- Victory on Saturday would give Watford a club record of five consecutive victories at the beginning of a league campaign.
TEAM NEWS
WATFORD
- Watford have only two injury-enforced absences with midfielders Tom Cleverley (Achilles) and Gerard Deulofeu (groin) out.
MANCHESTER UNITED
- Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says Luke Shaw (head) is available for selection but Marouane Fellaini (back) and Ander Herrera are doubts.
- Marcus Rashford is suspended, while Marcos Rojo and Diego Dalot will feature in Premier League 2 action on Friday night, so will not play on Saturday evening.
FORM GUIDE
HEAD TO HEAD
DID YOU KNOW ?
- Watford have lost 12 of their last 13 matches against Manchester United in league competition, with their solitary win coming at Vicarage Road in September 2016.
- Jose Mourinho has won five of his six Premier League encounters with Watford (L1), including each of the last three.
- Should Romelu Lukaku score in this fixture he will have reached 20 PL goals for Man Utd in only 39 matches. Only three players have done so in fewer: Ruud van Nistelrooy (26 matches), Robin van Persie (32) and Dwight Yorke (34).
- Manchester United's Alexis Sanchez has had a hand in six goals in five Premier League appearances against Watford (three goals, three assists), scoring in both of his matches at Vicarage Road.
SEASON SO FAR
- Watford have won their last 4 league matches.
- Manchester United has only won 2 wins in 4 games.
- Manchester United conceded 7 goals but Watford conceded 3 goals.
- Watford scored 9 goals in 4 games this season, while Manchester United scored 6 goals.
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MY PREDICTON
- Manchester United is not giving a good signal this season.
- Watford made a great start to the season, but it is unlikely that he could win this game.
- There is a high possibility of a draw in this game.
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