💦Wolves v Watford💦[LIVE]

Wolves made 10 changes in the Carabao Cup in midweek and will recall most of the players rested against Reading.

Bruno Jordao and Meritan Shabani were injured on debut in that game and are missing, with Shabani out for at least six months after injuring his knee.

Romain Saiss returns after completing a one-game ban following his sending off at Crystal Palace last weekend.

Watford will monitor defender Craig Cathcart, who is back in training after several weeks out with a thigh problem.

Danny Welbeck is fit after scoring in midweek on his comeback from injury, though the Hornets are likely to be cautious with the injury
@vksparks: When these two met towards the end of last season, they were fighting it out for Europe. Now, they're scrapping at the foot of the table - and are yet to record a league win between them this campaign.

Quique Sanchez Flores has at least picked up his first victory since rejoining Watford, as they responded to their humbling at Manchester City - whilst Wolves needed penalties to progress to the Carabao Cup fourth round.

But keeping goals out remains a big problem for both sides - and given the 'must not lose' nature of this one, injured Watford skipper Troy Deeney is anticipating "either 4-4 - or a real boring tight affair".

Let's hope it's the former!

VIEW FROM THE DUGOUT

Watford head coach Quique Sanchez Flores: "I'm not used to being in this kind of position.

"I don't remember teams I had bottom of the league table never in my life, but I have the feeling that I know the team, I know the atmosphere here in Watford and all of these kind of things can help a lot at the moment to take good decisions.

"I like these players, I like the squad, I trust in them and I think they are able to change the situation."

Wolves head coach Nuno Espirito Santo: "Quique [Sanchez Flores] is a fantastic manager and he has done very good jobs around the world.

"Anything can happen. Last week and this week are different. We must analyse the games they've played and take important information to pass onto the players."

LAWRO'S PREDICTION



The Hornets are winless in 10 Premier League games (D3, L7), their longest run since an 11-match streak between November 2006 and January 2007
MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

None of the four top-flight matches between the sides has ended in a home win, and last season's two games - the only previous Premier League encounters - were both won by the away team.
The last home win in this fixture (in any division) was Watford's 2-1 victory at Vicarage Road in a Championship match in November 2012.
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Wolves have won only three of their 12 Premier League matches against teams starting the day bottom of the table (D2, L7).
The five goals Wolves let in against Chelsea in their last home league game were as many as they had conceded in their previous nine top-flight matches at Molineux.
Since promotion in 2018, Wolves have lost just one Premier League fixture in which they scored the first goal (against Cardiff in November 2018).
They have failed to score the opening goal in any of their last seven top-flight matches (including one 0-0 draw).
Watford

The 8-0 defeat to Manchester City was the heaviest league loss in Watford's history; their record cup defeat is a 10-0 loss to Wolves at Molineux in the FA Cup in 1912.
The Hornets are winless in 10 Premier League games (D3, L7), their longest run since an 11-match streak between November 2006 and January 2007.
They have failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last 18 top-flight games, two short of their worst top-flight run (set from September 1999 to March 2000).
Watford have registered the fourth highest total number of shots (91) in this season's Premier League, and have the ninth highest figure for expected goals (8.5).
However, their tally of four goals is a joint-league low, while their conversion rate of 4% is the worst in the division.
Watford are only the third team to concede 18 goals in their first six games of a Premier League campaign, after Newcastle (1999-00) and Southampton (2012-13) - both of whom avoided relegation at the end of the season.
Gerard Deulofeu has attempted the most shots (16) without scoring in the Premier League this season, with eight of his efforts to date on target (also a league-high).