Claudio Ranieri’s Watford outfit could be without Joshua King, Francisco Sierralta and Christian Kabasele for their upcoming meeting with Liverpool at Vicarage Road Stadium.
The former suffered a ligament strain in the side’s 1-0 defeat to Leeds United prior to the international break with the latter pair likely to be ruled out after sustaining hamstring injuries.
The ex-Bournemouth man could potentially return for the tie in question, with the Hornets’ official website suggesting that a full recovery before domestic football returns isn’t beyond the realm of reality.
Considering that the centre-back partnership of William Troost-Ekong and Craig Cathcart have largely been favoured this term by our upcoming opponents, the loss of the aforementioned defenders may not necessarily be a hammer blow.
King, on the other hand, has been a relatively important contributor for Watford as the side’s assist leader.
With it being likely that we’ll be without Alisson Becker and Fabinho for the clash, a big performance will be required from us in the meantime, with the likes of Caoimhin Kelleher and Naby Keita possible candidates to step up.