Javi Gracia is fighting to save his Watford job with the club’s head coach needing to turn around his team’s terrible start to the season over the next six games.

Watford made it three defeats from their first three Premier League games with a 3-1 home loss to West Ham United at the weekend.

The club’s losing run has now stretched to seven games, including last season’s FA Cup final thrashing at the hands of Manchester City, and Watford have not won since April 20, which is their worst run since 1999.

Gracia was handed a new four-year contract last November as he guided Watford to Wembley, but there are serious concerns over his side’s form.

Watford face Coventry City in the second round of the Carabao Cup on Tuesday night, before a run of five vital Premier League games.