Watford v Huddersfield

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24 Oct 2018
Troy Deeney
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Watford are aiming to push into the top six as they host a Huddersfield Town side seeking their first win of the season.

Team news

Watford duo Jose Holebas and Christian Kabasele are available again after completing suspensions, but Sebastian Prodl (leg) is out.

He joins Tom Cleverley (Achilles) and Daryl Janmaat (knee) in the treatment room, while Troy Deeney (hamstring) and Nathaniel Chalobah (knee) have been training individually and need to be assessed.

Huddersfield Town duo Tommy Smith (groin) and Terence Kongolo (hamstring) are back in training but are not available.

Danny Williams (knee) has also been ruled but Ramadan Sobhi (knee) is in contention, while Rajiv Van La Parra (illness) will be assessed.  

Did you know?

Watford have won more points after the first nine matches of this top-flight season, with 16, than they have since 1982/83, when they had 17 points at this stage and went on to finish second.

Troy Deeney has scored six league goals against Huddersfield Town. He has only netted more against Leeds United, with seven. He was sent off after 33 minutes in this fixture last season though.

Huddersfield won both of their Premier League matches against Watford last season, including a 4-1 victory at Vicarage Road.

There have been three red cards shown in the last two league meetings between these sides at Vicarage Road, with two for Watford and one for Huddersfield.

Referee: Mike Dean
Assistants: Dan Robathan, Mark Scholes
Fourth official: Lee Probert

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