The sun may have been shining across England during the week but it’s clear life is anything but bright for the teams who will meet at Vicarage Road on Saturday (12:30 BST).
Hosts Watford have lost their past four games to end their play-off hopes as they tumbled into the bottom half of the table.
But things at visitors Sheffield Wednesday, a point ahead of Watford in 12th, could be worse.
Tension between the fans and the ownership have grown over the course of this season with speculation over the future of manager Danny Rohl.
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Watford are unbeaten across their last eight league games against Sheffield Wednesday (W5 D3), since a 1-0 defeat in December 2013.
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Since beating Watford 3-1 in November 2000, Sheffield Wednesday have won just one of their 11 visits to Vicarage Road to face the Hornets (D2 L8).
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Watford have lost each of their last four league games and will be looking to avoid losing five in succession for the first time in the second tier since November 2008.
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Sheffield Wednesday have won each of their last three final games of a league season by a combined scoreline of 7-1. Their only fixture against Watford to finish a season saw the pair draw 1-1 at Vicarage Road in May 2015.
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After defeat in their home league games against Sheffield United in January (2-1), Watford will be looking to avoid losing to both Sheffield clubs in the same season at Vicarage Road for the first time in the EFL.
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