Quique Sanchez Flores has been doing his homework this week. When he arrived in England Watford’s head coach knew little of Bournemouth but the Spaniard has put in the hours and is now fully aware of what his Hornets side will face tomorrow.

“They weren’t one of the teams I recognised when I came to England,” Flores admitted. “So I read and watched videos. I really respect Bournemouth. They won the Championship last year and were the best team in the Championship.

“They work like a team and they already have seven points this season. So if we want to win on Saturday we will have to produce a high performance.”

Flores is a thinker. He has studied Bournemouth’s last two matches in order to find vulnerabilities in Eddie Howe’s tactical set-up.

But it doesn’t take the sharpest tactical or football mind to identify where the Cherries have been weakened.

Their top scorer, Callum Wilson, has been ruled out for six months with knee ligament damage. Given he had scored five goals in his first six Premier League matches it is undoubtedly a huge blow for the south coast club.

Flores, however, is wary of how a side can react when they have been wounded. He said: “We need to be careful because when one team loses their reference - their best player - other players come in and try to show they are ready to play.

“So they have lost Wilson but they will have other players who are ready to score. I don’t want any surprises. I am sure they will replace him with a good player.”

Watford travel to Dean Court having been beaten by Crystal Palace last weekend. That defeat came at Vicarage Road but away from their home the Hornets have looked less inhibited this season.

They have netted four times in three away matches compared to once in four games at Vicarage Road.

But Flores says his tactical plan changes very little no matter where the Golden Boys are playing.

“When we don’t score I am asked the same questions and I understand because it is very important to be right in the last third,” he explained.

“But except the games against Manchester City and Southampton we have created the same or more attempts than the opponent.

“It is important to improve in the little details that can help us score. For example, the crosses in the last matches weren’t a good enough quality and we didn’t always choose the best situation around the box.

“But we are always playing around the box and we are crossing and are shooting. So we are doing what we need to score. In the last match I think we had 16 attempts to score, which is a lot. If we have a little more quality then I am sure we can score.”

He added: “We haven’t changed much [ahead of the Bournemouth game], partly because we’ve only had three days to prepare for the game.

“When we lose the most important thing is to analyse what happened in the last match. We’ve don’t have many reasons to change things.

“Against Crystal Palace we played against one of the best teams currently in the Premier League and we didn’t do anything differently to the games we have won.

“We scored in other matches but against Palace we didn’t do that. We have to remove the big mistakes, like conceding penalties, because they change the dynamic of the match.”

One area that doesn’t need improving or changing is the mentality of Watford’s players and coaching staff.

There is a inbuilt confidence amongst the Hornets' squad that hasn’t been dented by the Palace defeat.

“We are a big group and inside that group is the staff and players,” Flores said. “I want everyone involved at Watford. Our confidence is the same. When we win we have confidence and are really happy.

“When we lose we are unhappy but we still have confidence. Keeping the confidence is the most important thing.

“We don’t change. We go into the next match with the idea to win and I think we should be happy because we have always been competitive in our matches. It is important to keep doing that.”