0-1 loss against mid-table fellow Cardiff on their own turf, following three straight stalemates. Southampton will not have such an easy task, because Watford play very well away from home. In the last 7 matches away from their stadium, they have 4 wins and 3 losses. The home team is in excellent shape, especially at their stadium, and I expect that they will manage to win this match in 90 minutes.

英格兰足总杯第五轮的争夺战即将展开，两支英冠球队将在周二的圣玛丽球场展开，争夺升班权的南安普顿将迎战中游的沃特福德。凭借贝德纳莱克和阿姆斯特朗的进球，圣徒队在客场以2-0的比分顺利战胜了底层球队罗瑟勒姆联队。南安普顿的9号连续第二次将他的名字刻在了进球榜上，他在上周的足总杯比赛中第89分钟打进一球，消除了沃特福德的领先优势，迫使球队在圣玛丽球场重赛。在过去的三个赛季中，罗素·马丁的球队都在足总杯第五轮常规赛中取得了进步，他们决心依靠最近主场的优势来扩大自己在足总杯中的存在感，他们在所有比赛中都取得了九连胜。多亏了周末对冠军垫底的球队的强势表现，圣徒队已经形成了一个特殊的23连胜而没有遭受挫折，使他们晋级第四轮的可能性相当可观，特别是考虑到他们致命的射门，在过去的五次主场比赛中有四次打进4球以上。阻碍他们的是沃特福德队，他们最近的表现并没有显示出有希望的迹象，特别是考虑到他们在周六的比赛中以0比1的微弱劣势输给了卡迪夫，连续三场陷入僵局后，他们的七场不败被终止了。南安普顿不会有这么简单的任务，因为沃特福德在客场踢得很好。在最近的7场客场比赛中，他们取得了4胜3负的成绩。主队状态很好，尤其是在他们的球场，我希望他们能在90分钟内赢得这场比赛。