Watford vs West Ham United: Team news, kick-off time, probable line-ups, odds and stats from the Premier League clash

  • Watford goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes in contention following a head injury
  • Roberto Pereyra and Sebastian Prodl face late fitness tests for Hornets
  • West Ham United will be without Javier Hernandez due to hamstring injury
  • Michail Antonio faces a fitness test regarding a similar issue for Hammers 
  • READ: More Premier League team news, odds and stats 

Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Watford's home clash with West Ham United.

 

Watford vs West Ham United (Vicarage Road)

Team news

Watford


Watford goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes is back in contention for the Premier League match with West Ham after recovering from a head injury.

Defender Christian Kabasele (back) has also been passed fit while midfielder Roberto Pereyra and Sebastian Prodl (both hamstring) face late fitness tests.

Watford goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes is set to return following a head injury

Watford goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes is set to return following a head injury

Younes Kaboul (hamstring) is again expected to miss out while Nathaniel Chalobah remains sidelined with a knee injury, while captain Troy Deeney serves the second game of a three-match ban.

Provisional squad: Gomes, Femenia, Bachmann, Britos, Mariappa, Holebas, Janmaat, Capoue, Carrilo, Cleverley, Hughes, Kabasaele, Amrabat, Deeney, Doucoure, Pereyra, Gray, Okaka, Karnezis, Richarlison, Sinclair, Wague, Watson, Zeegelaar

West Ham

New West Ham boss David Moyes will be without Javier Hernandez for his first game in charge at Watford on Sunday.

The striker suffered a hamstring injury on international duty with Mexico, but winger Michail Antonio is battling to be fit after his hamstring problem.

Javier Hernandez (left) picked up his injury while on international duty with Mexico

Javier Hernandez (left) picked up his injury while on international duty with Mexico

Pablo Zabaleta returns from suspension but fellow defenders Sam Byram, Jose Fonte and James Collins are injured.

Provisional squad: Hart, Reid, Zabaleta, Kouyate, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice, Fernandes, Noble, Obiang, Lanzini, Ayew, Adrian, Rice, Masuaku, Antonio, Arnautovic, Carroll, Sakho, Martinez.

 

WATFORD VS WEST HAM UNITED

Kick-off: Sunday, 4pm - Sky Sports Main Event

Odds (subject to change):

Watford 22/19

Draw 5/2

West Ham 3/1

Managers:

Marco Silva (Watford)

David Moyes (West Ham)

Head-to-head league record:

Watford wins 7

Draws 7

West Ham wins 22

Recent league form (latest result first):

Watford: LLLWD

West Ham: LDLDW

Referee: Andre Marriner

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Key match stats (supplied by Opta)

Watford have lost only one of their last six Premier League games against West Ham, winning three and drawing two.

The Hammers have recorded just one victory in their last 13 away games in the Premier League (W1 D6 L6).

Watford have lost three consecutive Premier League games, this after losing just one of their first eight under Marco Silva (W4 D3 L1).

Following their 3-2 defeat last time out byEverton, Watford have lost the most points from leading positions in the English top-flight this season (8).

The Hornets (11) have conceded the most goals from set-pieces in the Premier League this season (inc. penalties), including a competition-high six goals from corners.

Troy Deeney scored from the penalty spot in the 1-1 draw between Watford and West Ham at Vicarage Road in the Premier League last season

Troy Deeney scored from the penalty spot in the 1-1 draw between Watford and West Ham at Vicarage Road in the Premier League last season

Only in their last relegation campaign of 2010-11 (7) have West Ham had fewer points after 11 Premier League games than their nine points so far in this season.

Only Man Utd (1162.0 km) have covered less ground in the Premier League matches this season than West Ham (1162.6 km). The Hammers have also amassed the fewest total sprints in the competition this term (4942).

This will be David Moyes’ 500th match as a Premier League manager (G499 W196 D135 L168). Only three other managers have reached this milestone (Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Harry Redknapp).

David Moyes won just eight of his 43 games in all competitions in charge of Sunderland (18.6 per cent), his worst win rate in his managerial career.

Only Harry Kane (59) has attempted more shots (including blocks) in the Premier League this season than Watford’s Richarlison (39). The Brazilian has scored with four of the seven efforts that have landed on target (21 off target, 11 blocked).