[themaclad]

Watford
Deepdale 2/10/2024

https://www.watfordfc.com/

Manager



Thomas William Cleverley (born 12 August 1989) is an English football coach and former professional player who played as a midfielder. He is currently head coach of EFL Championship club Watford.

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BIT OF PREVIOUS



The Fitness Test
There aren’t any injuries within the PNE squad for Paul Heckingbottom to worry about.

Robbie Brady and Will Keane both made a return to action at The Den on Saturday and will hope to feature again on Wednesday night.

Stefán Thórdarson was being managed last week due to a slight issue, but appeared off the bench in Millwall and could be pushing for a start against Watford.

The Hornets


Since former England midfielder Tom Cleverley was given the Watford job on a permanent basis in the summer, the Hornets have taken 13 points from their opening seven matches.

They head into Wednesday’s meeting at Deepdale following a victory over high-flying Sunderland and will be hoping to keep pace with the division’s top six in the early stages of the campaign.

Watford have a real mix of experience and youth within their side, with not many Championship teams able to boast the knowhow of someone like their captain Moussa Sissoko, who has been capped 71 times by France.

The Officials

Referee: Andrew Kitchen
Assistant Referees: Ian Cooper and Hugh Gilroy
Fourth Official: Adam Herczeg

Andrew Kitchen will take charge of the third PNE match of his career on Wednesday night.

His one and only time as the main official at Deepdale was last season’s narrow defeat to Norwich City.

So far this season, he’s refereed four Championship matches and shown 23 yellow cards.

Mac's view

A win is needed although suspect the Hornets will provide a tough task, they had a good win on Saturday whereas we were slightly iffy.
A few changes from the shambles on Saturday