Alec Chamberlain believes Fulham's promotion is a forgone conclusion

Watford's recent return to winning form will be seriously tested on Saturday when they take on Fulham at Vicarage Road.

Alec Chamberlain will be playing in the game as Watford's goalkeeper and he needs no reminding of how good Fulham are - they hammered Watford 5-0 at Craven Cottage on Boxing Day.

Chamberlain believes it is already a forgone conclusion that the Cottagers will reach the Premiership.

"They're having a fantastic season, and quite honestly, the rest of us are playing for second place," he said.

"Jean Tigana has shaped a really good team there, he's brought in fresh ideas from abroad and the results of his methods are there for all to see.

"The Fulham players all look very comfortable on the ball - as Premiership players are.

"The defenders are not frightend to get the ball and wait for the right time to play it through to the midfield, and what Fulham have in abundance is the ability to score goals throughout the team.

"Barring a disaster they'll go up, they've got so much quality throughout the squad you can't see them having a bad run."

Fulham are currently seven points clear of second placed Bolton with two games in hand, with Blackburn, West Brom, Birmingham, Watford and Nottingham Forest jockeying for position

Watford themselves are in fifth place, 15 points adrift of Fulham.

But Chamberlain is still optimistic about the Hornets' chances: "Anything's possible and there's plenty of time for a run like we had two years ago, when we won 10 games in a row, made it through to the play-offs and then beat Bolton at Wembley to win a place in the Premiership," he said.

So, can Watford avenge that Boxing Day setback at Fulham and stretch their winning run to four games?

"Well it's a big game, but it's at home and on current form it's a match we're quite capable of getting a result," Chamberlain said.

"We've hopefully got our bad run behind us - we've won three in a row after losing eight out of nine - and we've everything to play for."

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