Watford are not worried about being seen as the bad guys if they beat Fulham tomorrow evening, according to both head coach Javi Gracia and striker Andre Gray.

A defeat for the Cottagers would send them back down to the Championship, but Gracia knows the Hornets would not be to blame if that happened.

He said: "I know the three points are very important for them, if they lose they are relegated.

"If they are relegated it's not only because they lose tomorrow, it's because this season they have different problems and now they are in this situation.

"I'm very sorry for them, but we will try to win to get the three points and I try to be only focused on our team in this case.

"It's football, we are professionals. I have faced this before when I was sacked, or when I lose an important game and I was relegated with my home town team.

"I know it's difficult, but I prefer to focus on my club, my team and try to do our best."

Gray was slightly less sympathetic in his approach ahead of tomorrow's fixture and said that the game was all about maintaining momentum and making a statement.

He said: "We dont feel sorry for nobody, they wouldn't for us so we want to win that game, we need to win that game especially after the way we played on Saturday.

"It's good to just keep the momentum of how we're playing.

"We've all got things we want to achieve here, as a squad, we want to finish the highest that we can.

"That starts with tomorrow. We've got a lot of home games and our home form has been massive for us.

"It's a great chance for us to make a statement."