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Watford v Manchester United team news & stats
Posted On Nov 20 2015
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Promising early-season performances have the Hornets sitting 11th on the Premier League table with 16 points from 12 matches, prompting confidence amongst the Vicarage Road faithful.
Watford haven’t been great at home recently, having only won once in their last three matches at Vicarage Road.
United have been very resilient lately, going over nine hours of football without conceding a goal in all competitions since the Champions League away draw against CSKA Moscow on 21 October.
The Red Devils are now in fourth place in the Premier League, beating West Bromwich Albion 2-0 in their last game before the worldwide break. “Attack! Attack!” during games.
He does have two goals in his last three games and if he can bring that form into this game then he will give United’s best defender, Chris Smalling, a real run for his money.
On the other hand, United have failed to find the back of the net in three of their last five top-flight games.
Martial has scored five goals for United since his £36million move from Monaco and, with strikers in short supply at Old Trafford, Van Gaal can not afford to lose the Frenchman for too long.
Watford have managed just two wins compared to United’s ten, in fact the last time United didn’t win this fixture was back in 1986.
Manchester United XI (4-2-3-1): De Gea (GK); Darmian, Smalling, Jones, Blind; Schweinsteiger, Schneiderlin; Mata, Herrera, Lingard; Rooney.
“We’re underdogs in the Premier League so we have to fight to keep the team up”.
The worldwide break could be good for United in that it halts Watford’s momentum from that victory, but after Anthony Martial picked up a knock in midweek for France against England, the Red Devils face being without one of their key attackers.
Antonio Valencia is out after undergoing surgery on his foot but James Wilson is nearing a return.
Watford are likely to be without Jose Manuel Jurado, who has a hamstring injury, and also Sebastian Prodl, who suffered a calf injury while playing for Austria.
