Watford vs Manchester United LIVE: Team news and line-ups ahead of Premier League clash

Watford vs Manchester United LIVE: Express Sport brings you the latest team news, goal updates and analysis from Vicarage Road

TEAM NEWS KLAXON

18:58: Get your fingers on the refresh button folks. We’ve got the starting XI’s coming for you imminently. Zlatan or Rom…

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ELSEWHERE

18:50: Although we’ll be focusing on the events at Vicarage Road, I’ll still be providing you with goal updates from the three other Premier League fixtures tonight.

Those include; Brighton vs Crystal Palace, Leicester vs Tottenham and West Brom vs Newcastle.

EVENING

18:45: Welcome to our LIVE coverage of Watford vs Manchester United from Vicarage Road.

With the weekend’s action barely digested, the Premier League launches straight into a bumper midweek programme.

And although it means I’ll miss Amir Khan bottling whatever challenge he’s set on I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here – It’s a real treat!

Jose Mourinho’s side travel to Vicarage Road looking to collect maximum points and reduce the deficit on leaders Manchester City.

But that’s a task easier said than done against a rampant Watford, who can’t seem to stop scoring!

WATFORD vs MANCHESTER UNITED – PREVIEW

Watford captain Troy Deeney returns for the Premier League clash with Manchester United after completing a three-match suspension.

Defender Miguel Britos is a doubt after suffering a knock in the 3-0 victory over Newcastle and will be given a late fitness test.

Defenders Craig Cathcart (knee) and Younes Kaboul (hamstring), midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah (knee) and forward Isaac Success (knee) are likely to miss out once more.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is pushing for his first start since April.

The 36-year-old has made three substitute appearances from the bench since returning from a serious knee injury, while Paul Pogba played his first 90 minutes against Brighton after nearly 10 weeks out with a hamstring injury.

Marcos Rojo could be rested if fellow defenders Eric Bailly or Phil Jones recover from injury, while captain Michael Carrick is building his fitness after having a cardiac ablation to deal with an irregular heart rhythm.

Watford provisional squad: Gomes, Karnezis, Bachmann, Femenia, Britos, Mariappa, Kabasele, Wague, Zeegelaar, Holebas, Deeney, Janmaat, Prodl, Cleverley, Hughes, Doucoure, Capoue, Watson, Carrillo, Pereyra, Richarlison, Gray, Okaka, Sinclair.

Manchester United provisional squad: De Gea, Romero, Pereira, Valencia, Young, Tuanzebe, Jones, Bailly, Darmian, Lindelof, Rojo, Smalling, Shaw, Blind, Pogba, McTominay, Matic, Herrera, Fellaini, Lingard, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Rashford, Ibrahimovic, Lukaku, Martial.


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